A wheatgrass serving platter is a unique way to serve food. If you need a signature piece for your buffet table, a natural grass serving dish is your answer. It’s perfect for a bridal shower, wedding, anniversary, birthday, holiday, or any special occasion.
Fancy serving dishes are great, but a natural wheatgrass serving platter gives a distinctive flair that’s both earthy and dressy at the same time.
Begin growing your wheatgrass serving platter at least a week prior to your event.
Growing a Wheatgrass Serving Platter
Start by finding a dish that’s beautiful and an inch or two deep. Mine is a round Christmas pie plate, which doesn’t matter since the inside is hidden. Two options for pretty pie plates on Amazon are here and here.
Then, measure your wheatgrass seeds by dumping them into your growing dish. (Use the link to find wheatgrass seeds.) Fill the dish with a thick single layer of seeds to know how many to use.
(When you’re done growing wheatgrass, get yourself a grain mill below to make your own flour with wheatberries. I’ve been making my own flour for over 20 years!)
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The next step, which is very important, is to soak the seeds overnight. Wheatgrass seeds have a tough outer shell, and soaking helps them sprout.
Then, fill your dish with a good seed-starting dirt or high-quality potting soil. Sprinkle your moist wheatgrass seeds on top of the dirt and
DON’T COVER SEEDS WITH DIRT.
Cover the moistened seeds with newspaper.
When the seeds have sprouted, don’t cover them anymore. Give them adequate indirect light. A kitchen counter in a space with windows works just fine!
Watch day by day as the seedlings take off!
Tips and Tricks for Growing a Wheatgrass Serving Platter
Make It Rain!
You’ll love this little trick for watering your wheatgrass! Instead of using a spray bottle, simply moisten a washcloth and squeeze it over your grass like a gentle rainfall.
Mowing the Grass!
Just like your lawn, your wheatgrass will look unwieldy after awhile. You’ll want to do a trim before you serve food at your event to get all the grass the same length. Getting all the grass the same length will give it the most strength, too, so it will be ready to hold your food items.
Grab a scissors and watch the wheatgrass-trimming video!
Now this plate of wheatgrass both looks much better and is much stronger.
Assisting the Wheatgrass in Holding Food
What if, after growing a thick plate of wheatgrass, it isn’t strong enough to hold the food you plan to serve on it? Get yourself some thick toothpicks and hide them in the grass. Place them as you’re arranging the food to find the most optimal places for the toothpicks.
What Foods to Serve on the Wheatgrass Serving Platter
The best foods to serve on the wheatgrass serving platter will be small and lightweight. The mini oat cups pictured here are perfect. Find the recipe here. Mini blueberry muffins would work. So would a miniature version of berries on a cloud.
Below is a picture of my wheatgrass serving platter at one of my daughter’s bridal showers.
May your celebration be extra special with this natural wheatgrass platter!
