1 or 2 Large, Crisp Lettuce Leaves (Bunny Bed)
1 Pear Half, Chilled (Bunny Body)
2 Raisins or Dried Cranberries (Bunny Eyes)
1 Red Cinnamon Candy, Cherry, or Gum Drop (Bunny Nose)
2 Blanched Almonds (Bunny Ears) or
1 Square Slice of Cheese, cut to form two triangles (Droopy Bunny Ears)
1 tbs. firm Cottage Cheese
Makes an Individual Serving
To prepare your Bunny Salad, place the freshly rinsed and dried lettuce leaves on a small salad plate.
Place the chilled pear across the top of the lettuce, making sure the open part of the pear where the seed used to be is in the center facing down so it touches the “grass.”
Make your bunny head at the narrow, front end of the pear (where the stem used to be) by placing raisins or dried cranberries as the eyes, the small red candy or half a cherry as the nose, and the blanched almonds for the ears (or the triangle cheese slices for big, droopy bunny ears); and finally, make your bunny’s tail with a ball of cottage cheese. (An ice cream scoop works really well for making the cottage cheese into a round ball.)
Make sure you’ve got all the bunny parts in the right places (tail at the wider end, nose at the head.)
Then chill your Bunny Salad for about an hour before serving.