Vegetable Christmas Tree With Broccoli Food

VEGGIE CHRISTMAS TREE

Steps:

• Cover the bottom of a 13-in. x 9-in. glass dish with dressing. Arrange broccoli in a tree shape, using the stem as the trunk. Place cauliflower around tree. Add tomatoes and carrot slices as ornaments.

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

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.

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.

VEGETABLE CHRISTMAS TREE WITH BROCCOLI

Steps:

• Arrange broccoli florets in the shape of a Christmas tree. Drape red pepper strips as garlands between the rows of broccoli florets and stick in the cherry tomatoes as ornaments.
• Cut yellow bell pepper into a star using a cookie cutter and place on top of the broccoli tree. Cut little thin strips out of the remaining yellow bell pepper to become candles and arrange on tree.
• Break pretzel sticks in half and lay as a trunk on the bottom of the broccoli tree. Arrange cauliflower as snow and clouds.

CHRISTMAS TREE EDIBLE CENTERPIECE

Steps:

• Place foam on platter.
• Using toothpicks secure lettuce on foam just to cover.
• Starting with the largest broccoli and broccoflower heads place on foam starting at the base and work your way up securing with toothpicks.
• Push 1/2 the carrots randomly into the foam.
• Take the rest of the veggies cut into small pieces and fill in the empty spots and brighten up the tree. Using toothpicks only IF needed.
• Mix the remaining carrots with the juice from the carrots, remaining vegetables with the juice from the gardenia mix and place around the base of the tree.
• Top with the star.
• Serve with a dip of choice.