An Easy and Healthy Holiday Appetizer to Serve Your Party Guests

With so many folks on special diets or having problems with weight, diabetic or allergic its really hard to put out food to please every one! I find that my simple recipes serve me the best! I also make note cards to put with my dishes that state just what is in them to help people make better choices! So here is one of my family and guest favorites!

Fancy Peanut Butter Stuffed Celery Plate

2-3 tablespoons Organic peanut butter smooth (no sugar or preservatives just ground peanuts)

2 heaping tablespoons organic raisins

2 heaping organic salted sunflower seeds

2-4 tablespoons organic honey

Ten clean stalks of celery (organic) cut in 4 inch pieces

bowl to mix in

knife

spoon

Plate

1or 2 Small bowls filled with extra sunflowers seeds and raisins

Place seeds , raisins in a bowl. Add 2 tablespoons peanut butter and 2 table spoons of the honey using a spoon to mix them together till all is well blended ! If it is to hard to spread add more honey, a table spoon at a time. If it is to runny add more peanut butter! Take a butter knife and spread mixture on celery filling it with mixture! Place filled celery sticks around a bowl full of extra raisins and sunflower seeds ( you may use 2 small bowls if you do not wish to mix them), that sits in center of your service plate or platter. This sweet chunky version will please most with out being unhealthy and is a organic vegan dish!

Variations to try ! Instead of celery, try local grown fresh apple or pear slices (tip dip them in fresh lemon juice to keep them looking pretty longer)! Cream cheese with dry cranberry (or cranberry with whole berry sauce) with chopped pecans, stuffed in celery( same portion size should work you can leave out the honey) ! Instead of celery you can put these on whole wheat crackers or with graham crackers Yummy! Do make them close to the party time as possible cover foil and store in fridge till guest arrive! Left overs? Feed them to the birds by putting them on a tin and sitting on a high spot or your bird feeder!

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