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Train Lunch


I have five grandchildren. Four girl and the youngest is a boy. When he was born everything changed. Pink and yellow bedrooms were repainted. In addition to Frozen and princesses cup, we added dinosaur cups.  A playroom once filled with dolls and princess costumes, had to make room for power trucks and toy soldiers. The lunches I make also needed to change to reflect his interest. Since he is homeschooled, I get to have a little fun this his lunches. This happens to be everything transportation.

Yesterday, we sat in the car watching a train pass and he got so excited. As he looked it seemed to delight in wonder. There is nothing like the magic of trains when you’re a kid. This prompted me to create a train theme breakfast for lunch. I wanted this train to have cargo and the appearance of smoke. I wanted to add a fruit item and still stick to a gravel look, so using grapes worked out just fine.

Included in lunch:

Two Waffle

Sausage links

Grapes

Strawberries

Powder sugar

Nutella

Direction:

  1. Cut two cooked waffle in half. Then cut one of the halves into two. Place Nutella into a piping bag using the smallest nozzles create train track.
  2. To create train cars, place two of the waffle halves onto place leaving a little room between them. Put one of the smaller halves of waffle at to top of first train. Spread Nutella on this smaller half.
  3. Next create train wheels. Cut sausage links and place them under waffles.
  4. Cut grates and strawberries. Use strawberries to create cargo and front of train.
  5.  Place cut grapes under the track and sprinkle powder sugar across the top to create smoke.

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