If you’re looking for a really easy and fun entertaining idea, learn how to make a Vegan charcuterie board/antipasto platter that everybody will enjoy!
Hello my beautiful friends, the sweet long summer nights are finally here, and so is entertaining and dining al fresco season.
If you’re looking for a really easy and fun entertaining idea, why not try what we call “apéro dinatoire” in France , a particularly informal and lovely type of gathering which consists of so many antipasti, bruschette, appetizers, dips and mezze (plus drinks) that you make a whole dinner out of it – no need for entrée or main course – just many wonderful little bites of goodness. Isn’t it a lovely idea for a perfect, fuss-free summer dinner?
This type of meal involves a Vegan charcuterie board, or cheese board or mezze / crudité board. It can easily be made into a movie night snack board or – depending on your choice of food, even into a breakfast board!
Many of you asked me how to go about making a Vegan antipasto platter when all they can think about is a traditional cheese and charcuterie platter. Well, there are so many amazing Vegan options to make a Vegan charcuterie board and I thought that I should tell you about them.
To give you some ideas, the ingredients I’ve included this time in my Vegan antipasto platter were:
❥ hummus, red, yellow, orange and black cherry tomatoes, olives, veggie deli slices, slices of cucumber, sliced of carrots, a few squares of a chickpea & tomato tortilla (in the lower right corner), veggie chips (beets, carrot and parsnip), raw broccoli florets, crackers, radishes, iceberg and lamb’s lettuce leaves to line some parts of the platter, fresh lemon halves. On the side we had mixed dry fruits and baguette.
Other ingredients you could add (there’s no limit, really!) Think of
Brad is an artist inspired by nature: he only collects local and reclaimed wood around the seasons like driftwood that washed up on a beach, roots that have invaded a wall, or naturally fallen timber.
He then infuses his own sensibility into the pieces of wood that take onto a new life in his hands, thus real works of art are born – wood serving trays like this but also furniture, accessories, home decor and sculptures. You’ve also already seen another piece from Brad in my Summer Essentials post.
What I particularly love about this Sapele wood serving platter is, you guessed it, the carved heart bowl ♥ how irresistible is that? You can either fill it with a dip, or with a solid element that will keep that shape.
But really, I’ve fallen in love with the craftsmanship behind each and every one of Brad’s works, and the fact that he makes all his pieces Vegan-friendly thanks to the completely natural, food safe hand-rubbed oil finish (yes, be aware that more often than not, wood glazes and varnishes are not Vegan-friendly) ensures heirloom quality to each of his handcrafted pieces.
In this way, simple everyday objects of our daily lives are filled with emotions: they are not only functional but also spiritually alive – and impart our homes and kitchens are a timeless charm.
If you’re curious and want to see more of Brad’s work, you can visit his site: https://www.bradquarless.com/
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I wish you a love-filled day xoxo
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