[1] Who needs a gingerbread house, when you can build this good-for-you Christmas treat (photos #1, #2, #4, #5. #6, and #7 © Green Giant).
[2] and [3] Prepare your “logs” and lay the foundation. See the rest of the “construction” below.
[3] If you want a sweet house but don’t like gingerbread, here’s a chocolate house, made with molds from King Arthur Flour.
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How about a vegetable cottage instead of a gingerbread house?
Created by Green Giant; we found it on
It was originally posted on Green Giant’s Facebook page.
Here’s the rub:
The bloggers who re-posted provided the ingredients, but instructed the reader to “Click here for the directions From Green Giant’s Facebook Page.”
Alas, “Click here” delivers a “Page Not Found.”
Conspiracy: Maybe there never were directions! At best, we have some step-by-step photos to the left and below.
It isn’t hard for anyone who likes craft projects to follow them.
> The history of the gingerbread house.
RECIPE: VEGGIE LODGE
Ingredients
6 8″ carrot logs (1 front, 5 back)
8 5″ carrot logs (lodge sides)
8 3″ carrot logs (front)
1-1/4″ logs (by front door)
4 1-1/2″ carrot logs (window opening)
3 7″ carrot log rafters
16 6″ roof celery stalks
1 English cucumber, sliced for “roof tiles”
Foam core board gable measures 8″x 6: x 6″
Carrot coins for stone path
Slice of turnip for window
Toothpicks & cream cheese “mortar” to fasten the cucumbers and celery
Bamboo skewers to stack mushroom “chimney stones”
For The “Landscaping”
Artichoke “evergreen trees”
Broccoli floret “bushes”
Boiled baby potatoes
Hard boiled egg Santa snowmen (recipe)
Cremini mushrooms (brown tops) for more shrubbery
Yellow/red cherry or grape tomatoes
For The Dip
1 large red bell pepper or other dip holder
Dip of choice
Ingredients
Or, ditch the healthy house and make this chocolate version from King Arthur Flour (photo #3).
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