Vegetable Art

Recipe Ingredients

1 tablespoon	15ml	Butter or margarine
1 tablespoon	15ml	Flour
1 cup	237ml	Milk
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Salt
1/4 teaspoon	1.3ml	Paprika
3/4 cup	109g / 3.8oz	Cheddar cheese - shredded
3 cups	711ml	Assorted vegetables - * see note

Recipe Instructions

Melt butter in small saucepan over low heat. Add flour and cook 2 to 3 minutes, stirring frequently with small whisk. Slowly add milk, whisking until smooth. Stir in salt and paprika and cook 5 minutes. stir in cheese until melted and smooth. Transfer sauce to a small bowl. Serve with the vegetable art.

Let children use colored toothpicks to create sculpture with the assorted vegetables. Use sauce to dip vegetables in to eat.

NOTES : Use a combination of baby carrots, celery sticks, cucumber slices, sugar snap peas, broccoli stems, zucchini and yellow squash slices and bell pepper cubes.

Source:
Parents magazine 5/97

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