Veggie Christmas Tree Recipes

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.

CRESCENT VEGGIE CHRISTMAS TREE RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Removed the dough from the can without unrolling. Cut each can into sixteen slices (8 from each roll).
• Place the slices on a lightly greased cookie sheet to form a tree. One slice at the top, two slices in the next row, three in the next, then four slices, and five slices for the last row. There will be one remaining slice that can be used for the trunk. After you have formed the tree, lightly roll out to flatten a little bit. I didn't do this and the crescent was a little too thick after it was baked.
• If you are making two trees, refrigerate the other tree while the first one bakes. Baked for 11-13 minutes or until golden brown. Let it cool for 1-2 minutes and then carefully loosen from the sheet and move to a cooling rack. Bake the second tree.
• Move the cooled tree to your serving platter prior to decorating.
• Combine the sour cream, cream cheese, dill, and garlic. Mix until smooth. Spread the mixture over both trees and decorate with veggies.

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.

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!

VEGGIE CHRISTMAS TREE APPETIZER TRAY

Steps:

• Fill a Christmas tree shaped tray or pan with broccoli florets. The broccoli should be cut to the depth of the pan. Once the pan is full, prop the broccoli up to make it appear that the "tree" is lush and green.
• Insert baby carrots into the broccoli so that just the tips show. These are the ornaments on the tree.
• Insert cherry tomatoes for more "ornaments".
• Place a small bowl (star-shaped?) at the top of the pan filled with Ranch dressing.