according to the frog commissary, in addition to using this cheese spread for your veggie platter you can: pipe it onto cucumber or zuccini disks, or into hollowed cherry tomatoes or raw mushroom caps, spread on burgers, slather on baked potatoes, use as a sandwich spread, etc. just vary the amount of milk/cream you use to thin it to the consistancy you need. 16oz cream cheese (or nufchatel) at room temp 1 tablespoon milk or cream (adjust to taste) 1/2 tsp minced garlic 1/4 cup minced parsley 1/4 cup minced dill 1/3 cup minced scallions salt and pepper to taste dash tabasco sauce (opt.) i vary this slightly from their instructions, because i like to mince all of the herbs and garlic in the food processor first, then add the cream cheese and milk. continue processing, adding a little more milk at a time until it's at the consistancy that you need. add the salt and pepper and optional tabasco. regarding a fresh veggie platter: feel free to go beyond the "standard" assortment of vegetables here. i often will create a "green and white" platter, which looks stunning with this dip (which is quite green.) i always use kale to line my vegetable platters. its cheap as hell, and makes the presentation looks really professional! *green and white: -using a vegetable peeler, peel off strips of a seedless (english) cucumber, cut into disks. (once cut, the peel will alternate green and white.) -cut cauliflower heads into small bites, blanch briefly -cut celery sticks -cut broccoli heads into small bites, blanch briefly -chop scallions into 6" lenths, carefully cut scallions longwise into 2 pieces, handle carefully, they want to fall apart -cut green bell peppers into strips -cut button (white) mushrooms into thick slices -sometimes to add extra flourish, i'll then sprinkle cherry tomatoes haphazardly over the whole platter *veggies with a bite! -add sliced radishes and scallions (see above) to you platter *unusal veggies add flair -blanch sugar snap peas (not snow peas, they are too flat and wimpy) -blanch fresh green beans -blanch asparagus for a real treat! -use red, yellow and green bell peppers -slice fennel into strips -slice belgian endive into managable pieces