The Fourth Day of Thanksgiving {This the Day of Thanksgiving}

On the fourth day of Thanksgiving, this the day of Thanksgiving, make some delicious and fun appetizers.

The first appetizer I made was a Veggie Turkey, basically a vegetable tray designed in the shape of a turkey. This is simple and super cute to make. Pair it with ranch dressing or your favorite veggie dip.

Ingredients needed:
Lettuce
Baby carrots
Colored bell peppers: I used red, yellow and orange, you could also use green
Cucumbers
Celery
Cloves

Try to use a round tray to help with the shape. First spread the lettuce out on your tray. Then line up the carrots at the top in a half circle. Then slice the bell peppers and cut each one in half. Save the end of the orange or green one for the face and cut a tiny piece of the yellow and red one for the beak and gobbler thing. Spread out the scalloped pieces of pepper underneath the carrots. Then slice up the cucumber and pile the pieces in a circle under the peppers for the body. Take the orange or green pepper top for the head and place it on top of the cucumbers. Then take two cloves and stick them in for the eyes. Break the tip off of two toothpicks to attach the beak and gobbler. If you'd like, cut two pieces off a stalk of celery and cut the middle out of each piece to make feet for your turkey. Once you put it all together it makes an adorable veggie tray that looks like a turkey!

The other appetizer I decided to make was a cranberry dip. I wasn't sure how it would turn out but everyone in my family loved it! It's delicious and fairly easy to make.

Ingredients:
1 12 oz package of fresh cranberries
1/4 C green onion, chopped
1/4 C cilantro, chopped
1 small jalapeno pepper (optional, I left this out)
1 1/4 C sugar
1/4 t cumin
2 T lemon juice
dash salt (I forgot to do this but it tasted fine without)
2 8 oz packages cream cheese

1. Put your cranberries in a food processor.
2. Chop up your green onion, cilantro, and jalapeno pepper into small pieces.
3. Add all ingredients (but the cream cheese) into a bowl. Mix them all together, cover and store in the fridge, the original recipe I read said for 4 hours but I did it for about 10 minutes and it was a fine.
4. When you are ready to serve, place your cream cheese bricks on a plate.
5. Spread the cream cheese out as evenly as you can.
6. Pour your cranberry mixture over the cream cheese.
7. Spread it all around.
8. Serve immediately with crackers.

I spread mine on a plate and it was a little runny so I'd recommend a shallow bowl or dish.