PIZZA SANDWICH KEBABS

These sandwich kebabs are a fun play on your usual sandwich. While this particular recipe celebrates the deliciousness of simple pizza flavours, there really isn’t any sandwich combination you couldn’t try. This is a fantastic activity for kids as it gives them the opportunity to get hands-on and explore different ingredients while building confidence in the kitchen and creating different patterns.

Makes 2 large kebabs

ingredients

  • 2 slices bread

  • 1 tbsp pizza sauce/paste

  • 4 basil leaves

  • 2 slices salami or ham

  • 4 cherry tomatoes

  • 4 mini bocconcini

equipment

  • 4 large skewers

Method:

Prepare your ingredients:

  1. Wash and dry your cherry tomatoes and basil leaves. Remove the basil leaves from the stems.

  2. Use a knife to carefully remove the crusts from each slice of bread (this is of course optional - if you love those crusts just like I do then you go ahead and leave them on!). Cut each slice of bread into quarters (you should have eight quarters in total).

  3. Cut each slice of salami or ham in half (you should have 4 halves).

  4. Spread one side of each quarter of bread with some pizza sauce/paste.

Assemble your skewers:

  1. Slide one quarter of bread onto your skewer (pizza sauce facing up). Follow with a basil leaf so that it sits on top of the pizza sauce side of bread. Fold your salami/ham slice in half and slide onto the skewer. Slide a cherry tomato and a mini bocconcini onto the skewer, followed by another quarter of bread with the pizza sauce side facing down. Repeat this process again on the same skewer. Then, make another skewer exactly the same - you should end up with 2 mini sandwiches on each skewer.

  2. Enjoy!

CHOCOLATE & COCONUT BLISS BALLS

Ingredients:

  • 1/4 cup oat flour or almond meal

  • 1/2 cup desiccated coconut

  • 1 1/2 tbsps cocoa powder

  • 1 tbsp chia seeds

  • 1-2 tbsps honey or maple syrup (depending on how sweet you like it)

  • 2 tbsp coconut cream

  • approx 1/3 cup shredded or desiccated coconut for rolling your bliss balls in

Method:

  1. Add the oat flour (or almond meal), 1/2 cup desiccated coconut, cocoa powder and chia seeds to a bowl and mix to combine.

  2. Add the honey and coconut cream to the dry ingredients and mix again until a sticky mixture is formed. If the mixture is a little dry, add 1/2 tsp water at a time to loosen it up (you should find you probably don’t have to do this though).

  3. Add the extra shredded or desiccated coconut to a small bowl.

  4. Measure 1 heaped teaspoon of mixture and roll in your hands to form a ball (you may find that wetting your hands first keeps the mixture from sticking to them). Toss the balls in the extra coconut until covered.

  5. Place in an air-tight container and store in the fridge for up to 5 days.

  6. Enjoy!

Optional extras:

  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon

  • finely chopped nuts or seeds for that extra ‘crunch’