Hi,
Raw veggies keep pretty well, especially if you can bring a cooler. You can keep the veggies cold with ice and when it melts, just get more at the grocery store.
Raw veggies sounds so ordinary, though. So, hollow out tomatoes and bell peppers. Cut carrots, celery, pepper strips, zucchini, yellow squash, etc. and stand them up in the tomatoes and peppers. Or put them on a plate and fill the tomatoes or peppers with a nonfat yogurt dip.
Or, dice a variety of veggies, and make a salad to stuff into the hollowed out veggies. You can take vinegar and oil to make a simple dressing. Or just sprinkle them with lemon juice or balsamic vinegar or any other good vinegar. If you want a lowfat creamy dressing, use yogurt as a base instead of mayo and mix with salsa or salad dressing mix or your own favorite blend of herbs and spices.
Another super good (and totally no fat) salad is to slice cucumbers and strawberies. Arrange them on small plates in concentric circles. Sprinkle with champagne or raspberry or balsamic vinegar, salt and white pepper. Let them sit for a while, but don't stir or toss them because the strawberry juice will turn the cucumber slices an ugly color. But the salad is one of the few dishes everyone in my family will eat. If you want to use a hollowed out bowl to serve this salad, use an orange and layer the berries and cucumbers. I've never tried it with orange, but I bet it would be good with the orange bits you've removed from the shells layered in with the berries and cucumber.
Hope this gives you some ideas you can use.
Lin
Last edited by Lin S; 08-02-2001 at 03:22 PM.
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