Vegetable art
4 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | tablespoon | Butter or margarine |
| 1 | tablespoon | Flour |
| 1 | cup | Milk |
| ½ | teaspoon | Salt |
| ¼ | teaspoon | Paprika |
| ¾ | cup | Cheddar cheese; shredded |
| 3 | cups | Assorted vegetables; * see note |
Directions
Melt butter in small saucepan over low heat. Add flour and cook 2 to 3 minutes, stirring frequently with small whisk. Slowly add milk, whisking until smooth. Stir in salt and paprika and cook 5 minutes. stir in cheese until melted and smooth. Transfer sauce to a small bowl. Serve with the vegetable art.
Let children use colored toothpicks to create sculpture with the assorted vegetables. Use sauce to dip vegetables in to eat.
NOTES : Use a combination of baby carrots, celery sticks, cucumber slices, sugar snap peas, broccoli stems, zucchini and yellow squash slices and bell pepper cubes.
Recipe by: Parents magazine 5/97 Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #906 by AceySta@... on Nov 13, 1997