Low Carb Salad on a Stick, Italian Style

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Recipe makes 4 servings, 1 skewer is one serving.  

Calories 57, Total Fat 3.75g, Protein 4g, Carbohydrates 3.5g.

Ingredients: 

  • 4 cups romaine lettuce, chopped into large chunks (1 bag of chopped romaine lettuce will work)

  • 8 large black olives, pitted

  • 8 small cherry tomatoes or grape tomatoes

  • 6 slices of reduced-fat salami, each slice cut into fours, see shopping tips

  • 8 teaspoons Walden Farms Italian Dressing

  • 2 teaspoons Parmesan cheese

  • 4 wooden, bamboo or other disposable skewers (such as plastic)

  • Instructions: 

  • To make each salad stick:
    a. Place 1 little triangle of salami on wooden stick.
    b. Make a small stack of lettuce (about ¼ cup of lettuce) and thread onto stick.
    c. Next, add 1 olive
    d. Add 1 more stack of lettuce
    e. Add 1 tomato
    f. Repeat these steps two more times ending with 2 triangles of salami on top
    g. Place on serving plate. Drizzle each with 2 teaspoons salad dressing and sprinkle ½ teaspoon Parmesan cheese on each.

    These can be prepped in advance and stored in the refrigerator. Drizzle the dressing and sprinkle with cheese just before serving.