In an effort NOT to devote my blog entirely to homeschooling, I must share a yummy kid-friendly recipe.
I don't know about you but in the Horn household lunch time fare can be a tad boring. If we don't have leftovers from the previous night's dinner, then we usually hover around the same 2-3 lunch options:
1) tuna, cheese, crackers, veggies/fruit
2) pbjs, veggies/fruit
3) cheese quesadillas, veggies/fruit
Blah.
A few Saturdays back I took C & C out for a morning hike and then to a nearby pumpkin farm for some fall-ish activities. After a hayride and some leaf-pile-jumping we meandered over to the food tent. My cash was disappearing quickly and knowing how expensive prepared food tents can be, I wasn't expecting to be able to buy much. Maybe we could snag a few cups of apple cider with the $5 left in my pocket?
To my happy surprise an affordable homemade menu option was listed -- pepperoni rolls for only 75 cents each! Uncertain of WHAT a pepperoni roll was exactly, I queried the friendly worker ladies. The ladies' eyes lit up as they animatedly told me that the pepperoni rolls were just baked that morning, the rolls were still warm and extremely delicious.
Sold.
I bought 4 and we promptly devoured them all. Not that I expected less from pepperoni and mozzarella cheese baked in white bread dough.
After a bit of internet researching, I finally landed on this recipe. I didn't make it exactly as written since I'm positive the taste buds of the Horn children wouldn't appreciate minced garlic and marinated pepper rings.
The beauty of the recipe lies in its simplicity. AND the extra beautiful part is that you can freeze these puppies! After you construct the rolls, pop them into the freezer on a greased baking sheet and don't them let rise a second time. When you're ready to bake them, just take them out 30 minutes before hand and stick them in the oven. Bake for 30 minutes as directed. I haven't found that these need any extra thawing or rising time.
Among kid and adult testers alike these pepperoni rolls are a smashing success! And they definitely add some pizazz to our lunchtime routine.
What do you typically have for lunch? Any easy faves to share?
4 comments:
my boys love leftovers - but your go-to lunches and pepperoni rolls are a big hit here, too. Sadly, I haven't tried gluten free ones. :-) We also like to do traditionally breakfast items here too - Aaron & I have made mini egg and cheese quiches (sounds fancy but I had extra pie dough and just whisked egg, a little cheese, some onion powder and a squirt of mustard together with a splash of milk and filled up the pie-dough lined muffin tins. Those were a giant hit. :-) Evan will gobble up scrambled eggs for a quick lunch any day.
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We enjoy a cup of soup along with half a sandwich or grilled cheese in the colder months. We have also made mini pizzas using English muffins for the crust. The girls have also recently enjoyed helping me make turkey roll-up sandwiches. Just take a flour tortilla, some deli turkey, shredded or sliced cheese of choice, a big leaf of lettuce, some shredded carrot, and voila!, a turkey roll-up!
Holly Sundsmo
Pepperoni rolls are a WV thing, with cheese they are really good. I have also made something similar with ground beef and velveeta. Our newest lunch favorite are egg wraps (eggs, cheese, sometimes bacon in a tortilla shell. we have grilled cheese and ramen, lunch meat wraps, hot dogs, chicken sand, pancakes, and leftovers most often.
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