June 2009-Recipes of the Month- June is Zoo Month

This month is Zoo Month and many of the schools and day cares will be going to the zoo to study the animals!  Why not really get into the zoo theme by having a zoo lunch!  Don't have the zoo cookie cutters--order them today from us!  We try to have cookie cutters for every one of our themes.  We find that the children truly learn a theme if you immerse them in it!  That includes snacks and meals that relate to the theme!
 

Zoo Open Face Sandwiches:



Ingredients Needed:

Bread (Toasted)
Mayo or mustard (if desired)
cheese or luncheon meat
stick pretzels
small nut, olive or pepper piece for eye

Kitchen Items:

Plate
Cutting Board
Animal Cookie Cutter
Knife
Toaster

Directions:

Wash and dry hands.
Toast the bread.
Place toast on cutting board and cut the crust off the toast.
Spread with mayo or mustard (if desired).
Cut cheese or luncheon meat into animal shape using the cookie cutter.
Place food animal on the toast.
Use pretzel sticks to create a cage on the animal.
Serve.


Zoo Cookies



Ingredients Needed:

Graham Crackers
Animal Crackers
Tub of Frosting
Sprinkles

Items Needed:

Cutting Board
Zip Lock snack bag
Scissors
Spoon
Plate

Directions:

Wash and dry hands.
For Zoo Cage Cookies, use a graham cracker square.
Fill a snack bag with a spoon ful of frosting.  Seal bag and snip a corner off the bag.
Squeeze a line of frosting onto the bottom 1/3 of the square cracker and dip in sprinkles.
Put a dab of frosting on the back of the animal cracker and put the animal cracker down on the graham cracker into the sprinkled "grass".
Pipe the frosting from the snack bag onto the square like the bars on the zoo cage. 
Decorate the top and bottom bars of the cage with big sprinkles if desired.
Let frosting dry.
For Stand up animals, use 1/4 rectangle of graham crackers.
Pipe a dab of frosting in the middle of the cracker.
Dip in sprinkles.
Stand an animal cracker up in the frosting.
Let frosting dry.