Cute Caterpillar Sandwich

• 1 (1 lb.) loaf French bread
• 4 c. chicken, ham or tuna salad
• 1 (8 oz.) cream cheese, softened
• yellow food coloring
• 2 ripe olive slices
• 3 pimiento strips
• 1 medium green pepper, sliced into rings
• 2 medium carrots, shredded

1. Cut the top fourth off the loaf of bread.
2. Carefully hollow out top and bottom of loaf, leaving a 1/2-inch shell (save removed bread for another use).
3. Fill shell with meat salad.
4. Replace bread top.
5. In a bowl, combine cream cheese and food coloring; spread over top and sides of loaf.
6. Place olives at one end for caterpillar's eyes.
7. Arrange pimento strips to form a mouth.
8. Cut 1 pepper ring into two 3-inch pieces and insert above eyes for antennae.
9. Cut each remaining pepper ring in one place and place over loaf a few inches apart, trimming ends if necessary. Sprinkle carrots next to the rings.
10. Serve immediately.
11. Makes 6 servings.

bread, chicken, cream cheese, yellow food coloring, olive slices, pimiento strips, green pepper, carrots

Taken from www.cookbooks.com/Recipe-Details.aspx?id=123512 (may not work)