Line a large platter with leaves of romaine or leaf lettuce. Slice the piece of celery lengthwise in half. Use a sharp knife to make 2 slits half-way up the piece of celery. This will form 2 legs. Place the celery legs in a bowl of ice water and allow to sit while you create the veg turkey. Cut peppers into rings and cut rings in half. Reserve the base of the green pepper to use for the turkey face. Arrange cucumber slices in a slight mound where you want the head of the turkey to be. Leave space for two legs at the bottom of the turkey. Tuck blanched broccoli florets around the top and sides of cucumber mound. Arrange a strip of red peppers above the broccoli. Then make a strip of green peppers and a strip of yellow or orange peppers. Tuck mini carrots in a vertical position to make the last row of "feathers." Make the face by positioning the base of the green pepper on top of the cucumber mound. Break two toothpicks in half. Put two of the toothpicks where the eyes will go. Push the olives onto the toothpick making sure that the toothpick doesn't go all the way through. Cut a triangle out of the scraps from the yellow or orange pepper. Attach with a toothpick below the eyes. Attach the pimento or roasted red pepper piece to the left of the yellow pepper "beak". Remove celery from ice water. Tuck the uncurled end of each celery piece under the cucumbers to form "legs." |
