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Cute and easy octopus crudite platter - fun and healthy party food idea for kids
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Pepper Octopus Vegetable Platter

This fun and easy pepper octopus vegetable platter makes perfect healthy party food for an ocean, beach or pirate themed party!
Prep Time10 minutes
Total Time10 minutes
Course: Party Food, Snack
Cuisine: British, Vegan
Servings: 10 people
Calories: 71kcal
Author: Grace Hall

Equipment

  • Googly Eye Food Picks

Ingredients

  • 1 yellow pepper
  • 2 medium carrots
  • 1 cucumber
  • 1 punnet baby plum tomatoes
  • 1 tub hummus
  • 1 orange pepper

Instructions

  • First prepare the vegetables. De-seed and slice the yellow pepper into strips, peel and cut the carrot into sticks, wash and cut the cucumber into sticks, wash and halve the tomatoes lengthways.
  • Tip the hummus into a small shallow bowl.
  • Cut the top off the orange pepper. Carefully pull out the seeds, keeping the outside of the pepper intact.
  • Cut three thin rings from the top of pepper, then cut each ring into three for the legs.
  • Turn the remaining piece of pepper upside down and add 2 googly eye picks.
  • Place the pepper cut-side down in the bowl of hummus to form the octopus body.
  • Add 8 pepper legs, pushing them into the hummus around the pepper body.
  • Arrange the prepared vegetable sticks on a platter, with the bowl of hummus in the middle.
  • Serve immediately and enjoy!

Notes

Get ahead by prepping the vegetable sticks advance and storing them in the fridge until ready to serve.

Nutrition

Calories: 71kcal | Carbohydrates: 9g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 3g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 125mg | Potassium: 279mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 2748IU | Vitamin C: 43mg | Calcium: 24mg | Iron: 1mg