Apple Smiles Recipe

Ingredients:

1 pc of red apple (medium); cored and sliced to 1/3-inch, with skin
Peanut butter (creamy)
Marshmallows (miniature)

Instructions:

Spread (peanut) butter onto 1 face of all slices of apple then place 3 or 4 mini marshmallows over. Cover another slice of apple with spreading facing down, like a sandwich. Serve at once.

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Butterfly Bites Recipe

Ingredients:

2 pcs celery stalks; rinsed
12 pcs of pretzels (three-ring, large)
6 Tbsps of peanut butter (or cream cheese)
18 pcs of raisins (or currants)
12 pcs of almonds; slivered or 12 pcs of mushrooms (enoki)

Instructions:

Cut celery to thirds with plastic knife then fill with a tablespoon (peanut) butter on each piece. Push 2 pretzels onto filling to make its wings then make its eyes, mouth, and nose with raisins. Push almonds (or mushroom cap) for its antennae.

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Clown Faces Recipe

Ingredients:

1 pc of pancake (large)
3 pcs of sliced oranges
2 pcs of eggs (poached or fried)
1/2 pc of tomato (cherry)

Instructions:

Make pancakes ahead then keep warm. Fry or poach eggs then assemble. Place pancake onto the plate, use eggs as the eyes, slices of orange as its mouth, ears then the halved tomato for its nose.

Note: Eggs may be substituted with halved peach or apricot. Tomato may be substituted with fresh halved cherry. Pancakes may be omitted also, assembling the face directly onto the plate.

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