Bug Me, Please!
By Razan Rousan
We celebrate spring with our friends: ladybug, caterpillar and butterfly! These healthy snacks make great fun food ideas for springtime parties and picnics.
Ladybug
Ingredients
Crackers
1 tbsp lebaneh (strained yoghurt)
1 cherry tomato, quartered
Pitted black olives
Candy eyes
Herb leaves for garnish
Directions
1. Spread lebaneh over crackers
2. Arrange two tomato quarters on each for the ladybug wings
3. Place a black olive for the head
4. Add two small blobs of labaneh for the eyes or candy eyes
5. Stick one piece of cut olive in each eye
6. Add some leaves for the garnish
Caterpillar
Ingredients
Celery sticks, sliced in half
Lebaneh (strained yoghurt)
Green peas
Marshmallow with chocolate dots (for the eyes)
Icing gel for decoration
Directions
1. Fill the celery sticks with lebaneh
2. Add some cooked green peas
3. Stick two candy eyes
Butterfly
Ingredients
Celery sticks, sliced in half
Peanut butter
Pretzels biscuits
Marshmallow with chocolate dots (for the eyes)
Directions
Fill celery sticks with peanut butter and top with some pretzels for wings. Finish off with a few candy eyes.
