BUTTERFLY SALAD--JUST FOR KIDS

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Do the kids like to watch the butterflies? They will find this salad fun. You can talk about insects while they eat.

Provided by Mimi in Maine

Categories     Lunch/Snacks

Time 10m

Yield 1 butterfly

Number Of Ingredients 6

1 piece of crisp lettuce
1 slice canned pineapple
1 prunes or 1 apple
2 raisins
2 pieces licorice whips (short pieces)
4 slices olives or 4 slices cherries

Steps:

  • ARRANGE AS FOLLOWS:.
  • Put lettuce on a plate.
  • Cut the pineapplie slice in half and put the rounded sides touching in the middle of the lettuce--these are the wings.
  • Use a date, prune, or apple slice for the body and place it in the middle of the pineapple slice.
  • The two raisins are the eyes that you can tuck under the date.
  • Curl the two licorice whips and make them to come out the middle of the wings just under the head--these are antennae (OR you could use curled celery).
  • Decorate the wings with the olives or cherry slices (or whatever else you could think of).

Nutrition Facts : Calories 42.3, Fat 0.1, Sodium 2.1, Carbohydrate 11.1, Fiber 1.1, Sugar 9.4, Protein 0.5

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