Diego's Safari Animal Cheese Snacks

Ingredients:
2 tbsp. soft vegetable cream cheese
6 pretzel sticks
3 tbsp. parsley or celery leaves
2 slices cheese, cheddar, or provolone
2 slices ham,  salami or turkey

You will also need:
Assorted animal-shaped cookie cutters

Step 1  Shape 1 teaspoon of cream cheese into a small ball and insert a pretzel stick. Add a few parsley or celery leaves to the cheese to look like a palm tree and arrange on a serving plate.

Step 2 Using cookie cutters, cut out shapes in the cheese and ham, turkey or salami slices. Place the ham and cheese cutouts under the palm tree pretzels.

Servings: 3   Prep: 10 min

 

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