RITZ Caterpillars
Prep time15 min
Total time15min
ServingsMakes 4 servings, 2 caterpillars (104 g) each.
Ingredients
- 3 stalks celery, divided
- ⅓ cup garden vegetable soft cream cheese, divided
- 8 Ritz Crackers, cut in half
- 8 small grape tomatoes
- 1 baby carrot, cut into 16 thin strips
Preparation
- Cut 64 thin slices from 1 celery stalk; set aside. Cut EACH of the 2 remaining celery stalks crosswise into 4 (3-inch-long) pieces. Trim rounded sides of celery pieces to allow celery pieces to stand level when placed on plate.
- Reserve 1/4 tsp. cream cheese for later use. Fill celery pieces with remaining cream cheese. Insert cut sides of 2 cracker halves into cream cheese in each celery piece, overlapping slightly as shown in photo, for the caterpillar's body.
- Add 4 celery slices to each side of EACH caterpillar's body for the legs. Place a tomato at one end of each caterpillar for the head, then add 2 dots of the reserved cream cheese to tomato for the eyes. Add carrot strips for the antennae.
Recipe Tips
- Substitute
Substitute your favourite flavour of hummus for the cream cheese. - Substitute
Substitute thin fresh chives or green onion strips for the carrot strips.
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Nutrition InformationNutrition Per Serving | |
|---|---|
| Calories | 100 |
| % Daily Value* | |
| Fat 6g | |
| Saturated 3g | |
| Cholesterol 15mg | |
| Sodium 220mg | |
| Carbohydrate 9g | |
| Dietary fiber 2g | |
| Sugars 3g | |
| Protein 2g | |
| Vitamin A | 15 %DV |
| Vitamin C | 15 %DV |
| Calcium | 4 %DV |
| Iron | 2 %DV |
