Make Rice Sandwiches

A cute way to serve lunch to your toddler. Created in their favorite shape or animal, they will love the food and it will encourage a more relaxing time together during a meal. It's also a great addition to any bento box!

Ingredients

 * 1 cup of any kind of rice, for example brown or white
 * Luncheon meat, such as bologna, ham, or spam, or thinly sliced smoked tofu; use 2 slices for each sandwich you're planning to make

Steps

 * 1) [[Image:Rice_sandwich_1_92.jpg|200px|right]]Lay down a piece of luncheon meat (or vegmeat) on a cutting board. Use a cookie cutter of your choice to make a shape out of the meat. Repeat this for all pieces.
 * 2) [[Image:Rice_sandwich_2_331.jpg|200px|right]]Pan fry the meat shapes without oil. When it's lightly cooked, return it back to the cutting board.
 * 3) [[Image:Rice_sandwich_3_898.jpg|200px|right]]Place the meat back in the cookie cutter.
 * 4) [[Image:Rice_sandwich_4_214.jpg|200px|right]]Scoop enough rice into the cutter to fill out about 3/4 full.
 * 5) [[Image:Rice_sandwich_5_472.jpg|200px|right]]Top the rice off with another piece of shaped meat.
 * 6) Press it down while holding the cookie cutter to make the rice stick together. If your cookie cutter has the imprint part, use that.
 * 7) [[Image:P1040367_639.JPG|200px|right]]Remove the cookie cutter and you will have your rice and meat sandwich!

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Sources and Citations

 * Original source of article, shared by wokkingmum, Rice Sandwich. Shared under a Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 3.0 license.