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Turkey, Cheese & Veggie Pinwheels🌯

Turkey, Cheese & Veggie Pinwheels

Soft tortillas spread with cream cheese, layered with turkey, cheese, spinach and grated carrot, rolled tight and sliced into colourful spirals. No cooking, ready in 15 minutes.

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Time
15 min
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Portions
4
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Difficulty
★ Easy
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Ages
🍼 🧸 🎒
🍼 1–2 years🧸 2–3 years🎒 3–5 years
🎒 Lunchbox🥦 Hidden veggies🥄 No cook✋ Finger food📦 Make ahead😤 Picky eaters🦴 Calcium-rich🍬 No added sugar
✅ Checked against AAP · CDC · FDAChoking, salt, sugar, allergens and safe cooking reviewed

🥗 Nutrients per child portion

Estimated — % of what a 1–3 year old needs in a day

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📚 Official guidance we checked it against (10)

Last checked 2026-10-17. Estimates, not medical advice.

⚠️ Safety tip: Always quarter cherry tomatoes and cut cucumber into manageable sticks before serving to children under 5, and cut pinwheels small for toddlers. Use home-roasted, unsalted turkey breast instead of deli turkey (standard deli turkey can be as salty as bacon or sausage); roast it to an internal temperature of 165°F/74°C, checked with a food thermometer, before slicing. Choose a tortilla with less than about 150mg sodium per piece, a reduced-salt pasteurised cheese, and only a thin smear of pasteurised cream cheese; don't add any extra salt or salty spreads/sauces. Whatever brands you use, aim for under 200mg sodium per toddler portion. Serve toddlers aged 1-3 a half portion (2-3 pinwheels) rather than a whole tortilla's worth. This recipe contains milk and wheat.

Contains: Milk · Wheat

🌱 How it helps them grow

The turkey and cheese in this wrap provide protein to support your child's growth, while the cheese also offers calcium for building strong bones and teeth. Rolling spinach and grated carrot into the filling introduces different colours and textures, which can help little ones get used to a varied diet, and holding a pinwheel to eat it themselves is good practice for hand-eye coordination and chewing.

🤓 Did you know?

Did you know carrots used to be purple or white hundreds of years ago, before orange carrots became the popular kind we eat today? They're still just as crunchy and sweet either way!

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👶 How to serve it by age

🍼 1–2 years

Cut each pinwheel into quarters, quarter the cherry tomatoes, and cut cucumber into thin sticks so your toddler can chew and swallow safely. Serve a half portion (2-3 pinwheels) rather than a whole tortilla's worth, using home-roasted turkey breast (roasted to 165°F/74°C internal temperature, checked with a food thermometer) that's unsalted, reduced-salt pasteurised cheese and only a thin smear of pasteurised cream cheese, with no added salt, aiming for under 200mg sodium per portion.

🧸 2–3 years

Serve pinwheels halved with cherry tomatoes quartered and cucumber cut into easy-to-hold sticks. Give a half portion (2-3 pinwheels) rather than a whole tortilla's worth, sticking to home-roasted turkey breast (roasted to 165°F/74°C internal temperature, checked with a food thermometer) that's unsalted, reduced-salt pasteurised cheese and just a thin smear of pasteurised cream cheese, with no extra salt or salty spreads, aiming for under 200mg sodium per portion.

🎒 3–5 years

Pinwheels can be served whole as finger food, but keep quartering the cherry tomatoes to avoid a choking hazard. Keep using home-roasted turkey breast (roasted to 165°F/74°C internal temperature, checked with a food thermometer) that's unsalted, reduced-salt pasteurised cheese and a thin smear of pasteurised cream cheese, with no added salt, aiming for under 200mg sodium per portion.

🛒 Ingredients

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👩‍🍳 Step by step

  1. Warm the tortillas1
    Step 1 of 5

    Warm the tortillas

    Warm each tortilla for about 10 seconds per side in a dry pan over medium heat, or 10-15 seconds in the microwave, until soft and pliable.

    • 4 tortillas

    ✅ Done when: tortilla bends easily without cracking

  2. Spread2
    Step 2 of 5

    Spread

    Spread each warm tortilla with a thin, even layer of cream cheese, right to the edges, just enough to help the filling stick.

    • 60 g cream cheese

    ✅ Done when: tortilla is lightly and evenly coated with cream cheese

  3. Step 3 of 5

    3.Layer the filling

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  4. Step 4 of 5

    4.Roll tight

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  5. Step 5 of 5

    5.Slice and pack

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🩺 Foodie Mini follows WHO, AAP and NHS guidance for children aged 1–5. It doesn't replace your paediatrician: check allergies and textures with them.