Change up your boring salad with this Chef Salad on a Stick! Even the kids will love salad this way!
Do you feel like you make the SAME THINGS day in and day out? Are you tired of trying to get your kids to eat their veggies?
We have the perfect solution for you! Try our Chef Salad on a Stick recipe as an addition to your midweek meal, after school snack, or get together with friends.
I am honestly not sure of the psychology behind why food becomes so appealing once it’s skewered on a kabob stick, but for whatever reason, it works.
I can’t get my kids to eat tomatoes or cucumbers but thread them on this bamboo skewer and they are eating them quicker than I can serve them. I am definitely not going to complain about that!
This Chef Salad on a Stick is so easy to make, even the kids can help! All you will need are a few veggies, some hard boiled eggs, ham, cheese, homemade croutons, and of course the bamboo skewers! This is truly perfection on a stick.
Note: if you need any tips on how to make perfectly hard boiled eggs, check out this post.
Don’t let the idea of homemade croutons intimidate you. These really couldn’t be easier to make.
Simply brush Italian bread (cut into cubes) with Olive Oil and seasonings. Pop them in the oven at 450 degrees F for about 5 minutes (just enough time for them to get crispy). Then let them cool. Super easy!
The hardest part will be trying to not eat them all before you get them on the skewers. 😉
Once the croutons have cooled and everything is cut into slices or cubes, you can start assembling.
Use our kabobs as a model or assemble them any way you like! That’s the fun part!
They can be eaten plain or dipped in your favorite dressing or sauce. We used Ranch Dressing with ours.
If you love this Chef Salad on a Stick, check out our post dedicated to other food on a stick. Transforming your meals into something like this will be sure to have family and friends smiling from ear to ear.
Since we are already winning at making a delicious Salad on a Stick, I like to go ahead and make these Fruit Kabobs to go along with it. This makes for an all-around fun meal, especially if you are serving kids.
Top everything off with a pitcher of our Sugar-Free Fresh Squeezed Lemonade and you have the perfect, light, delicious meal for any occasion.
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Salad on a Stick – Re-do
- Total Time: 15 mins
- Yield: 8-10
Description
Change up your boring salad with this Chef Salad on a Stick! Even the kids will love salad this way!
Ingredients
For the Salad
- Cherry Tomatoes,whole
- Lettuce, cut into cubes
- Ham, cubed
- Cucumber, sliced
- Hard Boiled Eggs, halved (1/2 egg per stick)
- Cheese (we used Colby), cubed
- Croutons (recipe below)
- Bamboo Skewers, at least 10″ in length
- Ranch Dressing
Croutons
- Italian Bread, cut into 1/2-1″ cubes
- Olive Oil
- Italian Seasoning
- Garlic Salt
Instructions
For the Croutons
- Preheat oven to 450.
- Place bread cubes onto a baking sheet and spritz with olive oil, or brush on.
- Sprinkle with seasoning and garlic salt.
- Bake for 5 minutes until crispy. Set aside to cool.
For the Salad
- Assemble the skewers as below or make your own combination!
- First, thread a cherry tomato onto the stick and bring it almost to the bottom. Follow with lettuce, ham, cucumbers, half a hard boiled egg, one cheese cube and a crouton.
- Serve with Ranch or your favorite dressings.
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 5 mins
- Category: Salad, Appetizer
1 Comment
This is an incredible salad and i really love your sick on salad idea..i will try it…tonight dinner at my home…Thanks for sharing….!