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vegetable plate decoration

(1 rating)
Recipe by
Jeanne Benavidez
Odessa, TX

I am not very clever at food presetation so I was trying to think of a way to spruce up the presentation of some of the holiday plates for Christmas dinner and I found this website that had some cool ideas. I thought this was very clever.You could use this to surround a favorite dish or just use it as a frame for your veggie tray items. Photos courtesy of Evgeniy Moroz "Unique food garnishing ideas"

(1 rating)
prep time 30 Min
method No-Cook or Other

Ingredients For vegetable plate decoration

  • cucumbers
  • cherry tomatoes

How To Make vegetable plate decoration

  • 1
    Scrub the cucumber and dry it. Cut off 1/2 inch from both ends. Cut the cucumber into 3 or 4 inch length pieces.
  • 2
    Remove a small piece of cucumber flesh with seeds.
  • 3
    With a sharp knife cut thin slices not cutting all the way through the cucumber piece.
  • 4
    Press down with a knife to create a desired fanned form.
  • 5
    Decorate the edge of a plate with the cucumber ‘fans’ alternating them with cherry tomatoes.
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