Pear Bunny Salad (Printable)
Juicy pears become adorable bunnies with fresh lettuce, carrot details, and cottage cheese tails. Perfect for spring celebrations and kids' parties.
# What You'll Need:
→ Fruit & Vegetables
01 - 2 canned or poached pear halves, drained
02 - 4 large lettuce leaves
03 - 1 medium carrot, peeled
→ Dairy
04 - 4 tablespoons cottage cheese
→ Garnish & Decorations
05 - 8 mini raisins or currants
06 - 4 sliced almonds
07 - 4 maraschino cherries or red grapes
08 - 1 tablespoon mayonnaise
# How to Make It:
01 - Arrange lettuce leaves on four small salad plates to create a foundation for each bunny.
02 - Place a pear half, cut side down, onto each lettuce leaf to form the bunny's body.
03 - Add a small mound of cottage cheese at the narrow end of each pear for the tail. Optionally add a dab of mayonnaise for extra fluffiness.
04 - Slice the carrot thinly into rounds, then use a paring knife to cut small feet and whiskers for each bunny.
05 - Insert sliced almonds upright at the wider end of each pear to create bunny ears.
06 - Place two raisins or currants for eyes and position a cherry or grape for the nose on each bunny.
07 - Position the carrot feet and whiskers at the front of each bunny. Serve immediately.
# Expert Advice:
01 -
- Kids gobble up fruit when it looks like an adorable creature
- Takes fifteen minutes but makes everyone smile like crazy
- Perfect excuse to play with your food and call it cooking
02 -
- Work quickly once you start assembling or cottage cheese can make the pears slippery
- Almond ears might fall off if they are not positioned at just the right angle
03 -
- Pat pear halves dry with paper towels so cottage cheese sticks better
- Use kitchen scissors to trim almonds if they seem too large for ears