Adult Ants On A Log Blue Cheese Stuffed Celery Recipes

ADULT ANTS ON A LOG BLUE CHEESE STUFFED CELERY

Steps:

• Wash and dry the celery. You can keep the celery leaves attached to the stalks or even chop the leaves for garnish.Leave the celery sticks in full length or cut into 3" appetizer lengths or 1" bite size lengths. Cut on an angle for "looks".
• Crumble the blue cheese (room temperature is easier to crumble). With a fork add and mix in the sour cream and Dijon mustard. Mix until smooth.
• If using nuts, chop into small pieces.
• Fill the celery sticks with the blue cheese dip. A knife will help get the dip into the thin crevices of the celery.
• Sprinkle with paprika for color.

FANCY ANTS ON A LOG

Steps:

• Optional Step: Soak raisins in just enough rum to cover for at least one hour, or overnight. You can cook the rum first for a nonalcoholic version for kids. Drain before using.
• Cut the celery stalks into 2-3 inch logs.
• Cream together the cream cheese, peanut butter, and honey (the cream cheese and peanut butter can be eyeballed to equal parts; the honey is more to taste. When I'm done, it tastes almost like cheesecake).
• Spread the peanut butter mixture into the valleys of each log. Alternatively, fill a dessert decorator and pump the peanut butter mixture into the valley like frosting.
• Line up raisins along the center.
• Variation:.
• I won't put up a different recipe for every nifty ants on a log idea I come up with, so here are a couple of ideas:.
• Spread nutella down the valley of the celery and garnish with raisins.
• Or, spread Recipe #120220 over the valley of the celery and garnish with raisins.

ANTS ON A LOG (LUNCH BOX SURPRISE)

Steps:

• Fill celery with cream cheese spread and smooth with knife.
• Add a row of raisins for the "ants.".

FIRE ANTS ON A LOG

Steps:

• In food processor, place cream cheese, pesto, lemon juice, salt, black pepper and red pepper. Cover; process until smooth.
• Spoon mixture into quart-size resealable food-storage plastic bag; seal bag. Cut off small corner of bag; twist bag above cheese mixture. Squeeze bag to pipe cheese mixture into celery pieces. Arrange bell pepper pieces on filling to look like ants. Serve or refrigerate.