A Great Lunch to Give us Energy to Decorate!

With the box of Pumpkin Delights sitting so close to our painting station, we weren't too hungry for lunch until about 1pm. In the meantime, though, this house gained some masterpieces.

We ate lunch while these dried, and I learned something today: the only thing better than gooey cheese and warm, toasty bread is the look on a kid's face when they see a sandwich in any shape other than sandwich.


This was SUPER easy and only took a little extra time outside of the usual preparation of a grilled cheese, but was well worth it. You can do this with pizza dough and fun ingredients that you put in the oven, or any kind of bread then fried up on the stove. I use multigrain, so I cut off the crusts and cut out some eyes and a nose for a jack-o-lantern shape.

 

It is tempting to grab a butter-knife out of your go-to silverware drawer, but a serated knife will cut better shapes from the bread. A cookie cutter would also work.

 

 

 

I stuffed our sandwiches with slices of mozzarella, pepperoni, and American cheese -- I had extra indredients from yesterday's pizza.

 

 

I threw them on the skillet and they came out really cute! I cooked up some quick "Halloween Noodles" (carrot and butternut squash pasta) and added some of the pumpkin carrot cookies Grace made last night.

It's been such a fun day so far, and hasn't taken any effort too far beyond the norm. Why not do a little extra to make what you already do even better? Happy upgrading and happy days!