Lunch Money
Copyright by Terese Allen
This isn’t a recipe so much as a way to bring some fun into your kids’ lunch hour. Instead of giving then cash to buy junk food, give them coins they can actually eat—that is, offer a balanced meal of round, coin-shaped edibles (organic, of course!). Here’s a range of possibilities.
Ingredients:
Organic Valley Stringles (Cheddar, Mozzarella or Colby Jack), cut crosswise into rounds
Cucumber slices
Green or yellow zucchini slices
Thick asparagus spears, blanched and cut crosswise
Broccoli stems, peeled and slice into rounds
Sliced radishes
Carrot coins
Organic Prairie Hot Dogs (Turkey, Chicken, Beef or Classic), cooked, cooled and cut into rounds
Organic Prairie Italian Chicken Sausage or Bratwurst, cooked, cooled and cut into rounds
Organic Prairie Pepperoni
Sliced dried bananas
Dried apricots
Fruit leather, cut into rounds
Sliced kiwi
Oyster crackers
Small, round pretzels
Small, round corn tortilla chips
Round ravioli, cooked and cooled
Garbanzo beans*
Instructions:
1. Let your child choose his or her favorites from the array of finger foods above. Pack the little piles of “coins” into a rectangular container to make a lunch-size treasure chest.
*Call these “gold nuggets” instead of coins--and offer nuggets in other colors, too (think peas, blueberries, grapes, etc.)
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