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Very Hungry Caterpillar

This cute, creepy-crawly treat is loads of fun for kids to make and then eat!

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February 19th, 2007

By Julia Aitken, Canadian Family food editor

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Servings
1
Ingredients
  • 1 celery stalk and leaf
  • hummus
  • small pimento-stuffed olives
  • 2 thin strips of sweet red pepper
  • curly pretzels
    • Directions
  • 1.

    Trim, wash and dry a 4-inch (10-cm) piece from bottom end of celery stalk.

  • 2.

    With a vegetable peeler, shave a thin slice off the curved side so celery sits without wobbling.

  • 3.

    Fill celery-stick indent with hummus.

  • 4.

    Place 2 small pimento-stuffed olives in hummus at wider end of celery stick for eyes; stick 2 thin strips of sweet red pepper just behind eyes for antennae.

  • 5.

    Prop a celery leaf in hummus at opposite end of celery stick for a tail.

  • 6.

    Make 6 legs from curly pretzels by carefully breaking off 6 long curved pieces; stick legs in hummus along both sides of celery stick.

    • Very Hungry Caterpillar
    Photos by Janet Bailey
    Food Styling by Marilyn Dunphy
    Prop Styling by Emily Vezér
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