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! Don't underestimate the importance of a neat basket or cool platter to serve your veggies on. I'll have some photos later, my veggie platters are always impressive! *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