Tired of the same old same old thing for lunch? With a little imagination, turn that regular hot dog and chips lunch into something fun--from the ocean!
Instructions
Hot dog! Playing with your Food is Fun.
1. Take a hot dog (or as many as you like) and slice it up the middle, 3/4's of the way up.
2. Then turn the knife and slice the hot up again, so that your two cuts are criss-cross, or like a plus sign. when you are done, you will have 4 dangly legs. (You can cut these again to form more legs--it is up to you).
3. Now you cook them. While boiling works to some degree, the oven is best. Place the hot dogs on a pan, spreading their legs out like an octopus, so that the uncut portion of the hot dog (the head) stands upright. Then place them in the oven and cook them at 350 degrees for a few minutes. Note: oven temperatures vary, so make sure you check your hot dogs often.
4. As they cook, the legs will begin to curl upwards. When they are done, take them out and let them cool. Then, with a knife, carve a mouth and two eyes. (this can also be done before cooking).
5. At the same time, prepare some macaroni or a pasta salad of some kind with sea shell noodles to be placed around the octo-weenies.
6. Fish crackers make a nice addition to the ocean-like theme.
7. For a drink, you can have blue kool-aid, or water (perhaps with blue food coloring) and a gummy fish at the bottom.
8. Enjoy! Your kids will love it. And it can give you a great opportunity to sit down and have a fun and even educational lunch, talking about the ocean, its animals, etc.
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