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School Days Lunch Recipe

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Ingredients:  
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Walk to the store to buy 6 things:
(1) Fresh Wonder Bread (with little girl w/golden
blonde hair on bread package)
(2) Jar of Jiffy, Skippy or Peter Pan Peanut Butter
(crunchy or smooth)
(3) Jar of Jam or Jelly (jar becomes drinking glass)
(4) Can of Shoestring Potatoes
(5) Hostess Twinkies,Cupcakes, Dunkin Stix (like
(crullers),Cinnamon Buns,CookiesorCherryPie
(6) Fruit in Season (apple,banana,pear,grapes,etc.)
Directions:
Directions:
Lay out slices of bread on wax paper for the number of sandwiches. (Mom laid out 12 slices of bread for 6 kids). Spread peanut butter on one row and jam or jelly on the other row. Put sandwiches together, cut in 1/2 and place sandwich in bag or fold sandwich with wax paper. (Each child had their favorite, like: ham,bacon,turkey,chicken, tuna,pimento cheese, etc.; however pbj was good for everyone. Put 1/2 can of shoestring potatoes in a plastic baggie. In brown lunch sacks or favorite lunch pail, put sandwich, shoestring potatoes, fruit, bakery item, and napkin in bag. Then fold top of bag and write name of each person on the bag and they knew what lunch pail was theirs. Have lunch pails and lunch sacks ready on kitchen counter as each child picks up their lunch while they are running out the door to catch their carpool or walk to school saying "Thanks Mom, We Love You."
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Number Of Servings:
# of People
Preparation Time:
Preparation Time:
Varies to # of People
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
Please Note: Mom said Grandma Mendenhall mixed the peanut butter and jelly or jam together before she put it on the bread. It saved on peanut butter and jelly/jam costs. That was during World War II. We all have so much to be THANKFUL for.

Number of Servings: # of people

 

 

 

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