Vegetable Cheese Skewers

Recipe by Charna Sheinfeld, Nutrition Intern

Ingredients:

6 wooden skewers
1 pepper, cut into large chunks
1 cucumber, cut into large chunks
3-6 cherry tomatoes, either whole or cut in half
3 string cheeses, each divided into four parts (or use any other chunks of cheese of your choice)

Instructions: 

1. Have children use the vegetable and cheese to make their own skewers.
2. Each skewer should have 2 chunks of each vegetable and of the cheese, totaling half of one string cheese per skewer.

Serving Size: 1 skewer
Yield: 6 servings
Nutrition Facts: 

Calories: 40
Total Fat:  1.5 gm
Saturated Fat: 1 gm
Monounsaturated Fat: 0 gm
Polyunsaturated Fat: 0 gm
Cholesterol: Less than 5 mg
Protein: 4 gm
Carbohydrate: 4 gm
Dietary Fiber: 1 gm
Sodium: 80 mg

Bonnie R. Giller, MS, RD, CDN, CDE  • BRG Dietetics & Nutrition, P.C.
brghealth.com • (516) 486-4569

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