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"Flower Vegetables" Need Fresh Veggies: Cauliflower Broccoli Cherry Tomatoes Baby Carrots Red Cabbage Also: Black Olives Green Olives Ranch Veggie Dip |
 Wash veggies. Break broccoli & cauliflower into florets. Thread veggies onto skewers per your imagination (or follow picture). Cut slice off bottom of cabbage so it won't roll around. Cutu & hollow out center--reserve for other things--(don't fill with dip till ready to serve), place in center of tray. Carefully poke skewers into the cabbage, arranging per picture. Fill in "holes" on plate with extra vegetables as some of your guests will not won't to disturb your gorgeous arrangement & will feel more comfortable taking the loose "petals." |
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Cucumber Tea Sandwiches Need: Fresh cucumbers, washed & sliced in thin rounds. Cocktail rye bread--cut in circles with jar or biscuit cutter for extra special effect For spread: (To taste) Sour Cream Mayonaise Diced Onion |
 For cucumber sandwiches, mix sour cream, mayo & diced onion & spread on bread. Place cuke slices atop--chill & arrange just prior to serving. Scrumptious! |
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Olive Cheese Roll-Ups Need: Green Olives Pimento Cheese White Bread Cream Cheese Food Coloring (optional) |
 For roll ups, remove crusts from bread, flatten with glass or rolling pin. Spread pimento cheese thinly on 1 slice. Place 4 olives in a row along one end. Roll up, jelly roll fashion & chill olive bread cheese logs till firm. Slice in between the olives with a sharp knife & stand on end. Take plain cream cheese (optional-add color of choice--see picture) & pipe rosettes from pastry bag filled with the cream cheese atop the olive bread. Easy, economical & fancy! |
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Cheese Basket 8 oz cream cheese 8 oz shredded cheddar 1 tsp worchestire sauce 1 tsp garlic powder 1 tblsp parsley Cream Cheese in several colors--see pictures. Mix all in food processor & mold in 3 inch cake pan. (Grease & line pan with saran wrap first!) |
  Surprise! These are not cakes, nor are they a real basket of flowers--they're cheese "balls." If you have a way with cake decorating, try molding your cheese ball in a standard 3" cake pan, coloring some cream cheese for your "icing" and using standard basket weave technique for the basket & roses technique for the flowers. Quite impressive! |