Meat and Vegetable Trays for 50

Colorful Vegetable Tray

Here are amounts and suggestions for preparing meat and vegetable trays for 50 guests.


Helpful Hints

• Use the meat and cheese trays for guest to prepare sandwiches. Serve thinly sliced or shaved meats and thinly sliced cheeses
  
  
• To set up meat and cheese trays for appetizers, cut meat and cheeses in cubes or chunks and provide toothpicks or skewers for guests to serve themselves
  
  
• If you are serving other foods such as a main course and side dishes, reduce these amounts by 1/2 to 1/3
  
  
• Use larger amounts of more popular items, such as turkey, ham and cheddar cheese

• Always consider color and flavor combinations when determining placement
  
  
• Meat and cheese may be rolled, folded or stacked and garnished with leaf lettuce, parsley and colorful vegetables
  
  
• For cheese trays without meat, use about 6 lbs. of cheese in total
  
  
• Blanch vegetables such as asparagus, broccoli, green beans to enhance texture and improve flavor. Serve with one or more large quantity dip recipes
  
  
• Add assorted fruits to meat and vegetable trays as garnish such as strawberries, cantaloupe chunks, pineapple and cherries

Small Meat and Vegetable Trays

Meat and Cheese Trays

Approximate amounts to serve 50.  Amounts can be doubled to serve 100

Vegetable Trays
Approximate amounts to serve 50. Use 5 lbs. in combination

Relishes
3 lbs., in combination

Dips
1-1½ quarts

Large Quantity Appetizer Recipes

More Appetizers for a Crowd

Setting Up an Appetizer Bar

Finger Sandwiches