The $10 Mezze Platter
You can make a delicious mezze platter for not a lot of money by incorporating affordable foods and budget-friendly shopping tips.
A mezze platter is a mix of small dishes and bites – a sort of grazing board – filled with Middle Eastern foods like hummus, olives, baba ghanoush, pita, dolma, and other foods.
About The Recipe: The $10 Mezze Platter
Sticking to my cheap recipe theme, I came up with a mezze platter – a selection of dips and small bites that is often served as an appetizer course in Mediterranean and Middle Eastern countries – for less than $10.00.
What To Include On The $10 Mezze Platter
I usually have to shop around to find the cheapest food items possible, but one trip to Trader Joe’s was all it took to create this platter. Here’s what I paid:
- Picholine olives: $1.99
- Pita bread (to make homemade pita chips): $1.69
- English cucumber: $1.69
- Roasted garlic hummus: $1.99
- Greek yogurt (to make homemade tzatziki sauce): $1.69 (To make, mix one container of Greek yogurt with 1/4 cup diced cucumber, fresh garlic, and a teaspoon of red wine vinegar)
Total cost: $9.05 (not including cost of olive oil, vinegar, and garlic)
You truly don’t have to spend a lot of money to create a great appetizer platter. I’ve done this before with my $10 Cheese Plate and $10 Appetizer Spread.
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Love the platter, Haley! One of my favourite ways to enjoy a meal is communal style with a variety of delights like this. Thanks so much for including me in this super fun project! I’m in for next year. 🙂
Thanks for including me in this project! I had a blast! I will definitely be making your affordable platter next Sunday. This is absolutely one of my favorite types of food to graze on.
I love this! I’ve got movies to watch and food to try…. Thanks! 🙂
What a GREAT idea for a party!!
Haley. You Rock. Your platter looks phenomenal- nothing beats a Greek-esk tray of food in my mind (olives are pretty much pickles in my heart). Thank you so much for putting all your time and energy into making this happen- I would say it was a rip-roaring success and it couldn’t have happened w/o you!
The platter looks and sound delicious but being a military mom attached to the scout sniper platoon without a doubt I would have liked to have seen some recipes for “shots’ or “shooters”
Love this! It’s so nice to be reminded of great ways to host that don’t cost a ton of money. And this is definitely a great choice for American Sniper!
You had me at roasted garlic hummus. Looks absolutely delicious, and again, I’m so glad I got to be a part of this little project!
Haley, your platter looks so delicious and it’s thriftiness is also a major perk! We like to have what we call “appetizer dinner” around here once in a while, but it usually gets more of an Italian slant. I think that next time, we’ll model it off of this! Thanks so much for including me in what’s been a super fun collaboration! xoxo