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4/27/2022 Comments

FRUIT & VEGGIE BUGS

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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 
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