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Vegan Picnic Basket

This Picnic Basket is all you need on the weekends! Puff pastry filled with veggies and Violife. Perfect for sharing with your loved ones this summer!

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Cooking time30 min
Prep time15 min
ServingsPortions 24

lunch

Snack

Entrée

Snack

INGREDIENTS
DIRECTIONS

2 puff pastry sheets
1 tsp vegetable oil

FOR THE VIOLIFE MIXTURE:

8 oz Violife Just Like Mozzarella Shreds
2.5 oz Violife Just Like Cream Cheese Original
5 oz Violife Epic Mature Cheddar flavor Block, grated
5.29 oz Violife Just Like Parmesan, grated
thyme sprigs
Pepper, to taste

FOR THE FILLINGS:

4.2 oz spinach, sauteed
3.5 oz mushrooms, quartered
1 red bell pepper, cubed
3-4 Cherry tomatoes, cut in slices

FOR THE TOPPINGS:

1 tbsp of Basil, torn
A pinch of Chili flakes
1 tbsp of Chives, chopped

Preheat oven to 356°F.
Grease a muffin tin with vegetable oil.
Lay out the puff pastry sheets and use a round cookie cutter to make circles, which will fit into your muffin tin.
In a large bowl, mix well all the ingredients for the filling and divide into 4 different smaller bowls. In one bowl add the spinach, in the other the mushrooms, in another the red bell pepper and in the last one the cherry tomatoes.
Using a spoon, place the fillings into each muffin tin.
Place in the oven for 25-30 minutes. Remove from the oven and from the muffin tin and sprinkle with the toppings.
Place in a picnic basket and share with your loved ones!