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Peanut Butter and Jelly Roli Sandwiches

Gather a loaf of bread, peanut butter, jelly and blunt knives. Allow euch child to spread thin layers of peanut butter and jelly onto a piece of bread. Have the child roli his bread up into a cylinder. The cylinder can be cut. into Lhree or four jelly roiIs for tho student to eat at snaektime. Encourage the children to name the USDA Food Pyramid categories represented by this sandwich.

Fruit Bowls

Gather several fresh apples, bananas, grapes, and sunflower seeds and hall'as many grapefruits as there are students in your class. Cut the grapefruits in half and scoop out the insides. Try not to tear the rinds becouse students will be using them as bowls. Allow the children lo use blunt knives to help you cut the other fruils into bile-sized pieces as you use a sharp knife to cut up the apples and grapefruit. Mix all of the fruits and nuts together and spoon the mixlure into the “fruit bowls” for students to enjoy as a snack or with lunch.

Banana Butter

Gather 3 ripe banan as, ⁿ/i cup peanut butler, ¹/j teaspoon cinnamon, 1 teaspoon shreddedcoconul, and '/* cup raisins. Allow the children to help you measure out the ingredienls. Let students take tums mashing the bananas with a fork. Have them mix in the peanut butter, cinnamon, coconut and raisins. They should continue mbcing until the ingredienls are completely mixed. Allow the children to enjoy the banana spread as a snack on bread or crackcrs.

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