Hot Air Balloon Salad


Ingredients needed:

Pear half
3 carrot strips (or celery strips or pretzel sticks)
1 slice cheese
raisins, cherry halves, nuts

Directions:

1.  Place pear half on the plate,, cut side down.
2.  lay carrot sticks below smaller end of the pear to look like the hot air balloon strings.
3.  Fold cheese in half and then fold the halves in half again.  Stack 3 of the 4 pieces at the bottom of the carrot sticks to form the basket. Tear the fourth piece of cheese into pieces and place on the basket to give it texture.
4.  Decorate your balloon with the fruit and nut pieces as desired.
5.  Enjoy this healthy treat!