Banana and Cucumber sandwich rolls are extremely easy to make. Strictly no skills are required. Simply flatten the bread slices. Spread with your favourite spread and roll up the bread slices with a peeled banana or unskinned cucumber. Then cut into bite size pieces. They make great healthy lunchbox and snacks for kids too. Just chill them in the refrigerator until needed.
Banana & Cucumber Sandwich Rolls
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Ingredients
- 2 slices white bread
- 2 slices wholemeal bread
- 1 tablespoon peanut butter, crunchy
- 1 tablespoon cream cheese
- 1 banana, peeled
- 1 green zucchini, washed and drained dry
- Cut the crust off all sides of the white and wholemeal breads. Set aside.
- Lie first the white sandwich bread on top of each other overlapping a bit.
- Using a rolling pan, flatten the two slices of bread as thin as possible. This also helps to join the two slices of bread together.
- Spread thickly with crunchy peanut butter. ( You may use any of your favourite spread ).
- Place the peeled banana at one end of the bread.
- Roll it up FIRMLY.
- Wrap with cling wrap and chill in the refrigerator until needed.
- To make cucumber sandwich rolls, lie 2 slices of wholemeal bread on top of each other overlapping a bit.
- Use a rolling pin to flatten the 2 slices of bread. This helps to join the two pieces of bread together.
- Spread thickly with Cream Cheese.
- Place the unskinned green zucchini at one end of the bread. Roll up the whole cucumber inside FIRMLY.
- Wrap with cling wrap and chill in the refrigerator until needed.
- Cut the banana and cucumber sandwich rolls into 4 bite size pieces each that end up resembling sushi rolls.
- These sandwich rolls make good lunchbox snacks as they can be prepared ahead of time. Just chill them until needed.
Instructions
Enjoy!
Cut the crust off on all sides of the white sandwich bread.
Lie them on top of each other overlapping a bit.
Using a rolling pin, flatten the two pieces of bread to as thin as possible. This helps to join the bread together.
Spread crunchy peanut butter (or your favourite spread) on top of the bread.
Put a peeled ripe banana at one end of the bread.
Wrap a cling wrap over it and chill in refrigerator until needed.
Cut into sushi size sandwich rolls.
To Make Cucumber Sandwich Rolls:
Cut the crust off the sides of the wholemeal bread.
Lie them on top of each other overlapping a bit.
Flatten to as thin as possible with a rolling pin. This helps to join the bread together.
Spread cream cheese (or your favourite spread) on top of the bread.
Put a long, thin, unskinned zucchini at one end of the bread.
Wrap with cling wrap, chill in refrigerator until needed.
Cut into sushi size sandwich rolls.
These rolls are great to be packed in a lunchbox.
To make a creative and wholesome lunchbox:
Place some dainty zucchini chocolate muffins in the centre of a lunchbox. The recipe for the muffins is here. Decorate with white chocolate chips & carrot florets. Also add baby carrots & celery for extra veggie servings and colours.
Place the banana and cucumber sushi rolls on a cupcake liner at one corner of the lunchbox.
Top with some cute fish cheese crackers.
Put a serving of your kid’s favourite fruits on another cupcake liner in another corner of the lunchbox.
Sprinkle more of the ‘flying fish’ cheese crackers if desire.
And the lunchbox is ready to go!
AS ALWAYS … ENJOY!