Monday, July 30, 2007

The Veggie Basket...


This can make a fun centerpiece for a table. I think that it was one of Martha's idea from long ago, but anyway it has been a popular idea in my family. This yellow basket is the largest that I have, it is almost 30 inches in diameter. I fill the bottom with heavy brown packing paper and then I use a few plactic groceries sacks from the grocery store to cover the paper. I then gather up a few different greens to make the vegetable bed. When I can get it, I love to use purple kale, but a variety makes it really pretty, sadly I could only get green this time. I think of it like a flower arrangement. Then I used whatever veggies will serve the crowd I'm making it for. My mom's family would like sweet pickles, baby corn, beets and other things like that. C's family likes their food without so much embellishment so these are veggies from the produce section, nothing from a jar. If you want it to look really amazing steam all the green things like the broccoli for just 5-10 seconds and they will be sooooo beautiful. I like to use the hollowed out purple cabbage for the dip, but you could use a green one if you like. I think this basket can easily handle a crowd of about 50-60 people as long as they aren't all health nuts, then you might need a second one. :)

9 comments:

Amy said...

Thanks for that great idea! I never knew that veggies could be so beautifully arranged! I've only just thrown them on a tray with an ugly bowl of dip in the middle. I'll have to try this sometime.

Janice said...

I love this. I am going to do this for toothsome #1 baptism.

Shauna said...

This is my kind of centerpiece. Functional, beautiful, and delish!
Thanks for sharing

Anonymous said...

Yum! They're beautiful.

Anonymous said...

I heard on BBC Radio 4 only yesterday that Kale is just about the best veggie you can eat to ward of all sorts of illnesses that approach with old age. The basket of veggies is a wonderful idea.

Cherry xxx

Charlene Teo said...

I'm a veggies lover! Thank you for visting my blog. :)

GeNee said...

That is so beautiful. Did they eat all those vegetables.

Lilli in Vancouver said...

Yummers! So lush, so exuberant! I love how much kale you have holding it all together :)

Anonymous said...

That is really pretty!