Hi! It's Jilly. I have a couple of recipes to share with you today. After my run this morning I stopped by Price Chopper Supermarket and picked up a few things. With the kids home all day I've resorted to a lot of mac & cheese and chicken nuggets. I knew it was time to change things up a little!
I wanted to make something that a) the kids would EAT, and b) something the kids could help make themselves. Win win, right?!
Open Faced Hot Meat & Cheese Sandwiches
Ingredients:
Bread - I used cornmeal Kaiser rolls from the bakery
Hillshire Farms Lunchmeat
Cheese
Mayonnaise and/or mustard (optional)
Directions:
1) Cut the rolls in half and place on a cookie sheet.
2) Spread with bread with condiments. We used mayonnaise, yellow mustard, and hot & spicy mustard.
3) Top with lunchmeat, then cheese. Hillshire Farms has a lot of yummy lunchmeat flavors, like Smoked Turkey, Brown Sugar Ham, and Chipotle Chicken- my kids' favorite.
4) Place cookie sheet of sandwiches in the oven under the broiler for a few minutes, or until cheese is melted and bubbly. Don't let the bread burn!
5) Enjoy!
Yogurt, Cereal, and Fruit Parfaits
Ingredients:
Yoplait Greek Yogurt - they have a lot of yummy flavors now! It was hard to choose!
Honey Nut Cheerios
Fresh Fruit- we used nectarines
Directions:
1) Layer yogurt, fruit, and cereal in a glass. You'll want a couple layers of all three.
2) That's it! Dig in!
The kids had a great time helping make lunch, and it made it easier on me, too! Both the sandwiches and parfaits were a big hit. Foods that the kids sometimes don't want to eat alone they were happy to eat together! And, it makes a pretty healthy lunch, too.
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