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Cheesy Hot Dog Caterpillars
Kendeyl Johansen
A fun lunch idea kids can make all by themselves!
Ingredients
2 hot dogs
2 sticks string cheese
Mustard
Thin pretzel sticks
Directions
Place hot dogs and cheese sticks on cutting board. Have your child cut the hot dogs and cheese in half horizontally. (Always remember to supervise knife use by children.) For each caterpillar you'll need half a hot dog and half a cheese stick, but you may want to add more meat and cheese for bigger appetites. Ask your child to cut the hot dog and cheese halves into bite-sized pieces by again cutting horizontally.
Place a hot dog piece onto a plate and create a line by placing alternate slices of cheese and hot dog behind it. Your resulting "caterpillar" will be the length of an uncut hot dog.
Add feet by placing pretzel sticks perpendicular to the hot dog slices. Dot mustard on front hot dog to create eyes.