It's a Labor Day party and you want to add something more healthy than the usual cookout fare, but no one seems to want a fork!
Try the salad on a stick for a vegetable option. Have a small pitcher or squeeze bottle of dressing, and you have a portable salad.

While it may be the 'official' end of summer, nutrition should never take a vacation!
Chef Karel Anne Tieszen
www.kithcen-friends.com

Iceberg Sticks
2 fat carrots, sliced diagonally

1 cucumber, sliced diagonally

Head of iceberg lettuce

1 pint cherry or grape tomatoes

1/2 cup prepared dressing

Directions

Thread the carrots, cucumber, lettuce and tomatoes onto 6 long wooden skewers, alternating the vegetables.

Refrigerate; serve with the dressing.

Herbed Buttermilk Dressing
1 cup low fat mayonnaise

1 /2 cup low fat buttermilk

2 teaspoons minced green onions (1 onion)

1 teaspoon fresh basil

1 teaspoon fresh parsley

1 clove minced garlic

1 /4 teaspoon black pepper

1 /4 teaspoon salt

1 /2 teaspoon paprika

Mix all of the dressing ingredients together in a bowl with a whisk.