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Previous Issues > September 2007 > Kidsville Kitchen > I Love My Lunchbox
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 Kidsville Kitchen
I Love My Lunchbox
Back-to-school means finding nutritious and delicious meals for the lunchbox! There are lots of options, but the all-time favorite is the peanut butter-and-jelly sandwich! This school year, try a new take on the PB&J. Make your sandwich more nutritious by using a 100% whole-grain wheat bread. Add a new twist to the sandwich by using strawberries. A kid-favorite fruit, strawberries provide sustained energy levels, are naturally sweet and have very few calories. And eight strawberries provide 160% of your day's supply of vitamin C!
Peanut Butter and Strawberry Sandwich With Honey
WHAT YOU NEED:
Honey wheat bread
Peanut butter (Try an organic PB for more peanutty taste!)
Sliced strawberries
Honey
DIRECTIONS:
Spread peanut butter on one slice of honey wheat bread. Arrange a layer of stemmed, sliced California strawberries on top of peanut butter. Spread second slice of bread with honey. Place on top of strawberries, honey side down.
Critter-Themed lunchbox treats
Strawberry and Chocolate Ladybugs
Gather whole strawberries, grapes, mini chocolate chips and frilled toothpicks to create this fun, nutritious snack. Cut a small slice from the bottom of a large, stemmed California strawberry so that it wont roll. With frilled toothpick, attach a grape to the stem end of the strawberry to make the ladybugs head. Lightly press mini chocolate chips on one side of strawberry. This snack delivers the favorite flavor combo of strawberry and chocolate, with much less chocolate than other treats.
Fire Ants on a Log
Chop strawberries into 8 or 9 pieces. Cut one 7- to 8-inch-long piece of celery in thirds and fill each with 1 tablespoon of low-fat cream cheese. Top each third with pieces of chopped strawberry to resemble ants in a line.
Recipes courtesy of Family Features, California Strawberry Commission and Sara Lee Soft & Smooth Bread.
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