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Cheese cubes and cucumber

Cheese cubes and cucumber
Photo: Sander van der Wel from Netherlands, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Ingredients

For 4 servings. 1 serving = 1 adult; a 6-year-old eats about half.

  • Cheddar cheese80 g
  • Lebanese cucumbers1

You need

  • Sharp knife and chopping board
  • Lunchboxes with ice bricks

Method

  1. Cut 80 g cheese into 1.5 cm cubes. For under-3s, cut thin sticks or small flat pieces instead.
  2. Wash 1 cucumber, trim the ends and slice into 5 mm rounds. Halve the rounds for little ones.
  3. Pack in a lunchbox section with an ice brick. Cucumber goes soggy overnight, so cut it in the morning.

Keeping and freezing

  • Fridge: keeps 3 days in a lidded box. Cool it within an hour of cooking.
  • Freezer: does not freeze well; eat within the fridge time.

Good to know

  • Contains: milk / dairy.