Looking for an amazing Christmas appetizer that takes just a few minutes to make? This Veggie Christmas Tree Appetizer takes less than five minutes to make, and is so festive, and fabulous! Bring your Christmas tree over to the table with this delicious and healthy appetizer!
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What makes this appetizer so fabulous for your holiday table? We have put together green cucumbers and red tomatoes for the colors of the season! And we arranged the cucumber slices to look just like a Christmas tree, which makes it really cool.
And then, to make it look even more like a Christmas tree, we arranged some red tomatoes on it. We even make a star out of an orange bell pepper, for the top of the tree. Or, you can use a yellow star made out of a yellow bell pepper as well.
The best thing about this fun appetizer is that it is healthy. If you are serving a lot of heavier dishes for your Christmas dinner this year, consider serving this as the appetizer! Your table will look festive, and you and your guests will enjoy this very healthy appetizer before dinner.
This amazingly delicious starter is Keto, Low carb, Vegan, Vegetarian, Gluten Free, Dairy Free, Paleo and Whole30. So no matter which one of these diets some of your guests are following, they will be able to enjoy this amazing veggie appetizer.
Vegetarian Christmas Dinner
Are you looking to serve a vegetarian (or vegan) Christmas dinner, or to serve mostly vegetarian dishes? We got you! Take a look at these amazing vegan and vegetarian Christmas dishes:
– Microwaved Broccoli, need a side dish that is ready in less than 10 minutes? You got it with this microwaved broccoli! Find out how to make delicious, bright green broccoli every time.
– Vegan Stuffed Acorn Squash, this amazingly delicious acorn squash is a delicious vegan main dish that everyone will enjoy! If you are serving meat at your dinner, this is going to be a very impressive side dish to go with turkey, chicken or lamb. The best thing about it, is that this amazingly elegant dish comes together in less than 30 minutes!
– Blistered Shishito Peppers, another perfect Christmas appetizer to serve! These Shishito peppers come together in no time, and their bright green color is perfect for your holiday table!
– Best Keto Roasted Turnips, another delicious low carb side dish that is also vegan! Serve these amazing roasted turnips for your holiday meal, when you are looking for another low carb and vegan side dish to serve.
– Instant Pot Acorn Squash, this is so easy to make! Just a few minutes in the Instant Pot, and you will have this amazing side dish on the table in no time.
– Instant Pot Cranberry Apple Infused Water Recipe, a perfect festive beverage to serve with your Christmas dinner.
Serve Your Christmas Appetizer With A Delicious Dip
All veggies with no dip is no fun, right? In order to enjoy this delicious and vegan Christmas appetizer, you need a dip! And we have a bunch of amazing dips for you to choose from:
– Christmas Guacamole Recipe, an amazing guacamole dip in the same green and red Christmas colors as the veggie appetizer! Serve them together for a delicious treat.
– How To Make Hummus, hummus is a perfect dip to serve with vegetables. You will need just a few ingredients to make delicious hummus.
– Ricotta Cheese Spread With Dill, Parsley, Scallions, while this is a spread, you can also use this amazing ricotta spread as a dip for vegetables. It is extremely flavorful, and dill, parsley and scallions add a bit of green color to it as well.
– Green Goddess Dressing, this is one of my favorite dressings, and it goes amazingly well with cucumbers and tomatoes.
– Baba Ganoush, another delicious dip that you can serve with veggies. Made with eggplants and tahini, this is a vegan and Keto dip, that you can serve to your guests.
How To Make Veggie Christmas Tree Appetizer
Looking for Christmas Tree Appetizer Recipes? This one takes just a few minutes to make! All you need is cucumbers, cherry tomatoes and an orange or yellow bell pepper. Seriously, you can’t find an easier appetizer recipe!
1. Wash cucumbers, tomatoes and an orange bell pepper.
2. Cut the cucumbers into thin circles. Cut the bell pepper into halves, and take out the seeds and membranes. Then, use one of the halves to cut out a star and a tree trunk.
3. On a small cutting board start arranging the cucumber slices into a Christmas tree. Start on the bottom, with seven cucumber slices.
4. Then, arrange six slices on top of the seven, by putting each slice between two bottom slices.
5. Next, create a row above with five slices.
6. Add a row above it with four slices, etc, until you have just one cucumber slice in the middle of the top row. Next, arrange the bell pepper star on top of the tree. Arrange the trunk below the tree. Arrange the red tomatoes around the tree. That’s it, you have created an amazing Christmas tree appetizer!
Serve with Christmas Guacamole Recipe, or Easy Hummus for dipping!
A Complete Christmas Dinner Menu
Looking for an easy and delicious Christmas menu? Take a look at what to serve with this starter:
– Best Italian Antipasto Salad, another amazing starter that comes together in just a few minutes, and will add festive colors to your table.
– Instant Pot Turkey Breast, main dish that everyone will love! Arrange it with some parsley and cranberries for more festive colors.
– Fresh Cranberry Orange Relish, the best relish to serve with your turkey for an amazing Christmas menu.
– Roasted Brussel Sprouts With Pecans, an amazingly delicious side dish for your menu.
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Veggie Christmas Tree Appetizer
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 Cucumber
- 5 Cherry Tomatoes
- 1 Bell Pepper orange
Instructions
- Wash the cucumber, tomatoes and orange bell pepper. Cut the cucumber on the
cutting board into thin round circles.Wash the orange bell pepper, cut it into halves and remove the seeds and membranes.Carefullycut out a small star and a tree trunk out of one of the orange bell pepper halves. - On a
cutting board arrange the cucumber circles, starting on a bottom. Put seven cucumber circles on the bottom. Put six cucumber circles on top of seven. Then, put five circles on top of the six. Continue doing it, until you put one on the very top of the tree. Next, put the star on top of the tree and the tree trunk on the bottom of the tree. Make a few of these trees to arrange around your dinner table.Serve withChristmas Guacamole Recipe orRicotta Cheese Spread With Dill, Parsley, Scallions .
This is one dish even the little kids would enjoy helping prep and enjoy!
This is a fun and festive idea for the up coming holiday!
Cute idea. Nice to have a healthy option around Christmas time!
This is so cute! Love how healthy it is, my kids would love to help me form it! Thanks for the inspiration!
nice idea, perfect for a light but at the same time tasty appetizer
Cute idea for Christmas appetizer, I am sure kids would love it!
This was so easy and was a real hit for my step-family who are keto!
What a cute way to have healthy veggie appetizers! I love how its super easy to make and the guacamole is a nice touch for to dip them in.
We made this for our Christmas party yesterday and it was a huge hit! Thanks so much for sharing!
Great idea for a healthy and easy appetizer for the holidays. I know my kids will love helping too!