Fun & Healthy Vegetable Skewers: Martian Creations for Kids

YIELD Makes 5 martians

INGREDIENTS

10 cherry tomatoes, baby pattypan squash or combination 5 to 10 thin slices cucumber or zucchini 1/4 teaspoon reduced-fat soft cream cheese or mustard 5 to 8 currants, cut into halves 10 chow mein noodles

PREPARATION:

1. Skewer vegetables on toothpicks to form martian bodies. Use cream cheese or mustard to make eyes or to attach currants for eyes and mouths. Press 2 chow mein noodles into top of each martian for antennae. Remove toothpicks before serving.

This recipe appears in: Barbecue Flying Saucers with Vegetable Martians  /  Vegetable Side Dish