MOUSY PEAR SALAD
When my children were small, they loved to make these fun fruit salads. They gobbled up any leftover cheese and licorice as soon as the mice were assembled. The salads were the first thing they'd dig into when we started supper.-Marie Hoyer, Hodgenville, Kentucky
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Lunch
Time 15m
Yield 4 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- On four salad plates, place lettuce and a pear half, cut side down. Insert two raisins at narrow end of pear for eyes. Tuck four raisins under pear for feet. For ears, cut small teardrop-shaped pieces from cheese; place just above the eyes. Insert one 3-in. licorice piece into wide end of each pear for a tail. Insert four 1-in. pieces into each face for whiskers. Place a cherry piece under whiskers for nose.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 150 calories, Fat 1g fat (0 saturated fat), Cholesterol 3mg cholesterol, Sodium 126mg sodium, Carbohydrate 36g carbohydrate (0 sugars, Fiber 0 fiber), Protein 2g protein. Diabetic Exchanges
MOUSY PEAR SALAD RECIPE
When my children were small, they loved to make these fun fruit salads. They gobbled up any leftover cheese and licorice as soon as the mice were assembled. The salads were the first thing they'd dig into when we started supper.?Marie Hoyer, Hodgenville, Kentucky
Provided by @MakeItYours
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- On four salad plates, place lettuce and a pear half, cut side down. Insert two raisins at narrow end of pear for eyes. Tuck four raisins under pear for feet. For ears, cut small teardrop-shaped pieces from cheese; place just above the eyes. Insert one 3-in. licorice piece into wide end of each pear for a tail. Insert four 1-in. pieces into each face for whiskers. Place a cherry piece under whiskers for nose.
- Yield: 4 servings.
- Originally published as Mousy Pear Salad in Quick Cooking
- September/October 1998, p41
- Nutritional Facts
- Nutritional Analysis: One serving (prepared with light process American cheese) equals 150 calories, 126 mg sodium, 3 mg cholesterol, 36 gm carbohydrate, 2 gm protein, 1 gm fat. Diabetic Exchanges: 2 fruit, 1/2 starch.
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