toddler mini french bread pizzas

I am constantly looking for new lunch ideas for Miles to eat. Dinner is pretty easy because he just eats whatever we eat. Lunches are harder. We now have a nanny watching Miles in our home so he doesn't go to daycare and I'm not home with him everyday. I've made mini pasta lunches for him like the ones I've made for us but I'm sure that's getting boring for him. He also eats mac and cheese and grilled cheese for lunch. While looking around online Pinterest I found these. Here is my version, the cost break down and nutritional information.


Ingredients:
8 hot dog buns, split
pizza sauce
pepperoni
shredded mozzarella cheese

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350F.  

Split hotdog buns in half lengthwise and arrange on a foil lined baking sheet. 

Spread one tablespoon of pizza sauce on each bun. 

Place two slices of pepperoni on each bun.

Top with mozzarella cheese, I used about 10 grams of cheese for each pizza which amounted to a large pinch between my thumb and first two fingers. I don't expect you to measure, but I needed to do this to get the nutritional information. 

Bake 10-12 minutes or until heated through and cheese is melted. 

Once they have cooled place pizzas (on a different baking sheet) in the coldest part of your freezer (the bottom) and freeze. 

Place in a zip top bag, label with the date and toss in your freezer. 

Cost break down:

1 package of hot dog buns - $0.89

1 jar of pizza sauce - $0.99

1 bag of shredded Italian style cheese - $2.99

1 package of pepperoni - $1.99

total cost - $6.86

Cost per pizza:

half a hot dog bun - $0.06

1 tablespoon of pizza sauce - $0.04

10 grams of Italian style cheese - $0.09

2 slices of pepperoni - $0.05

cost per serving- $0.24

total cost for 16 servings - $3.84