September 2008- Recipes of the Month-Hands Up!
 All hands on deck to help prepare these great fall treats

Hand Sandwich

Ingredients needed:

Bread or tortilla
Sandwich filling
Raisins for fingernails.

Directions:

Wash and dry hands.
Spread bread with filling and top with second slice bread, or cut tortilla in half and roll both halves up.
Cut crusts off sandwich and cut into 5 "finger" strips. Cut tortilla into 5 finger rolls.
Arrange strips on plate and put raisins on as finger nails.

Healthy Hand Snack


Ingredients needed:

Small apple- cut in half and cored.
Sundae cherries cut into quarters--children can cut
Cheese rectangles cut into thirds (or cheese slices cut into strips)-children can cut

Directions:

Wash and dry hands.
Put small apple half, cut side down on a plate.
Place cheese strips on top of apple "palm" for the fingers.
Top fingers with cherry "nails".
Enjoy your "handy" snack.
* We used small Gala apples we had picked on a trip to the local apple farm.