Hot Cookin' » calciumHot Cookin' http://www.hotcookin.net How to be a kitchen rockstar Fri, 09 Dec 2011 04:13:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 How to Sneak More Calcium Into Your Kid’s Diet http://www.hotcookin.net/2010/02/04/how-to-sneak-more-calcium-into-your-kids-diet/ http://www.hotcookin.net/2010/02/04/how-to-sneak-more-calcium-into-your-kids-diet/#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:01:13 +0000 Kelly Estes http://www.hotcookin.net/?p=255 Continue reading →]]>

Serving cottage cheese and raspberry preserves sandwiches is a devious way to sneak in more calcium into your child’s diet.

Think that sounds unappetizing? So did I, but it’s quite delicious and refreshing when you use Breakstone’s 4% fat cottage cheese and good preserves.

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Cottage Cheese and Jelly (or Preserves) Sandwich

serves 1 (double, triple, quadruple etc. per your needs)

Ingredients

  • 2 slices honey wheat sandwich bread
  • 3 heaping spoons of cottage cheese (I highly recommend Breakstone’s 4% cottage cheese)
  • 2-3 teaspoons Raspberry Preserves (I am fond of Bonne Maman preserves, but use what you like)

1. Toast your sandwich bread. Toasted bread holds the cottage cheese much better.

2. Slather raspberry preserves on both sides of the bread.

3. Spread three good size spoonfuls of cottage cheese on one side of the toast.

4. Top with the other slice of bread, cut diagonally, and you’ve got a winner of a sandwich, even for picky kids!

I love making cottage cheese and preserves sandwiches for my kids at least once during the week. Serve with fresh fruit – pineapple, bananas, and apples are favorites in our house – and watch your kids wolf their lunches down.

What is your favorite sandwich to serve your kids for lunch?

Photo by Kelly Estes
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