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Banana-Pear Caterpillar Recipe

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With Sherry's guidance, Kendra Paige-Wrischnik, now 11, transformed banana and pear slices into this creepy crawler. "The girls' brother, Joey, was too young to help prepare the salads, but he sure enjoyed eating them," Sherry adds.

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Banana-Pear Caterpillar Recipe

Prep/Total Time: 15 min.

Yield: 1 Servings

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Ingredients

1 lettuce leaf
1 medium banana, peeled
1/2 medium red pear, cut into 1/4-inch slices
2 raisins

Directions

Place lettuce on a salad plate; top with the banana. Cut 1/4-in. V-shaped slices halfway through the banana, spacing cuts 1 in. apart. Place a pear slice, peel side up, in each cut. For eyes, gently press raisins into one end of banana. Serve immediately. Yield: 1 serving.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (1 each) equals 160 calories, 1 g fat (trace saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, 2 mg sodium, 41 g carbohydrate, 5 g fiber, 2 g protein.

Originally published as Banana-Pear Caterpillar in Quick Cooking July/August 2000, p40

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Reviewed on Aug. 19, 2011 by Toots2011

I haven't tried this, but it looks adorable and easy to make. My question is, can it be made 4 hours in advance without the bananas turning brown; possibly lemon juice? Would love to make it for centerpieces for a child's party.