Tuna Spook Sandwiches Halloween Lunch Box Surprise Recipes

TUNA SPOOK SANDWICHES (HALLOWEEN LUNCH BOX SURPRISE)

Steps:

• Drain water from tuna and place in small mixing bowl; break the tuna into small pieces with a fork. Mix in the mayonnaise, lemon juice, and celery.
• Cut the bread slices with a cookie cutter into the shape of a ghost. Spread 7 slices with the tuna mixture and cover each with a second slice of bread.
• Use the raisins to make eyes and mouths for each ghost. You can "glue" them with cream cheese if necessary.

SECRET SANDWICH (LUNCH BOX SURPRISE)

Steps:

• Using a small paring knife, pierce the bottom of the muffin until the knife almost reaches the top. Cut a circle and pull out the bread cylinder and set aside.
• Using your fingers, press the inside bread walls to make them thinner.
• Add condiment of your choice to inside of roll.
• Add lunch meat until it is about a 1/3 full. Then add cheese until it is 2/3 full and fill with more lunch meat.
• Cut a bit of the cylinder off and apply condiment to the bready side of the circle. Press into bottom of muffin.

TWO TONED SANDWICHES (LUNCH BOX SURPRISE)

Steps:

• You will need two cookie cutters. A large one (that still fits within the bread slice) and a smaller cutter that will fit inside the larger cookie cutter. I used a large heart and a small star. - OR - Just use One cutter and do the center.
• Place the 2 slices of bread on a cutting surface. Using the large cutter, cut the shape out of both slices. Using the smaller cutter, cut the center of both shapes. - OR - Just cut out one shape from each slice.
• Swap the larger cutouts, so that the wheat bread has the large white bread design and the white has the wheat. - OR - Just swap the one you cut out.
• Assemble your sandwich as normal.

SNACK STACKERS (LUNCH BOX SURPRISE)

Steps:

• Cut 4 (1-1/2-inch) circles out of your choice of lunch meat (use small glass if you don't have a cutter that is that small and cut around it), then cut 4 (1-1/4-inch) stars out of your choice of cheese.
• Top each cracker with 1 lunch meat circle and 1 cheese star or place in container and ship off in lunch box.

THE GARDEN

Steps:

• Squeeze spinach to remove excess liquid; combine spinach and the next 6 ingredients (green onion thru salt) in a bowl; stir to combine; set aside.
• Saute mushrooms in 1 tablespoon butter in a skillet until tender; set aside.
• Spread 1 teaspoon softened butter on one side of each bread slice.
• Lightly brown 6 bread slices, buttered side down, on a hot griddle; remove from heat.
• Spread spinach mixture evenly on unbuttered sides of toasted bread; sprinkle with alfalfa sprouts, mushrooms, and sunflower kernels; set aside.
• Place 1 slice each of provolone, cheddar, and swiss cheese on unbuttered side of remaining 6 bread slices.
• Place bread, buttered side down, on hot griddle; cook over medium heat, just until cheese softens and bread lightly browns.
• To serve, put cheese-topped bread slices and spinach-topped slices together to make sandwiches.

ANTS ON A LOG (LUNCH BOX SURPRISE)

Steps:

• Fill celery with cream cheese spread and smooth with knife.
• Add a row of raisins for the "ants.".