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X-citing X-ray Veggie Skeleton

Here’s what you’ll need to make one veggie skeleton:

• 1 red bell pepper, sliced into strips
• 1 small cucumber, sliced into thin rounds
• 4 small celery sticks
• 2-4 small mushrooms, sliced into thin pieces
• 8-10 baby carrots
• 2 small grape tomatoes
• 4 small broccoli or cauliflower florets
• 2 black olive slices
• 1 dark green lettuce leaf
• ¼ cup ranch veggie dip

Directions:

1. Position small bowl of vegetable dip at the top of a cookie sheet or other rectangular pan to form the skeleton’s head.
2. Tear lettuce leaf into small pieces and position around the top of the dip bowl to form hair.
3. Create the spine by arranging 10-12 cucumber slices in a line below the head.
4. Create shoulders with two celery sticks.
5. Create arms with four baby carrots.
6. Create hands with one broccoli or cauliflower floret placed at the end of each arm.
7. Create ribs by arranging six bell pepper slices on each side of the cucumber spine.
8. Create the pelvis with 14-16 mushroom slices.
9. Create thigh bones with celery sticks.
10. Create knee caps with broccoli or cauliflower florets.
11. Create lower legs with two small baby carrots.
12. Create feet with small grape tomatoes or with broccoli or cauliflower florets.

Variations:

• Substitute your preferred veggies for those listed in the recipe.
• Substitute any white salad dressing or vegetable dip for the ranch dip.