Vegetable Christmas Tree
TOTAL TIME: Prep: 3 hours
This veggie-decked Christmas tree is a real conversation starter and looks beautiful on a buffet table.—Carolyn Black, Port Ludlow, Washington
Ingredients
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5 round cake dummies in graduated sizes
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1 Styrofoam cone
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Tacky glue
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Cheesecloth
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Green food coloring
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Kale
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Toothpicks
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Veggie trims: radishes, carrots, peppers, zucchini, cauliflower, broccoli, asparagus, baby corn, black olives and clementines
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GARLAND AND DECORATIONS:
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Daikon radishes
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Turnips
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Green, sweet red and yellow pepper rings
Directions
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1.
Stack cake dummies (found in cake decorating stores or at www.cookscakeandcandy.com—search “Styrofoam dummy rounds”). Cut Styrofoam cone to about 4 in. high; glue on top of small cake dummy. Glue remaining cake dummies together. Wrap the form in cheesecloth dyed with food coloring.
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2.
Attach kale leaves with toothpicks. Add veggie trims.
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3.
For daikon radish garland, use a vegetable peeler to create long, thin ribbons from radishes. Drape around the tree, going under some trims and over others, and tucking in the ends to hide.
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4.
For ornaments, cut turnips into 1/4-in.-thick rounds. Use cookie cutters to make ornaments; attach with toothpicks.
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5.
Make a tree topper of interlinked pepper rings.
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