creative sandwiches

creative sandwiches

Mural Meal: Choo Choo Grilled Cheese Train

A sucker for dairy products, my babe loves to take down a grilled cheese sandwich for lunch.

A sucker for dairy products, my babe loves to take down a grilled cheese sandwich for lunch. Instead of cutting it in half with a pickle in between, I like to add some commotion to the meal. And by that, I mean locomotion. Turn that cheese filled sammie into a train and that choo choos all the way to her tummy.

Cook up the cheesy classic and slice it into four squares. If you have a long plate or platter, set it out for a change of pace. Dice zucchini and cook it with a pat of butter and season with a dash of garlic salt. Once it's ready, turn the green veggie into wheels. Use sliced bananas to make a spread of sunlight above the train. Add some raisins to the engine cart as steam rises into the sky. Chop up a few carrots to connect the train cars. For their dipping pleasure, squirt a few dots of ranch dressing into the sky for clouds. For something sweet, toast some shredded coconut and place along the bottom of the train for the gravel path.

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Nutty Competition: Vote For Jif's Most Creative Sandwich

If you're a choosy mom who thinks outside of the lunchbox, cast your vote for Jif's Most Creative Sandwich.

If you're a choosy mom who thinks outside of the lunchbox, cast your vote for Jif's Most Creative Sandwich.

The top 10 "most tasty nutritionally balanced, creative, appealing and easy-to-make recipes" include: Peanut Butter Butterfly Panwiches, Monstwich, Crunchy Chinese Fortune Cookie Sandwich and a Peanut Butter Meatball Sub.

The winner of the the nutty competition gets a $25,000 scholarship fund and a gift basket. Voting ends February 11.

If you want to see the rest of the peanut butter creations, read more