What’s Cooking in Gail’s Kitchen? Sunshine Eats: Vegan Charcuterie Board! Here’s your solution to what to serve with grilled meats this summer. Choose popular garden veggies, distinct to the season. Arrange them on a charcuterie board with nuts and flavorful dips. Peruse the local farmers’ market or produce section of your nearest grocers. With a little effort, the Vegan Charcuterie Board can be the star attraction for holidays and picnic outings. Check it out!
VEGAN CHARCUTERIE BOARD
Ingredients:
Carrot sticks
Asparagus spears
Celery sticks
Cherry tomatoes
Mini cucumbers, sliced
Radishes, quartered
Yellow sweet peppers, sliced Green olives, stuffed
Kalamata olives, pitted
Pistachios in shell
Assorted crackers
Ingredients for Hummus:
15-ounce can chickpeas, drained
1/2 cup tahini paste
1/4 cup olive oil
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
1/4 teaspoon cumin powder
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
1 teaspoon lemon olive oil
1 tablespoon capers
Using a food processor, pulse chickpeas until smooth. Add tahini paste, olive oil, lemon juice, garlic powder, cumin powder, and sea salt. Process until mixed. Transfer hummus to a shallow bowl. Drizzle with lemon olive oil. Garnish with capers.
Ingredients for Dill Dip:
4 ounces Neufchâtel cheese, softened
1 tablespoon prepared horseradish
1 tablespoon dill weed
1 teaspoon capers
1 tablespoon chives, chopped
Combine Neufchâtel cheese and prepared horseradish. Stir until smooth. Fold in dill weed, capers, and chives. Refrigerate one hour before serving.
This looks realy healthy – enjoy the weekend !
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I will. You do the same! 🍃🌸
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Gail, this platter looks exquisite, beautiful, and healthy. I just love it!
Thank you!
Joanna
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Thank youuuu, Joanna. I had a blast “building” it. 🌟✨💫
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Can’t go wrong with this 😋😋😋
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Nibble here, nibble there. 😋🍃
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This sounds great. We are hoping for more cookouts this summer!
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Most definitely. It’s time. ⏰
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👌👌👌 Your blog makes the dish more exquisite
Think about it makes me starve 😉
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Munchtime. 🐰🍃🥕
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Great idea! Now I’m craving all these bits of yum!
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Pick and Choose. 😋🌿
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Beautiful! Always good to have a vegetarian option. 🙂
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I agree. This could be my “meatless meal”. 😜🍃
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That’s such a healthy and fresh option! Just if it needs to be vegan, you need to find an alternative for the cheese in the dip.
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So true, thanks. 🤣
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😂
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I’m glad you feature these dishes as well. My daughter taught me all about how diverse and tasty a vegetarian diet can be. She even got this carnivore to do a “Vegetarian Summer” several years back, and lemme tell you, it was gooooood.
Vegan is another story for me, as I haven’t as much experience with it. Even so, I really enjoy vegan dishes as well. All it takes is some creativity . . . and a dream, 😉
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Someone once told me if we just shop the perimeter a grocer store, we’ll eat healthier. I found that to be very true. 💫
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That is so true! I never thought about it that way!
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I think everyone would enjoy this platter.
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Nibble away. It’s guilt-free. 😜🍃
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My nephew is vegetarian. He would love this!
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I believe most people enjoy “grazing”. 🌿🍃🌱
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So fun!
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I would call it a vegan snack board.. 😉
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Okay. That works. 🤣
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Everything I can eat Gail. What a wonderfully colourful display of food.
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Thanks, Sue. Bingo!!! ☑️
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