Cocktail and a snack. Photo courtesy In A
Pickle.

Instead of spearing one or two olives or cocktail onions, turn the skewer into a small bite.

For Bloody Marys, Martinis and other savory cocktails, you can use:

• Pear (a.k.a. grape) tomatoes
• Pickle chips, gherkins or sliced spears
• Other pickled vegetables—carrots, cauliflower florets, sliced dilly beans (see our favorite pickled vegetables from Rick’s Picks and Tillen Farms)
• Red or yellow bell pepper squares
• Other favorite veggies: baby corn, pickled jalapeño, pickled okra (try Rick’s Picks fab Smokra, smoky pickled okra), water chestnuts
• Cubes of cheese (or Mozzarella perlini), ham or turkey or a small shrimp

Find Bloody Mary recipes and other drinks in our Cocktails Section.

We’ve got recipes for Bruschetta With Radicchio di Treviso Tapenade, Mushroom Risotto In Radicchio Wrap, Radicchio Pizza and more.

Radicchio—Italian red-leaf chicory—is a healthy food: It’s very high in antioxidants and full of vitamins A and C and phosphorus (the latter needed for healthy bones and teeth, energy, mental alacrity and more).

• Check out the radicchio recipes.
• Find more of our favorite vegetable recipes.
• Take a look at our Exotic Vegetables Glossary—veggies you may have never set eyes on.

Remember radicchio for your Christmas salad—the red leaves tossed with greens say “holidays.”

How ‘bout a radicchio pizza? Photo courtesy
Royal Rose Radicchio.

Wake up to coffee and coffee accessories
from Folgers! Photo courtesy Folgers.

Each basket contains:

Retail value of prize: Approximately $70.00.