First, I washed these and other vegetables...
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...and made this vegetable tray. I discovered the recipe last year and I absolutely love it. It is fun to bring to a party, healthy, and involves cutting vegetables. I left out the celery legs this year because I can never use up celery. I use raisins for the eyes because I'm more likely to have that laying around than olives or two black beans.
As a side note, the leftover cucumbers weren't good enough to eat raw this year (they were more to prop up the head than to eat). I remembered the sodium-free sauerkraut I made before so I decided to marinate the leftover cucumber in apple cider vinegar, caraway seeds, and red pepper flakes. I was pleasantly surprised by how well it turned out. Try it if you have too many cucumbers. It may be too sour for some and not salty enough (at all) for others, but I loved it. Mix in whatever proportions and soak for as long as you desire. My first batch marinated for 1 day in the fridge. For my second batch, I added garlic cloves, diluted with 50% water and allowed it to sit for 3 days while I was out of town for Thanksgiving.
Sorry for my lack of posts. I hope you (my American readers) had a lovely Thanksgiving. Maybe you could make this veggie tray next year to balance out the candied yams, creamy mashed potatoes, and buttery rolls?
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| Gobble, gobble! |
