Serves:

8

Description:

Kids will find it hard to resist these tantalisingly presented vegetables.

Ingredients:

• 2 medium ripe avocadoes
• Juice of 1/2 lemon
• 3 drops of Tabasco sauce
• 2 tbsp sour cream
• About 1 tbsp finely chopped onion, optional
• Freshly ground black pepper
• 1/2 continental cucumber, cut into long sticks and seeds removed
• 1 medium carrot, cut into long, thin sticks
• 2 celery sticks, cut into long, thin sticks
• About 15 Cherry Tomatoes
• About 20 green or black olives
• 1 cup of cauliflower flowerets
• 200g cheddar cheese, cubed
• 1 slice of ham, 1 1/2 cm thick, cut into cubes
• 4 hard-boiled eggs, halved
• About 25 plain rice crackers

Method:

1. Halve avocadoes and remove stones. Scoop out the flesh into a bowl and add lemon juice, Tabasco, sour cream, chopped onion and a little salt and pepper to taste. Using a fork, mash avocado flesh coarsely, mixing it with the seasonings. Refrigerate if not using immediately.
2. Place the bowl of avocado in the centre on a large platter. Garnish platter with cucumber, carrot and celery sticks, Cherry Tomatoes, olives, cauliflower, cheese and ham cubes, hard-boiled eggs and crackers.

Recipe by: Gabriel Gate`

Website: www.gabrielgate.com