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Patriotic Appetizer Platter Recipe

  • Writer: FibonacciMD
    FibonacciMD
  • 5 days ago
  • 2 min read

Impress guests with this Patriotic Appetizer Platter—red, white & blue fruits, veggies, cheese & chicken arranged like the American flag!


Creative Cooking for the Health-Conscious Gourmet

Recipe

Patriotic Appetizer Platter recipe and Patriotic Potatoes recipe

Celebrate the summer holidays, Memorial Day, Flag Day or Fourth of July with an American flag. This appetizer platter uses fruits, vegetables, cheese, and cooked chicken breast in its design.


The only component you need to cook is the “Patriotic Potatoes” which are a great way to serve potatoes at room temperature. You can follow the recipe exactly or if you’re not a fan of one of the components, use your imagination to select your own red, white or blue substitution.


Platter Ingredients:

  • Rectangular platter or cutting board (approx. 10”x14”)

  • 8 oz cherry tomatoes

  • 6 oz sliced cooked chicken breast

  • 10-12 radishes

  • 10 oz cherry-size mozzarella balls

  • 6 oz grape tomatoes

  • 1 batch patriotic potatoes (see below)

  • ½ red bell pepper, sliced

  • 1 cup blueberries

  • 1 small pear, peeled and diced


Patriotic Potato Ingredients

  • Glass oven-proof baking pan*

  • 2 Tbsp high-heat oil, such as avocado or grapeseed

  • 12 oz small new potatoes

  • ½ tsp sea salt

  • ½ tsp onion powder

  • ½ tsp garlic powder


Instructions

Cook the Patriotic Potatoes

  1. Add 1½ Tbsp oil to oven-proof baking pan, and place in oven

  2. Heat oven to 400 degrees

  3. While the oven heats, peel the potatoes, slice into 1-inch discs, and mix in remaining ½ Tbsp oil, salt, and onion and garlic powders

  4. Once the oven reaches temperature, carefully transfer the potato discs to the pan in a single layer

  5. After 15 minutes, check the potatoes and lightly stir in the pan, cook for another 15-20 minutes until they can be easily pierced with a fork. Remove from oven and cool slightly

  6. While potatoes cook and cool, prepare the flag


Create your flag

  1. Make the corner of the flag with blueberries, add a few Tbsp of the pear cubes

  2. Make the top stripe with cherry tomatoes

  3. Place slices chicken breast for the next stripe

  4. Cut the ends off the radishes and make the next stripe

  5. Drian the mozzarella and place for the next stripe

  6. Make the next stripe with grape tomatoes

  7. Line up the cooled potatoes for the next stripe

  8. Add the last stripe using the sliced peppers


*Note the glass pan helps keep the potatoes from browning significantly – for this recipe, they need to be a white stipe on the flag.


Makes 6 appetizer-sized servings

Nutrition information per serving (assuming each includes a portion of each component)

Calories  230, Total Fat 9g, Saturated Fat 4 g, Cholesterol 70mg, Total Carbohydrate 16g, Dietary fiber 3.3g, Protein 20g, Potassium 530mg, Sodium 270mg


Nutrition Chef Authors:

Medically Reviewed by FibonacciMD editors.


Editor’s Note- Appropriate for a low-calorie, low saturated fat, low-carb, high protein dietary regimen.  Also contains a good source of fiber.

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