Name: Skinny Caesar Salad on a Stick: A Fun & Easy Side Dish!
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Ingredients: 4 cups romaine lettuce, (chopped into large chunks (a bag of chopped romaine lettuce will work)); 16 small cherry tomatoes or grape tomatoes; 2 tablespoons light Caesar dressing; 4 teaspoons Parmesan cheese, grated; 4 wooden (bamboo) or other disposable skewers ( (such as plastic) see shopping tips)

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Here's a fun new way to serve Caesar salad! Crisp romaine lettuce and juicy cherry tomatoes are threaded onto skewers, then drizzled with light Caesar dressing and sprinkled with Parmesan cheese. These colorful salad sticks make a delicious side dish for dinner and are so easy to prepare. Best of all, each salad stick has just 43 calories and 2 grams of fat!

Super Low Calorie Caesar Salad on a Stick

Helpful Tips About this Recipe

Makes 4 servings. Each serving is 1 Caesar salad stick with dressing and Parmesan cheese.

Shopping Tips

Look for wooden or bamboo skewers in the kitchen supplies aisle of supermarkets or stores that sell cooking supplies. Choose sturdy skewers that can hold the lettuce and tomatoes.

For dressing, use your favorite light Caesar dressing. Girard's or Cardini's are good options if available.

Make-Ahead Tip
Assemble the salad sticks ahead of time, cover, and refrigerate until ready to serve. Add the dressing and Parmesan cheese just before serving so the lettuce stays crisp.

Serving Tip
These fun salad sticks make a wonderful side dish with grilled chicken, steak, fish, or pasta. They're also perfect for casual family dinners!

WW Freestyle SmartPoints 1-Blue
WW SmartPoints 1-Green

SKINNY FACTS: for 1 salad stick (includes dressing and cheese)
43 calories, 2g fat, 0g sat. fat, 1mg chol, 2g prot, 5g carbs, 1g fiber, 99mg sodium, 1g sugar

Skinny Caesar Salad on a Stick: A Fun & Easy Side Dish!

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Prep Time 15

Total Time 15

Course Appetizer, Salad, Snack

Cuisine American

Servings

Calories 43 kcal

Ingredients

4 cups romaine lettuce, chopped into large chunks (a bag of chopped romaine lettuce will work)
16 small cherry tomatoes or grape tomatoes
2 tablespoons light Caesar dressing such as Girard’s light Caesar, Cardini’s Light Caesar, or Cardini’s Light Caesar Vinaigrette, see shopping tips
4 teaspoons Parmesan cheese, grated
4 wooden (bamboo) or other disposable skewers (such as plastic) see shopping tips

Instructions

To make each salad stick: Thread about ¼ cup of romaine lettuce onto a skewer, followed by 1 cherry tomato. Repeat the layers until each skewer has about 1 cup of lettuce and 4 tomatoes. Repeat to make 4 salad sticks. Arrange on a serving plate. Drizzle each stick with 1½ teaspoons of light Caesar dressing and sprinkle with 1 teaspoon of grated Parmesan cheese.
These can be prepped in advance and stored in the refrigerator. Drizzle the dressing and sprinkle with cheese just before serving.
This recipe can be doubled, tripled, and so on.

Nutrition

Serving: 1stickCalories: 43kcalCarbohydrates: 5gProtein: 2gFat: 2gCholesterol: 1mgSodium: 99mgFiber: 1gSugar: 1gBlue Smart Points: 1Green Smart Points: 1

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