Happy Hippo Crunch Hoagie
Keeping back-to-school lunch easy and fun by putting a happy face on it with a simple sandwich! The Happy Hippo Hoagie face idea came from the "COOL Sandwich Food Art” book by Nancy Tuminelly. However, the recipe ingredients can be changed to fit your child's appetite. Switch it up and get creative!
Ingredients
- 1 hoagie roll
- 5 cheddar and sour cream chips
- 2 slices of cheese
- 3 slices of Hillshire Farm Naturals Hardwood Smoked Turkey Breast
- 1 large sandwich pickle slice
- 4 baby carrots
- 2 tablespoons fat free mayonnaise
- 2 green olive slices
- 1 teaspoon cream cheese and extra for glue
- 2 black olive slices
- 1 slice of green pepper halved
- Handful of spinach or lettuce optional
Instructions
- Slice the roll in half. Next cut a thin slit (being careful not to go all the way through) in the underside of the top half. Cut one of the cheese slices into smaller pieces. Place them in the slice you just made.
- Spread half the mayo on the bottom roll. Layer with the chips, turkey, rest of cheese, and pickle in that order.
- Cut to baby carrots in half crosswise. Gently twist the flat end of the two halves into the bottom half of the roll near the front end for the bottom teeth.
- Spread the remaining mayo on the top of the roll. Twist the other to flat end carrot halves into the top half of the roll near the front for top teeth. Place the top of the roll on the bottom roll.
- Spread a small amount of cream cheese for glue on the green olive halves. Place them toward the front end of the roll for the nose.
- Split the cream cheese into two balls. Press them on top of the roll behind the slit you made in step 1. Secure a slice of black olive into each ball of cream cheese for the eyes.
- Using a small amount of cream cheese as glue, secure the two green pepper slices above the cream cheese balls for the eyebrows.
