Cheezy Pumpkin Patch Apple Raisin Toasts
These fun Halloween toasts combine the delicious flavor of vegan cheddar cheese with spinach, romaine lettuce, apples and raisins.
Servings: 4 toasts
Ingredients
- 4 slices soft bread
- 1-2 DOLE apples
- 3-4 slices vegan cheddar cheese (dairy-free)
- DOLE raisins as needed
- 1 cup DOLE organic spinach
- 1 ½ cups DOLE romaine lettuce
- sprouted spicy pumpkin seeds as needed
- ½ lemon
Instructions
- Start off by warming up a skillet - one with a lid is helpful for melting the cheese.
- Using a pumpkin-shaped cookie cutter, cut out the pumpkin shape in your slices of bread.
- Add a few leaves of spinach to the bread, then completely cover with the vegan cheddar cheese slices.
- Place the bread on the hot skillet, 1-2 at a time. Add one ice cube to the hot skillet then cover with a lid. Try to place the ice cube on the opposite side of the pan as the bread. The cheese should melt in 1-2 minutes. Remove the toasts from the skillet and repeat with the remaining toast(s). Place toasts aside to cool just a bit.
- Using a knife, slice the apples so that you create jack-o-lantern faces. Triangles for the eyes, and cut mouths from apple halves.
- Toss the apple eyes and smiles with a bit of lemon juice to prevent browning. At this time you can also slice up the other apple into thin quarter slices and toss with lemon juice. These will be used on the platter later.
- Add the jack-o-lantern eyes and smile to the melted cheese toasts. Add the pumpkin seeds as "teeth." Add a sprig of spinach for the pumpkin stem.
- To arrange platter: Create a bed of the romaine lettuce, then place the toasts on top. (If you want, you can place the individual toasts on parchment paper for a cleaner presentation.) Then add the apple slices all the way around the top half of the platter. And arrange the raisins around the bottom. Serve!