Cream cheese and avocado roll recipe
Most kids adore cream cheese so they'll love this quick and easy sandwich recipe with lots of veggies – avocado, cucumber, lettuce and tomatoes – packed in too. If your child is fussy about any of the veggies just swap it in for their favourite.
See method- Serves 2
- 10 mins to prepare
- 326 calories / serving
Ingredients
- 2 wholemeal batch rolls
- 2 tbsp 50% less fat soft cheese
- 2 tsp butter
- 40g cucumber, thinly sliced
- ½ medium avocado, thinly sliced
- 80g iceberg lettuce, thickly shredded
- 6 cherry tomatoes, halved
- 16 pitted black olives
Each serving contains
- Energy
- 1365kJ 326.0kcal
- Fat
- 17g
- Saturates
- 5g
- Salt
- 1.0g
- Sugars
- 6g
of the Reference intake
Carbohydrate 30.8gProtein 10.7gFibre 4.8g
Method
- Halve the bread rolls and spread the bases with the cream cheese, and the tops with butter.
- Top the cream cheese with the cucumber and avocado then season well with black pepper. Serve with the shredded lettuce, halved tomatoes and olives.
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Cooking for children
There are no reference intakes for children and all of these recipes are based on recommendations for an adult woman's portion size. In children of different ages, there is variation in their energy (calorie) requirements and nutrient recommendations. If you are interested in which portion size is best for your child, you can visit the School Food Standards.
