Easy game day inspired Veggie Trays are perfect for any occasion or party! Grab your friends and gather around for good food.
A fresh Veggie Tray is a great start to an appetizer spread. We love to add in other favorites like Homemade Dill Dip and Cheesy Spinach Dip!
Veggie Tray ideas
After the start of a new year, I always try to focus a little more on what our family eats.
When game day comes along, we always have so much fun creating a menu packed with appetizers, but one of the things we always like to serve is veggies!
One of my favorite ways to serve vegetables is on a big tray or charcuterie board. You can add just about anything you want and it only takes a few minutes to put together.
Once you’ve prepped all of the veggies, you can arrange them in any kind of fun design you want. Sometimes we stick with something really simple and sometimes we put a little more time & energy into our spread.
Our favorite dip to use is Marzetti® Veggie Dip. Have you tried it? My kids think it makes ALL veggies 100x better! The dips are thick, rich, and have been our “go-to” veggie dip for years.
game day veggie platter
I love that veggie platters served with Marzetti® Veggie Dips are great for any occasion!! We always make sure we have a vegetable and fruit tray at every get together, our family loves them!
Since we like to make these vegetable platters for game day, we wanted to share how we did it.
PREP. Rinse all veggies. Chop up the broccoli and the celery. Cut four strips of yellow bell pepper (you can always slice the rest and put around the long edges of the platter).
ASSEMBLE. Line the short edges with celery. Add the carrots in a football shape in the center of the platter. Fill the remaining space with broccoli.
GARNISH. Add the bell peppers to look like the stitching on a football. Line the edge of the football with cherry tomatoes.
Serve with your favorite Marzetti® Veggie Dip, and ENJOY!
Vegetable Tray dips
Even though store-bought tips work great for these trays, we do love to make some homemade veggie dips too.
Some of our favorite include:
TIPS + MORE VEGGIE Options
How to hollow out a bell pepper: Hollowing out a bell pepper is a lot like hollowing out a Halloween pumpkin. Start by cutting the top off of the pepper. Use a spoon to scrape the inside of the pepper to remove all the “white” lining as well as the seeds.
Any vegetable dip can be used to fill the bell peppers.
Favorite Veggies: Here are a few more of our favorite veggies including the ones I used in this post to add to your vegetable platter:
- Carrot Sticks (or baby carrots)
- Broccoli Florets and/or Cauliflower Florets
- Celery sticks
- Bell Peppers (yellow, red, green, orange) or mini peppers
- Cherry Tomatoes (or grape tomatoes)
- Radishes
- Snap Peas
- Green Beans
- Cucumbers
Sprinkle trays with fresh herbs and spices for decorative purposes.
FAQ
How to Store? To STORE this dish you can disassemble the veggies into their own individual groups to put in the fridge, or you can cover the pan and refrigerate it as a whole.
Can you make this ahead of time? You can assemble this platter the day before and keep it loosely covered in the fridge.
Can I add crackers? If you decide to add crackers, cheese or ham to the platter to make it more of a charcuterie board, you can assemble the platter the day before with meats and cheeses, but add the crackers right before serving.
For more veggie appetizers:
- Veggie Cups
- Air Fryer Zucchini
- Bacon Wrapped Asparagus Skewers
- Sweet Potato Skins
- Greek Cucumber Cups
- Turkey Veggie Tray
Veggie Tray Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 stalk celery
- 1 pound baby carrots
- 1 pound broccoli florets
- 10 ounces cherry tomatoes
- 1 yellow bell pepper
Instructions
- Rinse all veggies. Chop up the broccoli and the celery. Cut four strips of yellow bell pepper (you can always slice the rest and put them around the long edges of the platter).
- Line the short edges with celery. Add the carrots in a football shape in the center of the platter. Fill the remaining space with broccoli.
- Add the bell peppers to look like the stitching on a football.
- Line the edge of the football with cherry tomatoes and serve with your favorite Marzetti® Veggie Dip. ENJOY!
Thank you so much for sharing this amazing veggie trays recipe! Will surely have this again! It’s really easy to make and it tasted so delicious! Highly recommended!
These will be fun to make for our Super Bowl Party. So creative and healthy too!
The layout of this is awesome!! I especially love using the empty bell pepper as a dip bowl.
Yum – I love a good veggie tray. So delicious and a great presentation.
I love this post so much, so perfect for any party or gathering. Thanks so much.
I loved the idea of adding the dip into the pepper, such a great idea and make the veggie tray more appealing.