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My great grandmother always had a relish tray at every meal. My mother remembers it being filled with homemade pickles, pickled beets, and fresh vegetables from her own garden according to season. It was the perfect accompaniment to every meal. Folks could pass it around and use the contents to add variety and customization to their dinner. Picky kids could always use the relish tray to round out their plates as well … not that kids were really all that picky back in the old days!
Nowadays, with our focus on getting kids to try new things and eating more healthful foods, this is the perfect time to bring back the old custom of having a relish tray at meals, with a modern twist to tailor it to our own tastes. Don’t go thinking this is just for kids though! Adults love relish trays almost as much, if not more, than the wee ones. My mother always slices up cucumbers and carrots while we’re cooking at family get togethers. We nibble … and nibble … and then have to make a brand new relish tray before the meal because we’ve ate it all!
This also helps keep our portions of more caloric fare to a minimum as we’ve already partially filled up on the good stuff.
My typical relish tray includes: cucumbers, bell pepper strips, carrots, cherry tomatoes, and peanut butter celery (a favorite of my kids).
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(original article by Southern Plate)
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We do this! And it works so well… a couple of bright chopped peppers, cucumber and so on and before you know it – it’s gone! While I am serving and getting ready for a meal…It takes everything in me to say: “stop eating the vegi’s” can you believe!!!
Growing up, my mother usually had a light lunch of cut-up cheese, diced meat or meat shreds, grapes or some other in-season fruit, and whatever else struck her. Now that I’m an adult, I tend to create similar trays to your relish tray not as a compliment to dinner, but as dinner itself! They’re fantastic for when the weather gets hot and no one wants to cook and be stuck in a kitchen for hours upon hours.