Tortilla Face - Healthy kids meal, flexible ingredients

Name: Tortilla Face - Healthy kids meal, flexible ingredients Recipe
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 1
Ingredients: 1 large tortilla (11 inch used for nutritional info); 1 carrot cut up for smile; .25 cup cold spaghetti (we used leftovers) for hair; 1 cherry tomato for the nose; .25 cup cucumber slices for eyes & ears; Substitute as you like. My daughter used yogurt for the nose but ultimately didn't eat it. She also had a side of low-salt soy sauce on the side for dipping.; Lettuce and salad dressing can be added and you can roll it up as a wrap if you don't care about the artistic nature of this meal.; I put this as vegetarian but you could easily add meat. We did add some turkey for decoration when we made it.

Minutes to Prepare: 20

Number of Servings: 1

Ingredients

1 large tortilla (11 inch used for nutritional info)1 carrot, cut up for smile.25 cup cold spaghetti (we used leftovers), for hair1 cherry tomato, for the nose .25 cup cucumber slices for eyes & earsSubstitute as you like. My daughter used yogurt for the nose but ultimately didn't eat it. She also had a side of low-salt soy sauce on the side for dipping. Lettuce and salad dressing can be added and you can roll it up as a wrap if you don't care about the "artistic" nature of this meal.I put this as vegetarian but you could easily add meat. We did add some turkey for decoration when we made it.

Directions

No cooking required. Place tortilla on large plate and add veggies to make face. You may want to have a dipping sauce on the side. We used leftover pasta for hair, and added deli turkey to be a hair clip and earrings. Let the kid run the show on this one. It's food and it's art. Fun and healthy.

Serving Size: each tortilla is one serving

Number of Servings: 1

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user REBECCAMA.

Servings Per Recipe: 1

Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving

Calories: 342.1
Total Fat: 7.5 g
Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
Sodium: 618.4 mg
Total Carbs: 58.9 g
Dietary Fiber: 2.4 g
Protein: 9.8 g

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