Veggie cupcakes

Veggie Cupcakes

Aren’t they cute?  Not as sweet as a regular cupcake, but you certainly can feel much better about munching on these during a cupcake party!
Our veggie cupcakes are made out of two ingredients: cucumber and hummus.

Prepare the “cupcake wrappers”

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Peel a cucumber, then take a fork and, while firmly pressing down, pull the fork from one end of the cucumber to the other.  This will create little grooves that will look like little cupcake wrappers!
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Slice your scored cucumber into approximately 3/4 inch thick sections.  You want the cucumbers to be thick enough to hold your hummus, but thin enough to take a bite from.
Once you have cut your cucumber into sections, take a melon baller and scoop approximately 2/3 of the middle out of the cucumber.

Icing your cucpcakes

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I used a star shaped tip with a large opening.  This will create a beautiful, fluffy frosting look on your finished product.
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Fill your piping bag with hummus.  I used classic hummus but there are lots of yummy flavors you could use such as pine nut, roasted garlic, basil pesto, or roasted red pepper.
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Starting in the center, pipe a large dollop of hummus and then swirl your piping bag around until you are happy with the look of your little cupcakes.
For a finishing touch, I added a sliver of red pepper in the center.  See how pretty they turned out?
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