Vegetables and cream evenly put on saucers (8)
I believe the answer is:
radishes
'vegetables' is the definition.
(radish is a kind of vegetable)
'cream evenly put on saucers' is the wordplay.
'evenly' indicates alternate letters (the letters in even-numbered positions).
'put on' says to put letters next to each other.
'saucers' becomes 'dishes' ('dish' can be a synonym of 'saucer').
The alternate letters of 'cream' are 'ra'.
'ra'+'dishes'='RADISHES'
'and' is the link.
(Other definitions for radishes that I've seen before include "Fleshy roots for salads" , "Salad vegetables" , "Pungent fleshy edible roots" , "Pungent roots for salads" , "Content of salad bowl" .)