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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 1 pinwheels 58g

Recipe makes 4 pinwheels)

The following items or measurements are not included below:

meat

Calories 182
Calories from Fat 82 (44%)
Amount Per Serving %DV
Total Fat 9.1g 14%
Saturated Fat 4.9g 24%
Monounsaturated Fat 3.1g
Polyunsaturated Fat 0.7g
Trans Fat 0.0g
Cholesterol 18mg 6%
Sodium 455mg 18%
Potassium 149mg 4%
Total Carbohydrate 17.0g 5%
Dietary Fiber 0.9g 3%
Sugars 0.6g
Protein 8.0g 15%

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Easy Faux Escargots

Recipe #333710 | 15 min | 15 min prep | add private note
Sharon123

By: Sharon123
Oct 28, 2008

A fun recipe for kids to make and eat! Adapted from the book What's Cooking? A Cookbook for Kids by Disney Press. Who says you can't play with your food?

4 -6 pinwheels (change servings and units)

Ingredients

  • mayonnaise (or whipped cream cheese)
  • 1 large tortilla (square, if available)
  • 1-3 leaf lettuce (or baby spinach)
  • 1-3 slice deli meat (of your choice-I used roast beef)
  • 2-3 slices cheese (of your choice-I used provolone)
  • gherkins
  • chives (or scallion tips)

Directions

  1. 1
    Trim around edges of round tortilla(if you can't find square ones) to make it square.
  2. 2
    Spread a thin layer of mayonnaise(or whipped cream cheese) on top. If you like, you could spread a thin layer of mustard on too.
  3. 3
    Layor on the lettuce(or spinach), then the meat and cheese. Roll up tightly.
  4. 4
    With the seam on the bottom, slice the tortilla into 2" wide pinwheels.
  5. 5
    For the heads, cut a small pickle in half at an angle. Poke 2 small holed in the uncut end and stick pieces of chive with knots at one end in each hole for antennae.( I used scallionn tops, cut a sliver and inserted them).
  6. 6
    Slip each pickle half under the edge of the pinwheel, securing them together with a toothpick if necessary.
  7. 7
    Makes 4-6 pinwheel sandwiches.

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From: TheGrumpyChef

On Jan 18, 2009

These were a lot of fun. My DS had some friends stay the night, and I served these to them for lunch. You should have seen the 6 year-olds' faces when I told them they would be eating snails for lunch. The giggles that followed when I put the "snails" out were so worth it. They really enjoyed their lunches today! Thanks, Sharon for posting!

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