Let’s build a healthy mezze board together! This Mediterranean mezze platter is perfect for entertaining a large crowd for a light meal, or an entire meal for the family. Not only are they beautiful, but this version is also nourishing and super simple to put together!
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Easy and Healthy Vegetarian Mezze Board How To Make It
A cheese board is impressive on its own, but if you add extra elements like fresh fruits, fresh vegetables, tasty dips, and fun ingredients from Mediterranean cuisines, your grazing board goes next level!
The beautiful color in our cucumbers, tomatoes, and rainbow mini bell peppers are not only eye-catching additions to this gorgeous platter, but they’re a great way to add nourishment.
You can enjoy them on their own, or in complement with the delicious dips.
I love how each veggie is so snackable and kid-friendly!
They taste amazing but also draw my kids in because they’re small and easy to grab.
There’s something about mini foods that my kids just gravitate towards, and I love that it includes veggies!
What is a mezze board?
You can think of a mezze board as a Mediterranean charcuterie board. So if you’re a fan of Mediterranean food and flavors, you’ll love this!
I kept my mezze board vegetarian focusing on cheeses, colorful produce, delicious roasted red pepper spread, creamy tzatziki, hummus, olives, and small bites from the homemade falafel
But there is no wrong way to build your mezze board!
What you need for your Mediterranean-themed board
Scroll down to view the recipe card below for the full ingredients list, nutrition facts, and step-by-step instructions.
- Uno Bites™ Nano Cucumbers
- Sangria Medley Tomatoes
- Aurora Bites Mini Sweet Peppers
- Cheeses
- Fresh fruit
- Pita or crackers
- Dips and spreads
- Olives
- Nuts
- Falafel or other finger food
I’ll break down each category below to give you ideas on how to build your own mezze board with all your Mediterranean favorites too!
Use this as a starting point and be creative with it! I’m putting the exact amounts of each item used on the board pictured in the recipe card.
Cheese
Special cheeses are a must here!
I used Havarti, fontina, and marinated fresh mozzarella balls.
Feta cheese, cheddar cheese, and goat milk cheese would be delicious too!
Fresh veggies
Fresh vegetables not only add color and brightness to a dish that could lack color without them, but they also add important vitamins and minerals! They add to the experience with their delicious taste.
Try these cherry tomatoes, mini cucumbers, and mini bell peppers, or add roasted/grilled vegetables like broccoli, zucchini, or eggplant.
Fresh fruits
Fruit and cheese go so well together. Grapes are an excellent way to round out empty spaces on large boards.
Sliced apple, pear, and plum would be delicious. Berries of any kind would be a tasty addition too.
Pita or crackers
Warm pita bread, pita chips, or your favorite cracker are all excellent choices.
Dips and spreads
Dips and spreads give our fresh pita, crunchy veggies, and small plates something to dip into.
I choose 3 easy-to-make to make dips: roasted red pepper pesto, classic hummus, and homemade creamy tzatziki.
A whipped feta dip, baba ganoush, yogurt dill sauce, or even my kefir ranch with some extra lemon juice and fresh herbs added in would be a tasty and simple dip to add.
Olives
Kalamata olives, stuffed green olives, or any fun and favorite olives you find as your olive bar are good choices here.
If you aren’t partial to olives, try including mini pickles, or other pickled vegetables in its place.
Nuts
Roasted almonds, Marcona almonds, pine nuts, or cashews are all tasty additions.
Falafel/finger food
Falafel makes great finger food for this platter. You could also add stuffed grape leaves or crispy roasted chickpeas.
If you aren’t keeping this platter vegetarian, you could add in cured meats like salami, prosciutto, and pepperoni here.
Grilled Mediterranean chicken skewers would be a great addition as well!
Don’t be limited to what is listed here.
How to make a Mediterranean platter
Step 1: One very important part of building a snack board is starting with a large serving platter or wooden board.
Step 2: Place the largest items, like dips that are in bowls, falafel, and stacks of cheese on your platter first.
Step 3: After the small bowls and cheese are placed, add your mini cucumbers, cherry tomatoes, mini red peppers, mini yellow peppers, and mini orange peppers.
Step 4: Next, add the pita bread, olives, grapes, and any remaining items to round out the large platter. A full and abundant platter looks great! Be creative and have fun building it.
Watch me build a vegetarian mezze board
The full how-to video can be watched below, or on my YouTube channel!
How to store any leftovers
If you are left with extras from your mezze board, here is the best way to store it all.
Add the dips into separate airtight containers and keep them in the fridge.
Place all the leftover cheeses together in an airtight storage container and store them in the fridge.
Any leftover vegetables can also be stored in the fridge in airtight containers.
Items like crackers, pita, and nuts can be returned to their original containers and stored back in the pantry.
For prepped food items, like falafel, store them in the fridge.
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Healthy Mezze Board
Ingredients
- 1 pint Uno Bites™ Nano Cucumbers
- 1 pint Sangria Medley Tomatoes
- 10 Aurora Bites Mini Sweet Peppers
- 4 ounces havarti cheese sliced
- 4 ounces fontina cheese sliced
- 4 ounces marinated fresh mozzarella balls
- 3 cups grapes
- 4 fresh pita quartered
- ½ cup roasted red pepper pesto
- ½ cup classic hummus
- ½ cup tzatziki
- ½ cup kalamata olives
- ½ cup stuffed green olives
- ½ cup roasted almonds
- 1 batch Falafel
Instructions
- One very important part of building a snack board is starting with a large serving platter or wooden board.
- Place the largest items, like dips that are in bowls, falafel, and stacks of cheese on your platter first.
- After the small bowls and cheese are placed, add your mini cucumbers, cherry tomatoes, mini red peppers, mini yellow peppers, and mini orange peppers.
- Next, add the pita bread, olives, grapes, and any remaining items to round out the large platter. A full and abundant platter looks great! Be creative and have fun building it.
Nutrition
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XO
Heather
Originally published October 2022. Updated April 2024.
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2 comments
Made this for a friends party and it was a hit!
That’s great news!