Vegetable fries in lion form with dip

Cut the 'butt' of the yellow pepper, this will soon be the nose of the lion.

Cut the rest of the yellow pepper through the middle and remove the stalk and the seeds with a vegetable knife.

Cut the flesh into long narrow strips. This will be the mane of the lion.

Cut the orange sweet peppers through the middle and remove the stalk and the seeds with a knife.

Put 2 half peppers separately; these become the ears of the lion.

Cut the rest of the bell peppers into strips for as long as possible. This, too, becomes moons of the lion.

Place all the strips of pepper, the yellow, the orange and the strips of red sweet bell pepper in a closed circle on a plate. Put the carrots between them.

Place the sweet pepper nose in the middle of the circle. Leave a few thin stalks of celery on each side and a few sprits of chives; these are the whiskers.

Also use a thin stalk of celery as a mouth. Put a portion of the dairy spread in two equal round glass containers of approx. 5 cm. Refill the containers later.

Cut the olive through the middle. Place a slice of gherkin on each tray with half an olive as eye.

Place the containers on the spot of the lion's eyes. You can have him squinted if you want by turning the pupils towards each other.

Place the 2 half peppers as ears just above the eyes.