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Easter Veggie Garden

by Jessie Daye

First published: February 26, 2015 | Updated: June 10, 2026

Everyone has served a vegetable tray at some point in their life. Whether you have made your own, or picked one up at Costco, I am certain you all have served a veggie tray. And I am also assuming you all just dumped some carrots on a platter with some pre-cut celery and a side of ranch. Don’t lie. I do it all the time too hehe. Well, today I am showing you how to make a fancy pants Easter garden veggie tray with my good friend Kirk Hawkins from KTLA news. Watch our YouTube video @Jessiedaye!

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Easter Veggie Garden

Ingredients
Pumpernickel bread
Flax seed (optional)
Different veggies
Ranch dressing
Tray or platter, lined with foil
Doll house fencing
Hot glue

Directions
1. Hot glue your doll house fence all the way around your tray or platter. *TIP: If you are using a metal tray, the hot glue will pull off when you are done and want your normal tray back.

2. Line your tray with foil if it’s not a serving dish.

3. Pulse your pumpernickle bread in a food processor until it’s very fine and pour onto your tray. I added flaxseed to mix in with the bread so it looks like actual dirt.

4. Wash and dry your veggies and stick them in the dirt in individual rows.

5. Serve with a side of ranch. 

6. I added chalkboard signs to my garden, but these are optional.

Easter Veggie Garden

Author: Jessie Daye
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A decorative veggie tray styled as a garden with edible dirt made from pumpernickel bread and arranged vegetables.

Ingredients

  • Pumpernickel bread
  • Flax seed optional
  • Different veggies
  • Ranch dressing
  • Tray or platter, lined with foil
  • Doll house fencing
  • Hot glue

Method

  1. Hot glue your doll house fence all the way around your tray or platter. If you are using a metal tray, the hot glue will pull off when you are done and want your normal tray back.
  2. Line your tray with foil if it's not a serving dish.
  3. Pulse your pumpernickle bread in a food processor until it's very fine and pour onto your tray. Add flaxseed to mix in with the bread so it looks like actual dirt.
  4. Wash and dry your veggies and stick them in the dirt in individual rows.
  5. Serve with a side of ranch.
  6. Add chalkboard signs to your garden as optional decoration.

Notes

This is a decorative presentation recipe rather than a cooked dish. Flaxseed is optional. For metal trays, hot glue will peel off cleanly when done.

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Hi, I'm Jessie. 

I’m a Los Angeles mama, home renovator, and lifelong creative, sharing the things that make everyday life a little more beautiful. I believe food is one of the best ways to bring people together, which is why I love cooking: it turns an ordinary Tuesday into something worth remembering. From recipes I make on repeat to DIY projects, home design, and a little bit of real life in between — welcome to my corner of the internet. I’m so glad you’re here.

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