Spring Veggie Charcuterie Board – Oh My Veggies

Published by: February 23, 2023 · by nicole · Updated: February 23, 2023 · This post may contain affiliate links.

Get more fruits and vegetables into your kids’ diet with this adorable and delicious Spring Veggie Charcuterie Board. This is a fun way to create a charcuterie board to celebrate spring! Flower-shaped vegetables and fruits on a board waiting to be served to your family or guests.

This spring charcuterie board would be perfect for an Easter celebration. Try these other spring recipes: fruit leather, lemon glazed donuts, or sip on homemade lemonade.

This Spring Veggie Charcuterie Board is ..

• Easy to make.
• Using fresh vegetables and fruits!
• Fun way to serve and kids love to eat it.
• Tons of ways to change used items or looks.
• Great for Easter celebrations, parties or after school snacks.

how to make A veggie board

Complete steps are below on the printable recipe card. This is a quick walkthrough on how to make your spring veggie board.

1. Start by adding the celery and bowl to your board.
2. Add dip of choice to your bowl.
3. Slice carrots and place around two bowls to make flowers.
4. Next preparation is to do the same with strawberries. I cut the berries in half so they would sit flat.
5. Add dried cranberries to center of celery.
6. Snap peas are used to mimic grass. Just put it under the board.
7. I added some broccoli to change the texture.
8. Next add the bowl of Chex mixture and the covered raisins. Then I use butterfly shaped crackers outside for snacking.

Tips for success

Board size

Make sure you’re going to use a board that works well with the size of flower you want to make. Do some brainstorming before you start to make sure you have enough space.

If you don’t have a wooden board, you can always use a cookie sheet.

Prepare the vegetables

Use a sharp knife for clean precise cuts, use a peeler to remove the skin from full-sized carrots if you’re not using baby carrots, etc. You can also cut a corner and buy pre-packaged vegetables at the store so you don’t have to. To prepare vegetables and fruits.

Variations from the recipe

Vegetables and fruits are used

The possibilities are endless. You can use the kiwi to slice and shape the flowers, placing the grapes in the center of the bowl instead of a dip. Make flower petals from raspberries or blackberries. Use a bell pepper that is yellow, red or orange and substitute carrot sticks. Try different ways to take your favorite vegetables and fruits and add them to the board.

Snack bowls

So I added dips and such to the snack bowl but you could always substitute with a nut mix, add more fruit or vegetables like grapes or cherry tomatoes.

Dips

Go for any dips you want. Hummus, Cream Cheese Fruit Dip, Chocolate Hummus, etc. Even this buffalo cauliflower dip would be great for dipping your veggies in. Buy or make homemade dips for your serving bowls.

General questions

What kind of vegetables go on a charcuterie board?

There are a variety of vegetables that can be included on a charcuterie board, depending on personal preference and the theme of the board. Some common vegetables that are often included are:

1. the carrot
2. cucumber
3. Cherry tomatoes
4. Radish
5. Celery
6. bell pepper
7. cauliflower
8. Broccoli
9. Snap pulse
10. Artichoke hearts

Does a charcuterie board have meat?

No, it’s a meatless charcuterie board. There’s no need to include meat when you make a charcuterie board. This snack board is made up of only fruits, vegetables and dips and snacks.

Can I change the look of the design?

Use my board as inspiration to create your own unique grazing board. You can copy me or be creative the choice is up to you!!