When I want a quick-and-easy lunch option, I often turn to the sandwich. Let’s face it: I often need our lunches to be quick and easy. Sometimes we are out and about during the morning and I get home with only a few minutes to throw together a healthy lunch. I try not to get too dependent on Meghan’s favorite sandwich, the standard peanut butter and jelly. I think it’s important to add variety to a toddler’s diet and and this sandwich is super kid-friendly, yet very nutritious, so it’s a great way to switch up your regular sandwich routine.
Tahini is ground sesame seed paste; its most popular use is as an ingredient in hummus. Tahini is high in B vitamins and is also a great source of calcium, magnesium, zinc, iron, protein, and fiber. You can find it in the ethnic foods section of most well-stocked grocery stores.
Toddler Eats: Mashed Banana and Tahini Sandwich
- Total Time: 5 minutes
- Yield: 1 sandwich 1x
Description
A kid friendly, easy and quick lunch
Ingredients
- 1/2 ripe banana
- ~1 tablespoon tahini
- 2 pieces of whole grain bread
Instructions
- With a fork or potato masher, mash the banana. Spread one slice of bread with the banana and the other slice of bread with the tahini.
- Put the pieces together to make a sandwich and cut into your pieces appropriate for your toddler.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: main meal
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 389
- Sugar: 2g
- Sodium: 1mg
- Fat: 15g
- Carbohydrates: 51g
- Protein: 14g
I gotta tell you, as much as I created this sandwich for Meghan, I love it. It is so tasty. You can use the other half of the banana to make yourself a sandwich, or just slice it up and serve as a side. Enjoy!
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Tried this new sandwich combo with my 2 year old son today and he devoured pretty much all of it! Thanks for giving me another healthy lunch option I can use 🙂
You’re welcome! 🙂 So happy to hear that.
My 4 y/o loved this sandwich so much that he had it 3 times this week! Thanks, Maryea, for a great sandwich idea.
What a creative sandwich! I bet my daughter would love this 🙂
Sounds delicious! Too funny that you posted this, I was going to request more meatless toddler sandwich ideas! Perfect timing, thank you Maryea!
This sounds good and easy! Love it. I need new sandwich ideas. We have been eating lunch outside or at the park lots lately and I usually just make sandwiches.