Bell Pepper Snack Cups

2006 Recipe 3rd Place Winner: Kaisa Wagner
Age Category 15-18

16  Red peppers
18 T Ranch dressing
Yellow pepper (sliced into strips)
18 Baby carrots
3 Stalks of celery (4 inches long)
8 Asparagus spears (4 inches long)
1 Jicama (peed & cut into 4 inch long x ¼ inch thick strips -24 strips)
24 Broccoli flowerets
1 Cucumber (sliced into 30 criss-cross slices)
18  Sugar snap peas
6 small plates

Directions:

Cut the tops off the red bell peppers and remove the seeds. Place the bell peppers on small plates. Pour 3 tablespoons of ranch dressing into the bottom of each snack cup. Cut yellow pepper into 24 strips. Cut 3 stalks of celery in half cut into 4 slices down to 1” from the bottom and put in ice water. Cut the top 4” of the asparagus off. Cut the jicama so that it is 4 inches long and a ¼ inch thick.  Break off 24 broccoli flowerets. Get 18 baby carrots about the same size. Slice cucumber into 30 criss-cross slices. Get 18 sugar snap peas about the same size. Arrange the yellow pepper strips, celery, asparagus, jicama, strips, broccoli flowerets, baby carrots, cucumber slices and the sugar snap peas into the red bell pepper. Have fun dipping and snacking.

 

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Last modified: 09/15/08