Easter Rabbit Salad - Food and Health Communications

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Easter Rabbit Salad
Here is our latest creation with fresh fruit ready to share!
The criteria:

Common fruits
Anyone can make it
Everyone wants to eat it
Has to be shaped like a rabbit
No candy - a healthy fun fruit salad

So, here you go! Our Easter Rabbit Salad.

1 pineapple
1 quart of strawberries
1 apple, grated
1 banana
dark raisins or dried blueberries for the eyes

Peel the pineapple then cut 2/3 lengthwise - you want the body to be bigger than 1/2.
Remove the core with a serrated knife.
Slice the 2/3 part which is the body and set in bowl in bed of strawberries.
Carve the remaining 1/3 into a head - making ears and a shaped face. Set up against the body.
Carve out a hole for the eyes and fill with raisins.
Use the pineapple to make fringes for the bowl and whiskers.
Use the grated apple for the tail - you can use fresh lemon to keep it white
Use a banana for the legs and nose.
Cover and refrigerate until ready to serve.

Here is another recipe that uses canned pears, it is fun for kids to make:

Easter Bunny Salad

Nutrition Information
Calories	108
Total Fat	3.4g
Saturated Fat	2.1g
Trans Fat	0g
Cholesterol	10mg
Sodium	61mg
Carbohydrates	18.4g
Dietary Fiber	1.7g
Sugars	12.7g
Protein	2.6g
Vitamin A	390.8iu (7%)
Vitamin C	1.7mg (2%)
Calcium	31mg (3%)
Iron	0.7mg (3%)

4 romaine lettuce leaves, washed and dried
4 pear halves, fresh or canned, blotted dry
12 dark seedless raisins
4 miniature marshmallows
8 apple slices
1 teaspoon fat-free cream cheese

Place a lettuce leaf on each of 4 plates. Use the pear half as the bunny's body. Add raisins for the eyes and nose, using the cream cheese as glue to hold them in place. Use the apple slices to form ears. Add a miniature marshmallow for the tail, again using cream cheese to hold it in place.

Servings:
4. Serving: 1 bunny

Diabetic Exchanges:
Bread & Starch: 1.0

Total Preparation & Cooking Time: 10 min. (10 Prep, 0 Cook)

Enjoy and Happy Easter and Happy Passover or just Happy Spring.