Stars and Stripes Sandwiches
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Tuesday, June 30, 2026
By By: NCG's Co+op Kitchen - grocery.coop

Celebrate the 4th of July with these easy and healthy festive eats!

Total Time: 20 active minutes | Servings: 3

Ingredients

  • 1 cup strawberries
  • 1 cup raspberries
  • 1 banana
  • 1 cup blueberries
  • Light cream cheese
  • 3 slices of whole wheat bread
  • Berry jam

Preparation

  • Thinly slice 1/2 cup strawberries. Cut all the raspberries in half. Slice the entire banana.
  • Toast three slices of bread. Spread a layer of cream cheese over the top of each toasted slice.

 

Starry Night

  • Form a star shape using five strawberry slices. Put the star in the middle of a toasted bread slice.
  • Outline the strawberry star with cut raspberries.
  • Fill up the rest of the toasted slice with blueberries.
  • Cut off the top of a whole strawberry. Place it in the middle of the star.

Stripes Forever

  • Cut banana slices in half across the middle. Lay the slices in a vertical row on the right-hand side of the second toasted bread slice.
  • Make a row of cut raspberries next to the banana slices.
  • Make a row of blueberries next to the raspberries.
  • Continue making rows of banana slices, raspberries, and blueberries until the toasted slice is filled.

Land of the Free

  • Make two horizontal lines of three blueberries in the upper left-hand corner of the last toasted bread slice.
  • Make three horizontal lines of jam on the toast. Use a knife to make the lines even and thin. Make sure a line runs into the blueberries.
  • Place cut raspberries on top of the lines of jam.

Nutritional Information

230 calories, 5 g. fat, 10 mg. cholesterol, 240 mg. sodium, 43 g. carbohydrate, 7 g. fiber, 4 g. protein