CRITTER TOAST

This "recipe" is all about improvision. Grab your favorite bread for toast and then prepare to make some adorable animal faces with spreads like cream cheese, Nutella, peanut or other nut butters, and some fruit. Be creative and change it up to surprise the kids. We’ll give you a few ideas to start:

Bear - Spread toast with peanut or other nut butter for the base/face, add slices of banana for the ears and snout, add blueberries for eyes and the nose.

Pig – Slice a strawberry into triangles for ears, cut two raspberries in half to use bottom of each for nose, set aside two blueberries for eyes. Mash raspberry tops into some plain cream cheese to turn pink and make base for snout on the toast. Top snout with raspberry bottoms as nostrils. Put a small dab of cream cheese in spots for eyes and ears and add blueberries and strawberries to complete face.

Monkey – Spread toast with Nutella, add two slices of banana for eyes, half slices of banana for ears and mouth. Use blueberries for pupils.

Owl – Spread toast with cream cheese or Nutella. Cut strawberries into slices and layer on as feathers. Create eyes with banana slices and blueberries and add an almond or an end slice of strawberry for the beak.