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This is a delicious and easy sandwich to make for a large or small gathering. You can prepare it ahead of time then bake right before you’re ready to serve. The leftovers are good too, that is if you have any!

Laramie Loaf
You’ll Need:
1 loaf French bread
2 ½ C grated cheese
¼ C Mayonnaise
2 tsp prepared mustard
1 ½ tsp Worcestershire sauce
ripe black olives
4 chopped green onions
2 tomatoes
10 slices crisp cooked bacon

1. You will be slicing the loaf in half lengthwise but before you do, score across the top where you will slice the sandwich for individual servings.
2. Spread butter on the top half of the loaf then combine the following and spread on the bottom half of loaf:
grated cheese
cream cheese
mayonnaise
mustard
Worcestershire sauce
olives
3. Sprinkle on the remaining ingredients:
onions
tomatoes
crisp bacon
4. Put top & bottom together and wrap in foil loosely so steam can escape.
5. Bake @ 350 degrees for 30 -40 minutes. Let cool slightly and cut where you scored earlier.

I saw this idea in a magazine and thought I would try it out on my 2 year old grandson. He thought it was a toy, not something to eat.

Just peel the banana about half way and cut out the fruit, leaving the skin. Make 8 legs, add eyes ( I used permanent marker) and put on a plate. Now you have a fun way to serve a nutritious snack.

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Aren’t these darling. To create the heart shape, place a small marble or a 1/2-inch ball of aluminum foil between each liner and one side of the tin (a great job for kids). This will push the paper into the batter to form the notch in the heart.

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I had this great idea for a Valentine’s Day breakfast – everything in the shape of a heart including the napkin. Well, it worked out to be easy for the toast and the fruit in a heart bowl, but the egg was another story. I put a cookie cutter in the frying pan and poured in the egg. I pressed the cookie cutter down hard with my hand so the egg wouldn’t seep out. That was fine until the metal cookie cutter got hot. When it was time to turn the egg, there was a problem. Of course it was sticking to the sides of the cookie cutter. I got a knife and loosened the edges and when I took the cookie cutter off it kept it shape, YEAH! I flipped it over and finished cooking. Was it worth it? Maybe if my grandkids were here to eat it.

Hey all you Super Bowl fans (of which I am not), I thought this was a great way to serve guacamole dip for the big party.

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Here’s a great way to use your ripe bananas and have an easy nutritious snack for your kids and grandkids. They can even help you make them.

You’ll Need:
Ripe bananas
Finely chopped nuts
Cinnamon
1. Mash up the bananas in a bowl using a fork.
2. Stir in nuts & cinnamon.
3. Form into a small ball & place on cookie sheet.
4. Refrigerate until firm.

How cute is this for a Valentine treat and there’s only 3 ingredients !
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I had so much fun with my grandchildren making snowman sandwiches. I had 3 different sizes of circles for the kids to cut their snowman parts. I used an empty soup can, a small funnel and a lid from a peanut butter jar. They pressed the shape into the bread to make the 3 parts of a snowman. Then they spread tuna salad, peanut butter and jam on the sections. The face and buttons were raisins, olives and cashews. We also made snowmen from oranges slices. I sliced the orange and let them create their snowmen. You can also use cookie cutters and make different sandwiches throughout the year depending on the season.