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Veggie Kabobs

Recipe for a fun vegetable snack designed for kids.

from Like Grandma Used to Make

Here’s an enticing, fun, and nourishing snack for kids 10 and older.

Ingredients

  • 1 medium-size carrot, cut into 8 pieces
  • 4 cherry tomatoes
  • 1 stalk celery, cut into bite-size pieces
  • 1/2 small cucumber, peeled and cut into bite-size pieces
  • 8 pieces sweet green pepper
  • 4 wooden skewers, 10 inches long
  • 1/4 cup reduced-fat sour cream
  • 2 tablespoons Thousand Island dressing

    How to make it 


  • 1

    Thread pieces of each vegetable onto each skewer. Use kitchen shears to snip off sharp ends of skewers.

  • 2

    In a small bowl, stir sour cream and Thousand Island dressing until mixed. When eating kabobs, slide a vegetable down to the end of the skewer and dunk it in the sour cream mixture.

  • 3

    Repeat with remaining vegetables. Serves 4.

NOTE: Instruct children to be careful when eating from skewers. Don’t give skewers to young children.