A recent study by the NPD market research group found that peanut butter and jelly is the #1 sandwich of choice for kids. My son would choose PB&J every day if he could, but I’ve been trying to “expand his culinary horizons” with some other sandwich choices…

Here are some that have passed the preschool taste test at our house:

Chicken pita wrap
• Fill a 6-inch pita bread with a mixture of chopped, cooked chicken, finely chopped apple or pear, with a dab of light mayonnaise. Tightly wrap and chill until ready to serve.

Ham-wich
• Arrange a slice of low fat ham, a slice of Cheddar or Monterey Jack cheese, some shredded lettuce, and a tablespoon of Ranch dressing on a flour tortilla. Roll up, tightly wrap, and chill until ready to serve.

Cookie-Cutter Sandwiches
• Let kids make their own special sandwiches by piling on deli meat (turkey, ham, roast beef), cheese, mustard, lettuce and tomato slices on wheat bread. Get out some fun cookie cutters and help them cut their sandwiches into stars, hearts or other shapes with cookie cutters. Kids enjoy creating their own special sandwich and the shapes make them more fun to eat!

Mini sandwiches
• Stack whole grain crackers with low-fat cheese slices and ham or turkey.

Apple pie sandwiches
• Mix cream cheese, walnuts, chopped celery (optional), apple and cinnamon. Spread on two slices of raisin bread. Enjoy!

If you have other ideas for creative and kid-approved sandwiches, please pass them along and post them here! I am always looking to find “out of the lunchbox” ideas!

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