The search for a great lunch for my first grader is officially on. I answered the challenge with help from Jean Pare. Jean Pare is the founder of the Canadian company Company's Coming. I happened upon one of their book collections called Kids Cook. It is a 3 in 1 collection (Bag Lunches, After School Snacks and Weekend Treats). These cookbooks were designed with kids in mind. It is geared to teach kids to cook (ages 8 - 15), but my 6 year old can do a lot of it with a little help from me. We sat down together and looked through each recipe with him ticking off the ones that appealed most to him. We decided that the pizza pinwheels would be the first recipe that we would try. They were quick and easy and tasty. He's had them in his lunch as the main part each day this week with no complaints. This will be a repeat recipe for us.
2 1/4 cups Biscuit mix
1/2 cup water
7 1/2 oz can pizza sauce
2 sliced green onions
1/2 cup finely chopped green pepper
1/2 cup finely chopped pepperoni
1 cup grated mozzarella cheese
1/4 tsp dried oregano
Preheat oven to 400*. Stir the biscuit mix and water in a medium bowl until the dough forms a ball. Turn dough onto a counter that has been dusted with flour or biscuit mix. Kneed the dough 20 times. Roll out to a 12 x 12 inch square.
In a separate bowl, mix the remaining 6 ingredients. Spread over the dough leaving an inch space all around the edges. Roll up the dough from one side to the other (like a jelly roll). Pinch the edges to seal. Cut into 12 1 inch slices. Place the slices on a baking sheet that has been sprayed with non-stick spray. Back for 12 minutes.
this book is amazing! i just cooked this half an hour ago, but i used ready made Pillsbury biscuits although they were a bit salty, it was very delicious!
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