CHEESE AND CRUDITE PLATTER RECIPES

Steps:

• Whisk together the olive oil and lemon juice; season with salt and pepper.
• Bring a medium saucepan of lightly salted water to a boil. Add the green beans and cook until crisp-tender, about 5 minutes. Drain the beans in a colander set in the sink and refresh them under cold water; pat dry.
• Arrange the lettuce, radicchio, fennel, green beans, tomatoes, basil and Parmesan on a platter and drizzle with some of the vinaigrette. Serve the crudités immediately and pass the remaining vinaigrette separately.

Steps:

• Onto a large plate, place a layer of butterhead lettuce. Next, add a layer of baby carrots on the top half of the plate. After the carrots, layer bell peppers just below in a half circle pattern. Below the peppers, create a large circle of overlapping cucumbers. Place a green bell pepper bottom in the center of the cucumbers, topped with a piece of yellow pepper for the nose and two olive slices for eyes. In a small food processor, combine cream cheese, sour cream, parsley, dill, chives, lemon juice and garlic powder. Season with salt and pepper and blend until smooth. Pour into bowl. Serve with turkey crudite.