Vegetable Pick-ups

Ingredients

• California avocados

  seeded, peeled and mashed
  2 unit
• (8 ounces) cream cheese

  softened
  1 package
• butter
  2 tbsp
• lemon juice
  2 tsp
• hot pepper sauce
  4 to 6 drops
• celery

  cut into 3-inch pieces
  2 stalks
• fresh mushrooms

  stems removed
  ¼ pound
• each green and red bell pepper

  seeded and cut into thick strips
  1 unit
• garnishes: fresh chives

  parsley sprigs, radish slices, olive slices, pecan or walnut halves
  1 unit