Vegetable Christmas Tree With Broccoli Food

CHRISTMAS TREE VEGGIE PLATTER RECIPE

Steps:

• Begin by rinsing all veggies and chopping up the broccoli and bell peppers.
• Layer broccoli pieces in a triangle, and add snap peas all around the edges putting them at an angle downward.
• Add bell peppers to look like garland, and then add them up top as a star.
• Sprinkle with cherry tomatoes and serve with your favorite veggie dip.

VEGGIE CHRISTMAS TREE RECIPE

Steps:

• Rinse all veggies and chop up the broccoli into florets. Cut the celery and slice the bell peppers if you are using them.
• Wrap the styrofoam cone with a double layer of plastic wrap. Starting at the base of the cone insert toothpicks into the cone and attach a row of broccoli. Continue inserting toothpicks adding rows of broccoli and cherry tomatoes until you reach the top of the cone.
• Place one toothpick in the very top of the cone. Cut a star out of the cheese using a mini cookie cutter or a knife. Carefully slide it onto the toothpick on the top.
• Arrange the bell peppers, celery. carrots, other vegetables or crackers that you choose to use around the base of the tree. Serve with the bacon ranch cheese ball or your favorite Marzetti® Veggie Dip. ENJOY!

VEGETABLE CHRISTMAS TREE

Steps:

• Stack cake dummies (found in cake decorating stores or at www.cookscakeandcandy.com-search "Styrofoam dummy rounds"). Cut Styrofoam cone to about 4 in. high; glue on top of small cake dummy. Glue remaining cake dummies together. Wrap the form in cheesecloth dyed with food coloring., Attach kale leaves with toothpicks. Add veggie trims., For daikon radish garland, use a vegetable peeler to create long, thin ribbons from radishes. Drape around the tree, going under some trims and over others, and tucking in the ends to hide., For ornaments, cut turnips into 1/4-in.-thick rounds. Use cookie cutters to make ornaments; attach with toothpicks., Make a tree topper of interlinked pepper rings.

CHRISTMAS TREE VEGETABLE PLATTER

Steps:

• In small bowl, stir together dip ingredients. Cover; refrigerate at least 1 hour to blend flavors.
• Rinse and thoroughly dry vegetables. Trim broccoli and cauliflower floret stems.
• Arrange broccoli on serving platter to form tree shape and tomatoes to form garland. Arrange bell pepper to form star and cauliflower to form snow (see photo). If desired, cover and refrigerate up to 4 hours.
• Just before serving, arrange pretzels at bottom of tree to form trunk. Serve with dip.

VEGETABLE CHRISTMAS TREE APPETIZER

Steps:

• Cover the bottom of a 13X9X2-inch glass dish with dressing.
• Arrange broccoli in a tree shape,
• Make trunk from broccoli stem or (using 1 1/2 large pretzel sticks cut in half arranged next to one another)
• Place cauliflower around tree.
• Add tomatoes and carrot slices as ornaments.