Week 23: Curious George

Week 23: Curious George.  My son and daughter love watching Curious George on PBS Kids.  I have to admit, the show is kind of funny.  Besides Abby liking the show, I thought the combination of bread, bananas, Nutella, and peanut butter (in the monkey sandwich) would make a tasty lunch.  Here is what I did:

Have fun serving and eating your Curious George lunch!

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Ingredients

2 slices whole wheat bread

1 banana sliced

2 Tbsp. Nutella hazelnut spread

2 Tbsp. peanut butter

   Yellow, blue, and red food coloring 

3 grape tomatoes

5 strings of cheese

1 Tbsp. fat-free cream cheese

1 Tbsp. strawberry jam

1 cup fat-free plain yogurt 

1 cup fresh spinach

Directions

1. Slice 2 pieces of whole wheat bread in the shape of a Curious George monkey head.  Using a knife or toothpick, spread Nutella (for the fur) on one piece as shown in the picture.  Spread peanut butter on the other piece of bread and press together (Nutella side up!) to make the sandwich.  
2. Form cream cheese into small circles and place on the face to make the eyes.
3. Cover bottom of container with fresh spinach leaves.  Slice one banana and place pieces on top of spinach.  Slice tomatoes in half and place them on bananas as balloons.  Put strings of cheese under each tomato for the balloon strings.
4. Take separate container and fill with yogurt (I use Greek yogurt).  Carefully place strawberry jam on top of yogurt in a diamond shape.
5. Mix equal parts red, yellow, and blue food coloring to make black.  Use a toothpick to apply the black food coloring to create the details on George’s face and the kite as shown in the picture.

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