In Christmas parties, vegetable salad is always a favorite choice for many people. One of the simple ideas for Christmas dinner is vegetable salad to shape a Christmas pine tree, which brings both a festive atmosphere and convenience when bringing to gatherings.
Ingredients for shaping a Christmas tree
Depending on the creativity and ingenuity of each member, families can create Christmas trees from easy-to-find vegetables and fruits.
Suggested ingredients are broccoli, cucumber, lettuce, cherry tomatoes, red, yellow bell peppers, asparagus, green or black olives... You can even make a Christmas tree completely from fruits such as strawberries, green grapes, purple grapes, pineapple, star fruit...
If you want to create a vertical pine tree, use some types of fruit such as carrots, onions, squash... to make pillars for wooden sticks or chopsticks, toothpick.
If you shape a pine tree on a plate, the trunk can be shaped with asparagus, bread...
The snow on the tree can be made with white cauliflower or diced with mayonnaise, sugar...
drop sauce eaten with vegetables
The easiest dipping sauce is from sour cream, mayonnaise (or veganaise - a vegan version of mayonnaise) and dried spices. Spices used include onion powder, garlic powder, dried fennel and dried parsley. Spices can be adjusted to taste.
How to shape a vegetable Christmas tree
With the Christmas tree on a plate, the creation is extremely simple. The first step is to arrange green vegetables or green fruits into triangles to shape the pine tree.
Next, place vegetables and sticky rice cakes at the bottom of the broccoli triangle to shape the trunk.
Then, arrange the cherry tomatoes alternately on the layers of broccoli, creating a decorative feel like a thorn. You can take advantage of the orange peel and apple peel in the form of a fiber to create a decorative felt like a ribbon.
Finally, add white cauliflower to the base of the plant to create a snowfall effect, and place yellow bell peppers or a slice of yellow star fruit and carrots to shape the plant to the top like a star.
For vertical pine trees, erect a pillar in the middle of the plate, then use a toothpick to fix the vegetables, tubers, and fruits to gradually shape the top up high.
Finally, add white cauliflower to the base of the plant to create a snowfall effect. At the same time, place a yellow bell pepper or a slice of yellow star fruit and carrots to shape the top of the tree like a star.
With simple construction, easy-to-find ingredients and eye-catching appearance, Christmas tree-shaped vegetable trays are a suitable suggestion for home Christmas parties or when you need to bring appetizers to year-end gatherings.
