Heart Healthy Veggie Skeleton Dip Recipe
Have a healthy Halloween party with this fun, decorative veggie dip. Sliced cucumbers, carrots, and mushrooms make the "skeleton" thats as creepy as it is crisp and delicious.
Ingredients
Recipe yields 16 servings
Dip
12 oz 1/3-less-fat cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup nonfat buttermilk
3 tsp chopped fresh dill
3 small garlic cloves, minced fine
3/4 tsp onion powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp black pepper
Veggie Skeleton
5 fresh mushrooms, sliced
1/2 cucumber, sliced
1 red bell pepper, sliced
1/4 yellow bell pepper, sliced
4 baby carrots, cut in half lengthwise and horizontally
2 celery stalks
1/2 cup broccoli florets
2 pitted black olives slices
Directions
Step 1
In a bowl, combine cream cheese, buttermilk, dill, garlic, onion powder, salt and pepper. Cover with plastic wrap and keep chilled while assembling the veggie skeleton.
Veggie Skeleton
Step 1
On a platter, arrange mushroom slices about halfway down the platter to make the “hips” of the skeleton. Starting at the top center of the mushrooms, arrange a row of cucumber slices going up to make the “torso” of the skeleton. Arrange about 5 slices of red bell pepper on each side of the cucumber slices to make the “ribs” of the skeleton. Arrange 2 yellow bell pepper slices to make the “shoulders” of the skeleton.
Step 2
Arrange 2 baby carrots on each side of the red bell pepper “ribs” to make the “arms” of the skeleton. Arrange celery stalk pieces coming out from the bottom of the mushrooms to make the upper “legs” of the skeleton. Arrange red and yellow bell pepper slices under the celery slices to make the bottom part of the “legs” of the skeleton. Arrange 4 small broccoli florets to make the “hands” and “feet” of the skeleton.
Step 3
Serve the dip in a small white bowl and place it at the top of the skeleton to make the “head” of the skeleton. Decorate the dip with olive slices for the “eyes” and broccoli florets for the “hair.”
Time: 20 minutes
Servings: 16
Calories: 51
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Dietary Review:
Jane Schwartz, RDN, CLT
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Nutrition facts
Serving Size: 2 Tbsp dip
Per serving:
calories:51
total fat:4g
sat fat:2g
cholesterol:12mg
sodium:70mg
total carb:2g
fibers:0g
proteins:2g
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