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" Recipes excerpted from Bean App\u00E9tit . Introducing inventive ideas to get kids excited about healthy eating! Ready to Roll-Ups Serves 4 Recipe Ingredients  Pesto 1/2 cup packed spinach leaves Pinch of garlic powder 1 1/2 tablespoons shredded Parmesan cheese 2 tablespoons olive oil Pinch of salt and pepper Eggs 8 eggs 1/3 cup shredded cheddar cheese You&amp;#039;ll Also Need: Decorative toothpicks Recipe Preparation 1. Preheat the oven to 400\u00B0F.  2. Scrunch the spinach leaves, garlic powder, and Parmesan in a food processor. Before an adult turns it on, say, &amp;quot;\u00A1Buenos d\u00EDas!&amp;quot; Slowly add the olive oil, and process until the pesto is thick and spreadable. Season with the salt and pepper, and, presto, you have pesto!  3. Crack the eggs and pour them into a mixing bowl without dropping any shells in the bowl. Use a fork to scramble them up.  4. Make a noise like an alarm clock as you lightly spray two 8 by 8-inch pans with nonstick spray. Pour half of the eggs into each pan.  5. Bake for 6 to 8 minutes, until thoroughly cooked. Top with the cheddar cheese and melt in the oven for an additional 2 to 4 minutes. Use a rubber spatula to slide the eggs out in one piece.  6. Use a butter knife to spread the pesto on top of the cheddar cheese. Carefully roll the egg up, then slice into 1-inch segments with a clean butter knife.  7. Stick a decorative toothpick into each egg roll-up. Eggs-tra helpings, please!  Campfire Crunch Serves 1  Recipe Ingredients 3-4 green grapes, sliced in half 1 slice cheddar cheese 2-3 medium carrots, finely sliced 6 pretzel sticks, broken into pieces Recipe Preparation 1. Clap your hands and rub them together to get them nice and warm. Place the grape halves, cut side down, in a small circle, about the size of a cup. 2. Use clean scissors or rip the cheddar cheese to look like flames. Gently press the cheese flames together so they stand up. Place them in the center of the grape fire pit. Lay the carrot pieces on the cheese, upright. 3. Place the pretzel pieces around the flames. Now sing a campfire song! Mama Mato  Makes 2 faces Recipe Ingredients 1 medium tomato, cut in half 6 tablespoons bread crumbs 5 tablespoons shredded Parmesan cheese Pinch of garlic powder 4 slices black olive 4 ounces spaghetti, cooked 2 basil leaves Recipe Preparation 1. Preheat the oven to 400\u00B0F.  2. Ready to scoop? Use your spoon to dig out the goopy center of each tomato half.  3. In a mixing bowl, combine the bread crumbs, 2 tablespoons of the Parmesan, and the garlic powder. How does it smell? Give it a whiff! Fill the holes in the tomato halves with the garlicky mixture. Top the tomato halves with the rest of the Parmesan.  4. Use a butter knife to cut the olive slices in half. Place 2 slices on top of each tomato half for eyes. Place the tomato halves on a baking sheet.  5. Mama Mato now needs a great hairstyle! Place the cooked pasta on the baking sheet in whatever style you&amp;#039;d like\u2014curlicues, long and straight, or short and sassy. (You&amp;#039;ll put the hair on her head after it comes out of the oven.) Kiss the tips of your fingers and say, &amp;quot;Ciao, Mama Mato!&amp;quot; before putting the pan in the oven.  6. Bake Mama Mato for 8 to 12 minutes. While it&amp;#039;s baking, see if you can style your hair like Mama Mato&amp;#039;s.  7. Transfer tomato halves to a plate to cool for a few minutes. Tear the top of each basil leaf off and place it under the eyes for a smile. Now add the spaghetti hair to the tomato top to create a super style.  