Vegetable & Fruit Bug Snacks #RecipeInBloom

Here’s the Recipe for the Bug Snacks my friend Hendrick and I created with Fruits and Vegetables on “Life in Bloom” !

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Vegetable & Fruit Bug Snacks

INGREDIENTS:

2-3 Celery stalks 1-2 mini cucumbers

½ cup cream cheese 10 cucumber slices

1 cup cherry tomatoes (various colors) 1 bunch chives, cut into 1” lengths

5-7 black olives 10 whole cashews

1/2 cup peanut butter 1 cup red and/or green grapes

3-4 strawberries, sliced 1/2 cup blueberries

1 apple, sliced 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips

1/2 cup ball-shaped cereal

INSTRUCTIONS:

Googly eyes: Pipe (via sandwich bag) small dots of cream cheese onto a plate.

Top with mini chocolate chips or small piece of black olives. Freeze to set.

Slide fruit and vegetables, into lengths and slices to construct “bugs.” Fill celery

stalks with peanut butter or cream cheese, using a piping bag or spoon. Use you

imagination to create snails, caterpillars, dragonflies, and butterflies.

J’s NOTES:

Reference these pictures for inspiration and instruction and have fun together!