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Shake things up with this adorable Mozzarella Cucumber Salad with cherry tomatoes.
This salad is anything but boring with a fun polar bear-shaped cheese centerpiece and fish-shaped veggies!
It’s a great way to get kids excited about a salad. Adults, too, will appreciate this charming plate. It’s sure to make a delightful appetizer at any dinner party!
Recipe Tip
Serve the salad with toasted bread or crackers.
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Mozzarella Cucumber Salad
Fun salad with mozzarella balls shaped into a polar bear with cucumber and tomato.
Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 fresh mozzarella balls
- 1 slice cheddar
- 6 cherry tomatoes
- 1/2 cucumber
- 4 tablespoons olive oil
- sea salt, to taste
- pepper, to taste
Instructions
Polar Bear
- Stack one of the fresh mozzarella balls on top of the other (ideally, one is a bit smaller than the other. If not, you can turn the top one slightly so it looks smaller).
- You can use a cocktail stick to hold the cheeses in place if they are wobbly.
- Use the medium round cutter to make the cheddar feet, arms and face.
- For the inside of the feet, trim two smaller cucumber circles using the small round cutter.
- Use the oval cutter to make the cheddar ears (cut the oval in half lengthwise and you have two ears).
- Trim a piece of cucumber skin into a smaller oval shape to make the inside of the ears.
- Cut a piece of cucumber skin into a small triangle for the nose. Place this on the round cheddar nose piece.
- Cut a long, approximately 1mm x 4mm piece for the mouth. Place this underneath the triangle for the mouth.
- Use a metal straw to make the cucumber skin eyes.
- Assemble the bear. Stick the round arms in between the two mozzarella balls. You may need to secure the ears with small toothpick ends.
Cucumber Fish
- Shape the cucumber fish with the cutter.
- Use cucumber peel to make the fish outline.
- Make the eyes with a metal straw.
Salad
- Halve the cherry tomatoes.
- Arrange the polar bear, tomatoes and cucumber fish.
- Top with olive oil, salt and pepper.
Nutrition
Calories: 152kcal, Carbohydrates: 2g, Protein: 2g, Fat: 16g, Saturated Fat: 3g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g, Monounsaturated Fat: 11g, Cholesterol: 5mg, Sodium: 35mg, Potassium: 110mg, Fiber: 0.4g, Sugar: 1g, Vitamin A: 198IU, Vitamin C: 7mg, Calcium: 41mg, Iron: 0.3mg
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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