Cabbage Bowl Dip
This Cabbage Bowl Dip is a delightful way to serve spring and Easter cruidites. Scoop out a red cabbage, to make a small serving bowl, and fill with spinach dip. It’s a vibrant presentation, served on a platter or an Easter basket, with pita chips, a mix of colorful, seasonal vegetables like carrots, cucumbers, peppers, cauliflower, radishes, and snap peas.
For an elegant presentation for spring or Easter, learn how to make an ultimate crudité platter with this Cabbage Bowl Dip. With vibrants colors, serving veggies on a platter or making an “Easter basket” with a Spinach dip and veggies is a beautiful way to serve an appetizer. This spinach dip “red cabbage bowl” is a stunning Easter centerpiece! You can even serve our Stuffed Mini Bell Pepper Carrots on your platter!
Use our simple Spinach Dip recipe, (or buy store-bought), plus follow the step-by-step instructions on how to make a Red Cabbage Bowl (scooped out) to serve as a vessel for the dip. What a delicious way to serve a crudite platter for spring (think Easter, Mother’s Day, a spring luncheon).
Options for the cabbage bowl dip
Vegetable Options:
- Popular choices: Carrots, celery, cucumbers, cauliflower, bell peppers (various colors), snap peas.
- Spring flavors: Radishes, jicama, and asparagus spears (blanched).
- Add more color: Cherry or grape tomatoes, blanched green beans, or pickled green beans or asparagus.
- Mix up the textures: Leave some vegetables whole, slice some, leave on the leafy tops of the celery or carrot stems, cut into sticks, etc.
- One whole small red cabbage: Follow the instructions how to scoop out the center to create a small bowl.
Dip options:
- Spinach Dip: Grab the full recipe to print below.
- Use other creamy options: Greek Yogurt Ranch Dip, Cottage Cheese Dip, or Whipped Ricotta Dip.
- Herby Dips: Green Goddess Dip.
- Other Options: Hummus or Ranch dressing.
What size of red cabbage do you use?
- Small red cabbage: Start with a smaller red cabbage, dig and twist until you’ve carved out the center into a small serving bowl. Then add either homemade or store-bought spinach dip and serve on a large plate or board, with vibrant, spring vegetables!
- Large red cabbage: Take a purple cabbage and cut it in half. Using a knife, dig and twist until you’ve carved out the center. Then fill with your favorite dip and serve on a platter or Easter basket with crudités!
Why are they called crudités?
Crudités are raw vegetables which can be cut into small pieces, sticks, or thinly sliced. They are usually served with some sort of dip. I love serving a fresh platter for company, because not only is it healthy, there’s something for everyone! I also share these tips: 7 Tips for a Delicious Crudités Platter for your next party!
From scratch Spinach Dip ingredients:
- Frozen chopped spinach–thawed and squeezed dry
- Light sour cream
- Mayonnaise
- Produce: Green onions. fresh parsley, lemon, dill weed, garlic
- Cheese: Parmigiano Reggiano
How do you make an Easter Charcuterie Basket
Fill the bottom of the Easter basket with the big leafy kale and arrange the veggies (asparagus, carrots, celery, bell peppers, broccoli, cauliflower, radishes, green onions and jicama) on top of it, leaving a space in the center for the red cabbage bowl. Put the dip in the hollowed-out cabbage and place in the center of the Easter crudite basket! Easy!
These presentations are gorgeous as the “centerpiece” for your Easter table. Or, you can serve it as the focal point of a Spring Charcuterie Board or any of my charcuterie/cheese boards. How how cute are these Boursin carrots, and baby chick mini cheese balls?
Sandy’s Tips and substitutions:
- Make the edible red cabbage bowl: Gently peel back the outer leaves of a small head of cabbage. Slice a 1/2 inch from the bottom of the cabbage so it sits flat. Cut a 3-inch circle in the top of the cabbage; hollow out a third of the cabbage to form a bowl (save removed cabbage for another use).
- Prepare the veggies and bowl ahead: If you prepare the veggies ahead, this makes for a quick assembly, especially if you are serving this on Easter Sunday.
- Make the dip: Store in the fridge for up to 5 days in a sealed container.
- In a pinch for time: Buy storebought spinach dip, or if you are not a spinach fan, use any of these dips, Easy Triple Onion Dip Recipe or Smoked Salmon Dip Recipe (so good for Easter!).
- Prepare the basket or platter: Arrange by different colors to make the platter as beautiful as you can! Set the red cabbage bowl with dip in the center as the “center star!”
- Store the leftover veggies in ziploc bag in the refrigerator, and after serving the dip in the cabbage, toss the leftovers. Don’t try to salvage the dip after it’s been placed in the “red cabbage bowl.”
Such beautiful food makes my heart sing, and I hope it does yours as well!
More spring appetizers to try while you are here:
Get the Recipe:
Spinach Dip Red Cabbage Bowl
Ingredients
- 1 red cabbage, small or medium
Spinach Dip:
- 1 10 ounce frozen chopped spinach, thawed and squeezed dry
- ½ cup light sour cream
- ½ cup mayonnaise
- ½ cup chopped green onions
- ½ cup minced fresh parsley
- 2 tsp lemon juice
- ½ tsp dill weed
- 1 clove garlic, crushed
- ⅓ cup Parmigiano Reggiano
- Assorted fresh vegetables, carrot sticks, celery sticks, red peppers, jimaca, asparagus (blanched), etc.
Instructions
Prepare the red cabbage bowl:
- Peel back the outer leaves of cabbage. Slice 1/2 inch from bottom of cabbage so it sits flat. Next, cut a 3-in. circle in the top of the cabbage; hollow out a third of the cabbage to form a bowl.
Make the spinach dip:
- In a large bowl, combine the spinach, sour cream, mayonnaise, onions, parsley, lemon juice and dill weed, garlic, and Parmigiano cheese.
Assemble the platter or Easter basket:
- Serve on a platter: Spoon the dip into cabbage bowl just before serving. Set on a platter and fill in open spaces with fresh vegetables.
- Serve in an Easter basket: Fill the bottom of the Easter basket with the big leafy kale and arrange the veggies (asparagus, carrots, celery, bell peppers, broccoli, cauliflower, radishes, green onions and jicama) on top of it, leaving a space in the center for the red cabbage bowl. Put the dip in the hollowed-out cabbage and place in the center of the Easter crudite basket!
Notes
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