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    Dairy-Free Vesper Boards are a Delicious Alternative to Cheese Boards

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    By Sarah Hatfield on June 11, 2019 Appetizers, Dairy-Free Recipes, Dairy-Free Snack Recipes, Entrees, Kids Can Cook, Sarah's Recipes

    Father’s Day dinner ideas often focus on the grill. Looking for something cooler for the warm summer months, Katherine and I created Dairy-Free Father’s Day Vesper Boards. This German variation on bread or cheese boards is usually served without cheese! Vesper boards were originally served as between-meal snacks, but they are hearty enough to serve as a main course.

    Dairy-Free Vesper Boards - Tips for making your own German-style, cheese-free board - for meals or snacks

    Dairy-Free Vesper Boards are a Delicious Alternative to Cheese Boards

    I first learned about vesper boards from Claire Lower at Skillet. They’ve also been featured on Treehugger as a dinner option and Goop as “the new cheese plate.”

    A vesper board isn’t that different from a bread board or a cheese board. They simply focus more on foods other than cheeses. Vesper boards are the perfect way to feature a variety of fancy dairy-free foods–or the perfect way to use up odds and ends from the kitchen. Vesper boards can easily be made vegan or vegetarian depending on what you put on them. Children who want to help with dad’s special dinner can help choose the foods at the store and help assemble everyone’s individual vesper board.

    Dairy-Free Vesper Boards - Tips for making your own German-style, cheese-free board - for meals or snacksFor a fun Father’s Day gift, give Dad a gift basket full of his favorite dairy-free appetizers along with a set of vesper boards. Or, if Dad would enjoy a project to work on with the kids, Catherine Newman has directions for making your own pine boards. Give him the supplies and directions along with the basket of dairy-free foods to serve on it.

    Dairy-Free Vesper Boards - Tips for making your own German-style, cheese-free board - for meals or snacksVesper boards can include whatever sounds good to you and your family. The bamboo Pampered Chef board pictured here has grapes, baguette slices, hard-boiled egg slices, hummus, marinated artichoke hearts, and almonds. And I’ve included several food options in the recipe below. Keep in mind that you can choose whatever you want from the list, or add other options, to suit your family’s dietary needs.

    Dairy-Free Vesper Boards - Tips for making your own German-style, cheese-free board - for meals or snacks

    Special Diet Notes: Vesper Boards

    By ingredients, this concept is dairy-free / non-dairy, but you can make it egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free, soy-free, vegan, and/or vegetarian if you wish!

    Dairy-Free Vesper Boards
     
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    Prep time
    15 mins
    Total time
    15 mins
     
    These are delicious dairy-free items that we love on vesper boards. Pick and choose your favorites for a delicious appetizer or meal.
    Author: Katherine and Sarah Hatfield
    Recipe type: Entree
    Cuisine: German
    Serves: As much as you need
    Ingredients
    • Dairy-free baguette slices
    • Dairy-free whole grain crackers
    • Pickled vegetables
    • Fancy olives (like kalamatas)
    • Marinated mushrooms
    • Marinated artichoke hearts
    • Dairy-free stuffed grape leaves (aka dolmas)
    • Nuts
    • Toasted seeds
    • Fresh seasonal fruit, such as grapes, stone fruits, berries, apples, or pears
    • Dried fruits
    • Hummus
    • Fancy jelly (sweet or spicy, like pepper jelly)
    • Hard-boiled, pickled, or soy sauce eggs
    • Dairy-free charcuterie
    • Sardines or other small tinned fish
    Instructions
    1. Choose a variety of ingredients from the list above.
    2. Add any other foods you can think of.
    3. Place small servings of each item on individual vesper boards.
    4. Use small dishes on the boards to hold some of the foods, if desired.
    5. Serve with small utensils for spreading and eating.
    6. Refrigerate any leftovers.
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    Sarah Hatfield

      Sarah is the Associate Editor for Go Dairy Free. Her previous experience includes work as a copy editor at Thoroughbred Times magazine, a content writer at Travelago.com, and an intern at Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood. Sarah was a 'mom blogger' for many years but now mostly hangs out on Go Dairy Free and Instagram.

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