Easy Caprese Kebabs – Healthy Low Carb Appetizers For Summer!

These easy caprese kebabs are a fun and healthy appetizer or even a low carb snack for summer. Using a variety of fruits and vegetables with fresh mozzarella and basil and a drizzle of balsamic glaze for a fresh summer bite.

Some more low carb appetizers to try are:   Greek guacamole, asparagus & green goddess dip, cilantro lime shrimp cocktail and my favorite herb cheese filled bacon rolls. 

Recently I had a big party for my husband’s birthday. I don’t make everything low carb but I do like to have one or two things that are. A few people in my family watch carbs or are Paleo and my husband has been doing a lower carb diet too. And because it was a hot summer day I wanted a cool appetizer so these easy caprese kebabs seemed like the perfect solution. I used a variety of berries, cucumbers, artichoke hearts, prosciutto and each had fresh basil, tomatoes and mozzarella. Oh and I had a balsamic glaze to go on top.

Summer Low Carb Appetizers

Besides the low carb appetizers I mentioned above, another good one to make for the summer is this cheese platter. We had it for dinner one night but it would also work great for a party!

 

Easy Caprese Kebab Ingredients

Caprese Insalata is a favorite of ours which is a salad of fresh mozzarella, tomatoes, and basil. We especially like to make them at home in the summer with fresh basil and garden tomatoes! So with that in mind for these kebabs I wanted to use of course fresh mozzarella, basil and grape tomatoes. I found these cute fresh mozzarella balls at both Aldi and Costco. 

I also picked up a jar of artichoke hearts, sliced prosciutto, seedless cucumbers and berries.Using a mixture of all these ingredients I made a big colorful tray. I also drizzled a bit of balsamic glaze on some and set the little bottle up with the tray for others to use if they pleased.

This was a very simple low carb and healthy appetizer but it doesn’t skimp on taste. I like that it takes very little time to make. Here are the carbs counts for some of the ingredients so you can see what works for you:

• 1 fresh basil leaf – 0.1g net carbs
• ½ grape tomato –  0.5g net carbs
• 1 cucumber chunk – 0.1g net carbs
• 1 small mozzarella ball –  0g net carbs
• ½ slice of proscuitto – 0g net carbs
• 1 strawberry slice – 0.1g net carbs
• 1 blackberry – 0.3g net carbs
• ¼ artichoke heart – 0.4g net carbs
• 1 teaspoon glaze – 3.8g net carbs

Hope you get a chance to make these this summer. They would also be a great low carb lunch or snack. Enjoy!

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Easy Caprese Kebabs – low carb appetizer

These easy caprese kebabs are a fun and healthy appetizer or even a low carb snack for summer. Using a variety of fruits and vegetables with fresh mozzarella and basil and a drizzle of balsamic glaze for a fresh summer bite.

Course Appetizer

Cuisine Italian

Keyword antipasto, appetizer, caprese, fruit kebabs, kebabs, low carb

Prep Time 10 minutes

Total Time 10 minutes

Servings 12

Calories 71 kcal

Author Denise

Ingredients

• grape tomatoes, cut in half
• small fresh mozzarella balls
• fresh basil leaves
• prosciutto sliced, cut in half
• strawberries, sliced
• blackberries
• artichoke hearts, quartered

Balsamic glaze

• ½ cup balsamic vinegar
• 2 tablespoons Splenda brown sugar*

Instructions

1. To make the balsamic glaze, add the vinegar and brown sugar to a sauce pan.  Bring to a simmer and cook down until the volume is reduced to half the original. This may take around 10 minutes.

2. Set aside and let cool.

3. Meanwhile take some toothpicks and start making your kebabs. My choices were:

   Fruit kebabs with basil leaves, mozzarella balls and a piece of cucumber.  
   

   Classic caprese with tomatoes, basil and mozzarella

   Antipasta kebabs with prosciutto, mozzarella, basil, artichoke hearts and tomatoes.

4. Drizzle the balsamic glaze over the kebabs or serve on the side. 

   NOTE*** I did not add exact amounts because you can make what ever combination you want with whatever ingredients you wish. It’s 71 calories for 1 classic caprese kebab without glaze.