Veggie Bowls

Prep time: about 10 minutes

Ingredients:

1 green, yellow, or red pepper, washed
1 celery stalk, washed
1 carrot, washed and peeled
your favorite salad dressing

Directions:

Cut the pepper in half from side to side, and remove seeds.
Keep one half to use as bowl; cut the other half into thin slices.
Cut the carrot and celery into thin sticks about 4" long.
Put a little salad dressing in the bottom of the pepper bowl, then add celery, carrot, and pepper slices.
Enjoy these portable veggie treats by dipping the veggie slices into the dressing, then eating the bowl when you're done!

Serves: 1

Serving size: 1 veggie bowl

Nutritional analysis (per serving):
93 calories
3 g protein
1 g fat
22 g carbohydrate
4 g fiber
0 mg cholesterol
98 mg sodium
71 mg calcium
0.7 mg iron

Note: Nutritional analysis may vary depending on ingredient brands used.

Reviewed by: Allison Brinkley, RD, LD/N

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