Composed Appetizer Platter

Ingredients

• 2 heads fresh cauliflower, washed and cut into bite-size pieces (or 1 head cauliflower and 1 head broccoli, if desired)
• 1 pint grape tomatoes or 1 pint cherry tomatoes, washed
• 2 (10 ounce) cans button mushrooms, drained
• 2 cups baby carrots, washed (and scraped, if necessary)
• 1 cup pitted california black olives (Kalamata olives can also be used) (optional)
• 1/2 small red onion, sliced
• 1 (8 ounce) bottle Italian salad dressing (or your favourite bottled vinaigrette salad dressing)
• 3/4 lb cooked shrimp, peeled but with tails left on
• 4 hard-boiled eggs, peeled and halved
• fresh ground black pepper, to taste