Cream Cheese & Cucumber Sandwich Recipe {easy lunch idea}

We have two staple lunch sandwiches.  Peanut butter and jam {homemade-of course} and turkey.  In an attempt to “jazz” things up we try make sandwiches that are healthy, easy and still taste good.  One such sandwich is our Cream Cheese & Cucumber Sandwich.  It’s our adaptation of an English Finger Sandwich, but without the fresh herbs.

Daily lunch preparation is a whole lot quicker with helping hands.  Each year I have a “helper” and it’s that helpers job to assemble the lunches each morning.  This year my helper is Emma.  I oversee the operation, but basically, it’s Emma’s job to make sure the lunches get made and that all the elements of the lunches get set out.  Then, each child is responsible for putting their lunch in their lunch bag.

This particular lunch consists of cream cheese and cucumber sandwiches, fresh strawberries and celery with peanut butter and chocolate chips {thank goodness no one has peanut allergies in our family!}  Here’s how to make the Cream Cheese and Cucumber Sandwiches:

Cream Cheese & Cucumber Sandwich Recipe

• sliced cucumber
• white bread {I know that white bread isn’t ideal, but if I tried to pull this one off on wheat bread my kids wouldn’t touch it!}
• onion and herb cream cheese

Directions

• spread layer of cream cheese on bread
• layer thin slices of cucumber on cream cheese layer
• place bread on top of cucumber layer
• cut crust off bread and cut on diagonal twice to make 4 pieces

That’s it!  It’s a super easy recipe, and all of my kids will eat it.  My pickiest eater does eat it grudgingly, but you can’t win them all, right?  I hope that these organizational tips and recipes for lunches are helpful as we {the Beyond Bologna crew} continue each day for a month to bring you the best we’ve got!  {smiling}

Beyond Bologna Organization Tips and Recipes:

• Beyond Bologna: Making Back-to-School Lunch Healthy, Happy, & Hip!
• Peach Fruit Roll-ups Plus {School Lunch Organization}
• Beyond Bologna:  Getting Organized for Back to School Success
• Beyond Bologna:  Let’s Get Our Act Together! {Healthy School Lunches}
• School Lunch Reboot
• Beyond Bologna: Time Saving School Lunch Tips & Recipe for Mini Lunch box Apple Pie!

Don’t forget to visit the other fabulous mamas participating in the Beyond Bologna Challenge this week.  They’ve got some amazing tips for jazzing up your kids school lunches including:  Sharon, Nicole, Amanda and Elaine!  Amazing recipe and tips alert!

My Beyond Bologna Posts:

• Beyond Bologna:  A Creative Back-to-School Lunch Challenge
• Peach Fruit Roll-ups Plus {School Lunch Organization}