Vegetable Tray Ideas

Are you planning to host a bridal shower very recently? In that case you need to remember that food should be the focal point of your gathering. This is because generally for a bridal shower guests of all age groups are invited and you need to be careful about their health. If you are looking for healthy as well as delectable options for your dish, then vegetable tray is the best option in that case. You need to select your bridal shower food in accordance with your bridal shower theme. Vegetable goes with almost every type of food and theme.

If you have decided to make vegetable tray as a side dish for bridal shower then you need to select the vegetables that not only taste good with each other but which looks good in combination with each other too. For example, you can select the colorful vegetable combinations such as tomatoes, broccoli, carrots, lettuce etc. You also need to make sure that all the vegetables are in required amount, that the taste and color of any one vegetable does not overpower the taste and color of any other vegetable. Whilst selecting the vegetables make sure that you select bride's favorite vegetables.

After selecting the vegetables you need to decide how you are going to cut and place those vegetables for the bridal shower. Before you start to cut the vegetables you need to thoroughly wash the vegetables by rinsing those. This is because some vegetables may have pesticides, chemicals, or even the dust. Make sure that you cut the vegetables in equal sizes. Presentation is very important if you are making any type of fruit tray or vegetable tray. So, you also need to decide what type of plate or tray you would be using. Some plates/trays have cavities made to place each vegetable in separate cavities. If you select those, plates it would be much easier to decorate the tray.

You can make variety with vegetable tray. Either you serve it with fresh and raw vegetables or grill all vegetables and then serve. Most of the time, people like grilled vegetables. Grilled vegetable tray is the better option for winter parties. You can add vegetables like baby corns, mushrooms, capsicums, onion, cabbage, broccoli, and cauliflower in it. These vegetables are difficult to incorporate in fresh vegetable tray. You can sprinkle salt, black pepper powder, or oregano on both of these vegetable trays. There are some dips that could be served with both of these vegetable trays. Here are recipes for these dips.

Sour Cream Dip

Take 2 cups of fresh sour cream, ½ cup of milk, 1 teaspoon salt, and 1 teaspoon sugar. Add all these ingredients in a mixing bowl and blend it. You can garnish it with celery or mint leaves. If it is summer bridal shower party, keep this dip in refrigerator make it chill and then serve. This could be served with raw and grilled vegetable tray.

Cheesy Dip

Take 200 gm processed or mozzarella cheese, 1 cup milk, black pepper powder, 1 teaspoon, 2 crushed or grated garlic cloves, and red chilli flakes 1 teaspoon. Mix all these ingredients in one bowl and blend it with hand blender until it becomes creamy and smooth. This tastes good with raw vegetable as well as grilled vegetables.

You can serve the vegetable tray with or without a dip. You need to select the dip which goes well with the combination of vegetables. You can also have 2-3 option of dip. If you do not want to serve only vegetables in your salad, you can have the fruit and vegetables in combination with each other. However their color and taste should go with each other.