FRUIT & VEGGIE BUGS

Yield: 20 or more

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You have all heard of ants on a log (celery with peanut butter and raisins), let’s take it a step further and create bugs on a log.  All you need is celery, any spread (peanut butter or sunflower seed butter if nut free, cream cheese (can use vegan cream cheese), hummus.  Next create some bug parts: cucumbers, radishes, tomatoes, chives, olives, grapes, blueberries and more and let your kids get creative! 

Ingredients:

• 1 large bunch of celery, cut into 2- or 3-inch-long pieces

 
Options for the spread:

• cream cheese: can also use non-dairy cream cheese like Daiya brand
• hummus
• peanut butter, almond or nut free butter

 
Best fruits and veggies to use to create bugs:

• grape or cherry tomatoes
• cucumbers, thinly sliced into rounds/half-moons and/or cut into triangles
• radishes - thinly sliced into rounds
• sliced olives
• chives - cut in half or 2-3” piece
• red bell pepper - cut into thin strips
• raisins “ants”
• grapes
• strawberries
• blueberries

 
Directions:

1. Add hummus, cream cheese or peanut butter to your celery.
   
2. Get creative and build “bugs” with the fruit and/or vegetables. Examples: Use raisins as “ants” with the peanut butter; small tomatoes for caterpillars or heads; Cucumbers as snail shells; chives for antennas