With just a little bit of ingenuity, turn everyday food into something cute using Kaori’s easy recipe series! With a few simple ideas,an ordinary recipe magically transforms into a cute dish.

Let us introduce to you, “Sanrio Characters – Mini Mini Sandwiches.”

1: ■Ingredients

*sliced cheese　x1
*sliced cheddar cheese x1
*sliced ham x1
*sliced chocolate x1
*thinly sliced bread
*cucumber x1
*cookie cutters

■How to make

2: First cut the slices of bread in half. Next, cut the sliced cheese, sliced cheddar cheese, sliced ham and thinly sliced cucumber so that the
size is the same as the bread. Place these on top of the slices of bread.
*for the cucumber use a peeler to make thin slices and place these on the slice of bread.

What each of these slices will be used for;
☆sliced cheese →　HELLO KITTY
☆sliced cheddar cheese → POM POM PURIN
☆sliced ham → MY MELODY
☆sliced cucumber → KERO KERO KEROPPI
Look at the photo. This is how they should look.

3: Turn these slices over and thinly spread mayonnaise on the surface. Lay some lettuce and the leftover parts of the cheese and ham on the top.
*Putting some potato salad on the top is also a good idea.

4: Roll up each of these slices and wrap it with some cellophane wrap so that the slices are compacted together.

*This rolling process works best if the slices of cheese are at room temperature. If the slices of cheese are cold the surface of the cheese might form cracks and not be as beautiful.

5: Now, I will explain how to use the cookie cutters. For all cut out shapes other than for KERO KERO KEROPPI’s cheaks, you can purchase the necessary cookie cutters at a 100 yen shop. All these cutters can be bought for 100 yen so it is very cheap. If you cannot find a good shape you can use the end of a straw or you can make your own by crafting a clear file.

 Here is a list of the shapes you will need.
MY MELODY (ears  face  large→eyes  small→flower)
HELLO KITTY  (large→eyes    small→nose)
POM POM PURIN    (hat→cut in half    ears  large→nose  eyes and nose→cut in half)
KERO KERO KEROPPI (eyes→circle for eyes and circle for cheeks)

6: Using the cookie cutters cut out the necessary shapes.

7: Remove the wrap from the rolled up slices of bread (explained in step 4) and line up the various parts as shown in the photo. After all the parts are in place wrap these again in cellophane wrap again so that they are compacted together.

8:Finally, using 2 plastic toothpicks with a ribbon shape on top (you can also purchase these at a 100 yen shop), decorate the heads of HELLO KITTY and MY MELODY.

Voila! We are finished.

Kaori also invites you into her world of character-themed rice dishes in her recipe series! Please check out her Instagram where she has uploaded many pictures of her character dishes!

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