Ingredients

The following ingredients have 1 Servings
  • 3 pretzel sticks
  • 2 cm thick chunk of cheddar cheese
  • 1 lettuce leaf
  • small handful red grapes
  • small handful blueberries
  • chocolate ball
  • 2 slices wholemeal bread
  • butter or butter spread
  • 1 large slice ham
  • 1 slice gouda cheese
  • 1 blueberry
  • 1 carrot

Instruction

  • Cut 6 triangles from the cheddar cheese.  Break each pretzel stick in half. Push each half pretzel stick into the triangles of cheese to create the spears. Place in a small compartment of the lunch box.
  • Use pieces of the lettuce to line the other small lunch box compartment and the dip well. Fill the small compartment with red grape and blueberry 'boulders' (if serving to younger children, cut grapes in half first). Add the chocolate ball to the dip well for a chocolate football.
  • Finally, create the Dug sandwich. Start by cutting a small slice from the end of the piece of ham - this will be cut into the mouth shape. Making a sandwich with the wholemeal bread, butter and remaining ham (or another filling of your choice).
  • Use round cookie cutters, one large and one smaller to create the shape of Dugs face. Start by pushing the larger circle cutter into the bottom of the sandwich, at an angle so you don’t cut a full circle – you’re aiming for a semi-circle for the bottom of the face. In the same way, push the smaller circle cutter into the top of the sandwich, at an angle again, to create the thinner top half of the face (see the video above for a more detailed look at how to do this).
  • With a sharp knife, cut around the circles to create the face shape, then trim away the crusts, reserving one of the larger pieces of leftover bread for the bread nose (don’t throw the crusts out though, feed them to a passing hungry child or pop them in a bag in the freezer ready to whizz into breadcrumbs for future recipes!).
  • Place the base of the face into the large compartment of the lunch box.
  • Create the face features:
  • Mouth: Using a smaller circle cutter, cut a crescent from the reserved slice of ham. Using a small bento cutter, cut two ovals from the cheese slice, then cut each of them in half to create 4 teeth. Place the teeth on top of the ham.
  • Nose: Using a small round bento cutter, cut an oval shape from the leftover crusts. Punch 2 nostrils with a tiny round cutter or the end of a drinking straw.
  • Eyes: Cut 2 circles from the cheese slice. Cut the blueberry in half and place each half, cut-side down, on top of each circle of cheese.
  • Hair: Using a julienne peeler, peel strips from the carrot for the hair. If you don't have a julienne peeler, use a normal vegetable peeler then finely slice each peeled strip length-ways with a sharp knife. Arrange the carrot hair on top of the sandwich to complete Dug's face.