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Vegetables on a serving platter organized to look like a turkey
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Turkey Veggie Tray

This Turkey Veggie Tray is the perfect Thanksgiving appetizer or side dish. So festive and fun!
Prep Time30 minutes
Cook Time0 minutes
Total Time30 minutes
Course: Appetizer
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Turkey Veggie Tray
Servings: 25
Calories: 35kcal
Author: Erica Walker

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Wash all vegetables and set aside. Combine sour cream and ranch dip mix in a small bowl. Place it on the bottom edge of a large serving plate or platter. Peel and cut cucumbers into spears and cut celery into 4-5" sticks.
    Ingredients for Thanksgiving appetizers
  • Arrange cucumber and celery around 2/3 of the plate in a fan shape. You can arrange alternating each or in sections.
    Arrange so about 1" of the vegetables are hanging off the edge. This gives it a cool effect and allows more room to work with on the tray.
    Note: I like to leave some of the leaves on the celery ribs to make them look more "feathery". This is totally optional.
    Celery and cut cucumber on a plate
  • Layer carrots on top of the celery and cucumbers, then place sugar snap peas below the carrots so they are slightly overlapping.
    More vegetables added to the plate for a turkey veggie tray
  • Arrange broccoli and cauliflower tightly around the dip container, then fill in the remaining space between the cauliflower and snap peas with cherry tomatoes.
    Spread of vegetables fanned out on a tray
  • Cut the bottom off of one of the bell peppers to make the turkey face and place at the top of the dip container. Add confectionary eyes (found in the cake decorating section of the grocery store). Cut off the tip of a baby carrot and cut our a wedge forming the beak.
    Pepper cut to look like a turkey face
  • Use remaining red or yellow pepper to make the top of the wings. Slice the rest of the peppers and arrange over the "fan" between the tomatoes and snap peas.
    Use remaining carrots to make wings and arrange beneath the plate to make the "breast feathers".
    Thanksgiving appetizer veggie tray that looks like a turkey

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Nutrition

Calories: 35kcal | Carbohydrates: 4g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 5mg | Sodium: 27mg | Potassium: 158mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 1797IU | Vitamin C: 29mg | Calcium: 28mg | Iron: 1mg