Food Monday ~ Cream Cheese Penguins
Cream Cheese Penguins
This is a recipe that I have been holding for some time. It came from Nancy.
She even sent a picture.
Don’t they look adorable?
18 jumbo black olives, pitted
8 ounces cream cheese, softened
18 small black olives
1 carrot
Cut a slit from top to bottom, lengthwise, into the side of each jumbo olive. Carefully insert about 1 teaspoon of cream cheese into each olive. Slice the carrot into eighteen ¼ inch thick rounds; cut a small notch out of each carrot slice to form feet. Save the cut out piece and press into centre of small olive to form the beak. If necessary cut a small slit into each olive before inserting the beak.
Set a big olive, large hole side down, onto a carrot slice. Then, set a small olive onto the large olive, adjusting so that the beak, cream cheese chest and notch in the carrot slice line up. Secure with a toothpick.
You can add scarves and hats by using fresh red pepper strips, or canned pimentos cut into different shapes. Frilly toothpicks really finish them off.
Rhyelysgranny said,
December 6, 2010 at 7:42 am
Oh you have excelled yourself. These are so cute. I think I have to make them. Such fun for a help yourself starter.
Grannymar said,
December 6, 2010 at 10:23 am
RG - Yes, and not difficult to make either.
wisewebwoman said,
December 6, 2010 at 2:50 pm
Oh simple and riveting, GM!
Can hardly wait!!
XO
WWW
Grannymar said,
December 6, 2010 at 3:50 pm
WWW - Have fun with them.
nick said,
December 6, 2010 at 4:12 pm
What a brilliant idea! Can I get them from Sainsburys? (Grannymar gives Nick stern, censorious look)
Grannymar said,
December 6, 2010 at 5:27 pm
Nick - You could make them. I will come and supervise!
steph said,
December 6, 2010 at 8:30 pm
Good one Nancy! (waves furiously)
And, Grannymar, well done for giving us penguins to go with the snow and ice outside….brrrr!
Sandra said,
December 6, 2010 at 9:04 pm
These are adorable. However I suspect I would need to consume one per penguin I was creating…you know, for energy…
Grannymar said,
December 6, 2010 at 9:47 pm
Steph - I timed that well!
Sandra - They are tempting.
bikehikebabe said,
December 7, 2010 at 12:40 am
Those are really cute. Had some other animal eatables last Christmas. Thought I’d remember how to make them, but I have the Senior Memory syndrome.
Mrs. Eat The Blog said,
December 7, 2010 at 2:54 am
I’ve been searching for something, “seasonal” to serve at my son’s birthday party, without making it a Christmas party (poor kid, his birthday gets lost in all the festivities otherwise). These are…the cutest thing I’ve ever seen-and perfect for a six year old. Thank you so much for posting this.
Grannymar said,
December 7, 2010 at 11:32 am
BHB - I sometimes try to recall a recipe from memory and it usually means leaving out a vital ingredient, not good.
Mrs ETB - Even better if you get the children to make them!
Alice said,
December 7, 2010 at 5:58 pm
Those are the cutest things! I don’t know that I’ll ever do them up, but it’s nice to think I could if I wanted. Thanks to you and Nancy for that picture. Now if you could show me how to carve those fancy faces from carrots………
Grannymar said,
December 7, 2010 at 8:29 pm
Alice - A thinly sliced ring of carrot is what you need for each penguin. Cut a tiny wedge (like cutting a slice of cake) and use the wedge to form the mouth!
Baino said,
December 8, 2010 at 5:24 am
Yeh well we all know Nancy’s a sandwich short of a picnic! Hahaha she’s a hoot! Vey cute. If only kids liked olives.
Grannymar said,
December 8, 2010 at 9:12 am
Baino - Getting the kids to help make them is one way to encourage them to try new or unusual tastes.