Halloween Vegetable Skeleton

Welcome to another happy What I Ate Wednesday (or WIAW) as it's known around here. Past WIAW: version one,  two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight,  nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen.


This week I decided to share a very fun, festive food that I put together along with my eats.

First here's a run down of Tuesday's eats:

Breakfast

Kashi Go Lean + Cinnamon Chex cereal mash up with Almond Milk

Snack 1

Low sodium v8

Snack 2

Quinoa + roasted zucchini and mushrooms + chick peas

Snack 3

Small apple + 4oz Gatorade pre-workout

Snack 4 (wow!)

1/2 Think Thin Gluten Free lemon cream bar

Lunch (finally)

2 slices of Udi's Gluten free bread, rotisserie chicken "salad" made with cole slaw dressing + roasted veggies + H20

Snack (again)

Dessert Lean Protein shake made with water

Dinner

Sofrito Chicken and beans + spinach salad + raw red pepper

Lots of snacking....and I was hungry all day? What gives?


Anyway... onto the happy little healthy skeleton! 

I got this idea from a blogger who saw it on Pinterest. I can't remember who it was exactly, but if it was you then thanks!
I always try to bring healthy snacks like veggies to a party. Mindless munching happens, but it's much less calorie dense if it's raw veggies over chips or cookies.  I feel good about downing celery whilst gossiping!

I chopped all the veggies at home and put them into different bags, so they would be organized and clean when I went to assemble. It took me about 15 minutes.  I also made sure there were plenty of extra veggies to nibble on.  The "head" was filled with a fat-free ranch I made from fat-free sour cream and a Hidden Valley ranch packet.

The Pinterest version

My version. How'd I do?

The skeleton was made for a family birthday party.

Someone gave me pumpkins! I love them!!!

  There are 5 birthdays within 10 days with Kyle's family + me!

Kyle's sister Kelsey - one of the birthday kids!

I got to open a few early birthday gifts and I was soooo happy to get Skinny Italian! Somebody was reading the blog! Thanks Aunt Vickie! I can't wait to cook some "skinny" pasta!

I shouldn't be that excited..but I AM!

The skeleton was a huge hit! He's already had requests to appear at other events this Halloween. Please contact me for booking info. :)
I heard that there was a "cat vegetable skeleton" on Pinterest too...hmmmm....intriguing.

What's your favorite healthy party snack?


Love and anatomy,
Carissa & Kyle