Fruit and Veggie Turkey: Kid Friendly Thanksgiving Snack
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Getting my kids to eat their veggies isn’t always easy. Fruit is never a problem but when it comes to certain vegetables, they need a bit of an incentive. That is why I love creative ideas like this one made by Jill Schultz. This fruit and veggie turkey is the perfect way to celebrate Thanksgiving and encourage healthy snacking for your kids. You can always take it a step further and let your kids create their own fruit and veggie turkey using assorted fruits and vegetables. Serve with ranch, veggie dip or hummus.
Ready to give this easy fruit and veggie turkey for Thanksgiving a try?
Easy Fruit and Veggie Turkey
Ingredients
- 1 Bosc or Barlett pear cut in half
- 1 baby carrot nose and feet
- 1 yellow pepper seeded and cut into slices
- 1 red pepper seeded and cut into slices
- 2 Wilton candy eyes
- white frosting or peanut butter
- 1 piece of salami ham or pepperoni (tiny gizzard piece)
Instructions
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Lay the pear cut side down on a medium size plate.
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Add a tiny bit of white frosting to the back of the candy googly eyes using a toothpick to give your turkey some eyes.
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Slice your baby carrot and cut a small triangle from one of the pieces to use as his nose.
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Apply some frosting or peanut butter to the back to adhere it to the pear.
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Use another 2 slices of carrot for his legs.
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Finally cut a tiny longer triangle out of the salami/ham/pepperoni for his gizzard.
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Arrange his 'feathers' by lining them around the pear.
Feel free to play around with the peppers. Jill had to put a few edge pieces underneath her turkey and move a few pieces around. There is no wrong way to make your turkey!
Like this kid-friendly snack idea? Give these Thanksgiving Turkey Cookies a try too!
I think this is the cutest food display I have ever seen and such healthy parts too!
That is so cute! I could use this as one of our centerpieces on the table on Thanksgiving! Just adorable!
thats so cute! I want to make this for my LO. Shes been eating a lot of pears recently so I should they this soon
This is adorable, so fun and easy to create, even for the much younger ones. Love how colorful it is.
I love this idea. I made a turkey with different colored apples and a sandwich for my son’s lunch, but this would make such a cute veggie/fruit tray at Thanksgiving!
This is such a cute idea and my son son would think it’s really fun!
I love this! It makes me smile and I know my daughter would love to eat this!
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So cute! We are trying to stick to Whole 30 through the holidays :-/ This would be great for my kids!
This is so cute! I have two kids who would absolutely love this! Thanks for sharing it at the Home Matter Linky Party!
Love it! Thank you so much for sharing with us at Merry Monday. We hope you will party with us again starting Sunday night.
Cute idea. Thank you for sharing at Merry Monday!
This is so darn cute! Many times kids aren’t as eager to eat plain raw fruit – I think they’d make an exception for this – after all, it’s turkey!