The Very Hungry Caterpillar Serves 1  Based on the book by Eric Carle Recipe Ingredients 1/2 avocado, peeled, pitted, and thinly sliced 1 1/2 teaspoons packed light brown sugar 1 tablespoon light coconut milk 2 tablespoons diced mango 1/4 cup shredded rotisserie chicken 1/2 teaspoon lime juice 1 tablespoon light soy sauce 1 (6-inch) piece rice paper (available at Asian food stores) Pretzel sticks 1 plum tomato 2 dried currants 2 thin carrot matchsticks Recipe Preparation 1. Wiggle while you combine the avocado, brown sugar, coconut milk, mango, chicken, lime juice, and soy sauce in a mixing bowl. Let sit for 5 minutes. (You can stop wiggling now!) 2. This step is like magic. Fill another bowl with warm water and place the rice paper in the bowl. Wave your hands over the bowl like a magician and shout, &amp;quot;Abracadabra!&amp;quot; Let it sit until the rice paper is soft and almost invisible! Remove the rice paper from the water. Let it sit on a clean plate for 1 minute. Don&amp;#039;t worry\u2014it should be kind of sticky. 3. Place the avocado mixture on the lower center of the rice paper. Fold the outside in so it touches and roll the bottom of the paper up to form a log shape. Carefully slice the log into 4 equal pieces. This is the caterpillar&amp;#039;s body. Place pretzel sticks around the body for legs. 4. To make the caterpillar&amp;#039;s head, carefully slice off one-third of the tomato. This piece will be the bottom part of his head. 5. Balance the other side of the tomato on top to make a goofy grin. Use a toothpick to poke eyeholes in the tomato head and press in the currants for eyes. Poke 2 more holes on top of the head and push in the carrot sticks for the antennae. 6. Enjoy your hungry caterpillar before he turns into a butterfly! Delicious Dominoes  Serves 4 Recipe Ingredients 1 cup Bean App\u00E9tit Flour Blend (To pre-make blend: Combine 3 cups whole wheat flour; 3 cups unbleached all-purpose flour; 2 1/4 cups wheat germ and 1/2 cup flax meal and store in an airtight container.) 1/4 cup cocoa powder 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons packed light brown sugar 1/2 teaspoon baking soda Pinch of ground cinnamon 3 tablespoons butter, softened 1 tablespoon honey 2 tablespoons water 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1/4 cup lowfat cream cheese 20 white chocolate chips You will also need: Piping bag Recipe Preparation 1. Before making the dough, have your family line up in a line. Pretend to fall like a stack of dominoes. Now you&amp;#039;re ready to cook!  2. Preheat the oven to 350\u00B0F and lightly spray a baking sheet with nonstick spray.  3. Count by ones as you combine the flour blend, cocoa powder, brown sugar, baking soda, and cinnamon in a bowl. Add the butter and stir until combined. Add the honey, water, and vanilla and mix until the dough is sticky. Press the dough flat on a parchment-lined baking tray. Chill in the freezer for 5 minutes.  4. Count by twos as you roll out the dough to 1/4 inch thick. Use a butter knife to make 1 by 2-inch rectangles.  5. Place the rectangles on the prepared baking sheet and bake for 12 to 15 minutes, or until golden brown. Remove the cookies from the oven and let them cool for 5 minutes.  6. While the cookies are cooling, place the cream cheese in a piping bag. Once your cookies have cooled, use the piping bag of cream cheese to draw a horizontal line through the halfway point of your domino. Dab a little bit of cream cheese on the bottom of the white chocolate chips. Then add the white chocolate chips on both sides of the line to form the white dots on the dominoes, alternating numbers 1 to 6.  7. Kick off your family dessert with a game of Delicious Dominoes. The winner gets to devour the dominoes first!  Courtesy of Bean App\u00E9tit: hip and healthy ways to have fun with food, by Shannon Payette Seip and Kelly Parthen, with Carisa Dixon. Andrews McMeel Publishing, LLC, $14.99, 2009. Available at Amazon.com.    Photos: courtesy of Amy Lynn Schereck/Andrew McMeel Publishing, LLC "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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