Turkey Shaped Veggie Tray

I found pictures of some cute turkey shaped veggie platters on Pinterest a while back and decided to make one of my own for my husband to take to work. Somehow a cucumber and cherry tomato got out of place for the picture but it was still cute. This cost about $20. Everything was completely used from the packages except for the baby spring mix around the edges. This first try took me about 2 hours to make the platter. But I had no instructions and was using veggies I liked from different platters I had seen pictures of.

Veggie List

1 small pack of baby carrots
1 each red, yellow and green bell pepper
1 large cucumber
1 bag of celery
2 pints of cherry tomatoes
Carton of baby spring mix
Disposable aluminum pizza pan
2 buttons for eyes and glue gun

Cutting

• After washing the veggies, I cut the celery into 3" sections then cut it down the middle to make celery sticks. Cut 2 slits in 2 of the sticks to make the feet.
• I cut the tops and bottoms off the bell peppers and "gutted" them. Slice from the top to the bottom then cut small strips around the peppers.
• Peel the cucumber and slice into several pieces.

Preparing

• Lay the spring mix just around the edges of the pizza pan.
• Lay the celery sticks on top of the spring mix.
• Lay the carrots on top of the celery sticks
• Pile the cucumbers at the bottom of the pan.
• Pile the tomatoes between the carrots and the cucumbers.
• Lay the peppers on top of the tomatoes.
• In a separate location, glue the eyes, beak(made from a triangular cut from a yellow pepper) and that red thing (which I suddenly can't remember the name of and was made from a slice from a red pepper) onto the bottom of the green bell pepper. Be sure all glue strings are removed from the head and place onto the cucumbers.
• Lay the legs beneath the head and it's ready to serve.
• Serve with your favorite dip.

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