A Vegan Charcuterie Board featuring olives, pickles, vegetables, crackers, pretzels, and hummus is sure to please everyone at the table, even the meat eaters! It’s a super festive way to snack plant-based.
Dress it up your vegan charcuterie board even more with Homemade Garlic Lime Hummus and Tomato Bruschetta with Herbes de Provence, two classic, party-pleasing appetizers that are also plant-based.
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You don’t have to be a meat eater to enjoy the charcuterie board trend. Since so many boards have veered away from featuring solely deli meats, that is, charcuterie, there are lots of delicious options that are completely plant-based.
This Vegan Charcuterie Board* is sure to please the masses. I made it last week for my daughter’s 15th birthday, and her brothers — who are avowed “meatarians” — lit up their eyes and went to town on these plant-based snacks.
Why Make This
It’s super quick and easy. A Vegan Charcuterie Board comes together in just minutes!
A Vegan Charcuterie Board is easily customizable. You can mix and match different dips, vegetables, pickles, and snack foods to make a tantalizing array of munchies.
It’s perfect party food. Whether you’re hosting a gala event or hunkering down on the sofa with some friends, a vegan charcuterie board will not go amiss among your snack trays.
The meat eaters won’t miss the meat. I’ve got lots of omnivores at my house and their eyes light up when they see a vegan charcuterie board.
Ingredients
Here’s what you’ll need to assemble a Vegan Charcuterie Board:
veggie dippers – This can include a wide variety of vegetables, including but not limited to bell peppers, carrot sticks, celery sticks, cucumber slices, cherry tomatoes, broccoli or cauliflower florets, pea pods.
pickles – There are so many different kinds of pickles that you can include in a Vegan Charcuterie Board. Consider sweet, dill, and spicy pickles as well as different sizes and shapes, like cornichons, pickle chips, and baby cucumber pickles.
olives – Again, so many olive varieties, be sure to mix and match different colors and flavors. Olives can be green or black, mild or salty.
dips – I’ve included both purchased hummus and homemade bruschetta. There are a host of other dips or spread you can include, such as English Pickle, bean dip, or guacamole.
crackers and bread – Mix up the flavors, sizes, and textures of your crackers and bread. In this vegan charcuterie board, I included both sliced french rolls and rosemary crackers.
nuts – I used pistachios, but you can include almonds, walnuts, pecans, or even Sweet & Spicy Pumpkin Seeds.
other snack foods – You can include trail mix, pretzels, or popcorn on your board. Again, look for a range of textures and colors to keep things interesting.
plant-based substitutes for meat and cheese – This Vegan Charcuterie Board recipe includes regular food that most households typically buy, vegan or not. If you have products that you love, by all means include them.
Pro tip: Choose items that contrast in color and texture. This is visually appealing, but believe it or not, variety also tastes better!
Step-by-Step Instructions
Here’s how to assemble your Vegan Charcuterie Board:
- Lay out a large wooden board or tray. If it’s not a surface that works well for serving foods, line it first with parchment paper.
- Add several bowls to the board to hold your wet ingredients like pickles, olives, and dips.
- Lay out each of the items in sections around the board. While the most artistic layout will depend on what ingredients you’ve chosen, a good rule of thumb is to distribute bright colors around the board so the whole board catches your eye, not just one corner.
That’s it! Assembling a Vegan Charcuterie Board is super easy.
FAQs and Recipe Costs
Charcuterie, by definition is cured and cooked meats. Today it signifies a board of snacks which may or may not include meat.
In the true French sense of the phrase, a charcuterie board contains meat. However the phrase has taken on new meaning of late, to designate a snack board of some kind, with or without meat, that is for munching. Other, possibly more appropriate terms include: snack board, grazing platter, or appetizer board.
There are several options for plant-based substitutes for typical charcuterie items, such a Tofurky Deli Slices.
Recipe Costs
Knowing how much it costs you to prepare a recipe can help you decide if it’s the type of recipe to make regularly or one you might want to save for special occasions. Let’s crunch some numbers and see how this recipe pencils out.
- pickles – $2.47
- olives – $1.23
- bruschetta – $2.50
- hummus – $3.99
- crackers – $1.78
- pretzels – $1.98
- French rolls – $1.00
- pistachios – $2.00
While your costs may vary depending on where and how you shop, you can expect to pay about $16.95 for a large Vegan Charcuterie Board, about $1.41/serving.
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Vegan Charcuterie Board
Equipment
- large wooden cutting board
- small bowls or ramekins
Ingredients
- 1 jar pickles
- 1 can black olives
- 2 cups pretzel twists
- 1 red bell pepper
- 1 green bell pepper
- 1 English cucumber
- 1 cup pistachios
- 1 box rosemary crackers
- 2 French rolls sliced and toasted
- 10 ounces hummus
- 1 batch Bruschetta
Instructions
- Lay out a large wooden board or tray. If it's not a surface that works well for serving foods, line it first with parchment paper.
- Add several bowls to the board to hold your wet ingredients like pickles, olives, and dips.
- Lay out each of the items in sections around the board. While the most artistic layout will depend on what ingredients you've chosen, a good rule of thumb is to distribute bright colors around the board so the whole board catches your eye, not just one corner.
Notes
Nutrition
*As a French major, it is difficult for me to write vegan charcuterie board. Charcuterie, by definition is cured and cooked meats. That cannot be vegan, no matter how many meat replacements come on the market. That said, charcuterie board, at least in 2020’s America, has taken on a new meaning: board of snacks which may or may not include meat. And this is a snack board that vegan eaters and omnivores can both enjoy!
Julia
Great idea! My daughter has recently decided to reduce her footprint by forgoing meat. This is very helpful for our quick grab/snacks season coming up.
Jessica Fisher
I’m really having fun making up these boards. Did another one at Thanksgiving, though it did have a bit of cheese, too.
Kathleen L
Looks like a winner! I will be doing something along this line and also the “turkey”shaped veggie tray with hummus. Thanks for the ideas!
Jessica Fisher
Sounds fun!
Tiffany V
What a great set-up! I love vegan substitutes that compare to the “real deal.” I will be trying this out next time I have a few girls over.