Salad-Making With the Girls
One of my goals this summer for training our junior homekeepers is to focus on exploring different kinds of salad recipes so they can learn that a salad is much more than just iceberg lettuce with cheese, carrots, eggs, croutons and dressing.
Dana posted her Black Bean Salad recipe so I thought that would be a nice place to start.
Here are Kelley Rose and Katie, getting started. Dana, I hope it wasn't too terrible to use canned corn instead of frozen -- it's what I had on hand!
Here they are learning to handle those knives while dicing the red and green peppers. Actually, Katie's knife was dull so she had to saw a bit but we'll work on tool sharpening and technique a bit more next time! And oops! -- We don't typically set food on the bare counter but there was a lot going on and I managed to not catch that. Oh well, that's real life sometimes! (There's Kaleb in the background watching the action from the playroom.)
The salad is really good alone but I chose to serve it the alternative way Dana suggests because I knew the younguns would like the idea of crushed Doritos in their salad.
The recipe is a keeper and I plan to print it out on some pretty computer paper, slip the copies into plastic page protectors and add them to the girls' recipe notebooks.
Thank you, Dana. :)
Dana posted her Black Bean Salad recipe so I thought that would be a nice place to start.
Here are Kelley Rose and Katie, getting started. Dana, I hope it wasn't too terrible to use canned corn instead of frozen -- it's what I had on hand!
Here they are learning to handle those knives while dicing the red and green peppers. Actually, Katie's knife was dull so she had to saw a bit but we'll work on tool sharpening and technique a bit more next time! And oops! -- We don't typically set food on the bare counter but there was a lot going on and I managed to not catch that. Oh well, that's real life sometimes! (There's Kaleb in the background watching the action from the playroom.)
The salad is really good alone but I chose to serve it the alternative way Dana suggests because I knew the younguns would like the idea of crushed Doritos in their salad.
The recipe is a keeper and I plan to print it out on some pretty computer paper, slip the copies into plastic page protectors and add them to the girls' recipe notebooks.
Thank you, Dana. :)
Oh, this is just WONDERFUL!!!
Such good pictures taken by an efficient home manager.
Posted by
Dana |
6/01/2006 05:42:00 AM
I've been teaching my nine year old to cook and I'm amazed at how well she does. She's frying eggs and tortillas and making rice and making deviled eggs from start to finish. It's so fun to see them learn new things. Your girls looklike they're enjoying themselves immensely.
Posted by
Mrs. Darling |
6/01/2006 10:04:00 PM
A friend and I were just discussing today how we are going to do the very same thing with our children...how fun to see your post and pictures. I am starting 9 yo boy with lunches...we made a menu for simple cuisine (repetitious, but that builds routine) and he is very eager to take on this responsibility.
Posted by
Roberta |
6/02/2006 12:24:00 AM
Mrs. Darling - While Kelley Rose is not actually smiling in either picture I can assure you she did enjoy herself immensely. She loves anything having to do with cooking and baking and can't get enough of it. I just managed to catch her in a couple of candids while she was concentrating. :)
Posted by
Ruthanne |
6/02/2006 08:04:00 AM
Hi!
This salad looks so good! My daughters and I are going to make it tomorrow. It looks like your daughters are on their way to becoming great cooks!
~Karen
Posted by
Karen |
6/02/2006 09:09:00 PM
Karen ~ Thanks so much for visiting. I clicked on your link and perused your blog. Do I know you from the MOMYS Digest? I ask because I saw your post about the Schultz family and Stefani's husband going to be with the Lord. I unsubbed from the MOMYS several months back and had not heard this news. I remember still being on the list when the lump was first discovered and praying for them through their ordeal. Thank you for posting about their situation. I will certainly be praying for Stefani and their eight dear children.
And thanks again for visiting, Karen. You are welcome here anytime.
Posted by
Ruthanne |
6/02/2006 11:09:00 PM
Hi Ruthanne!
I've been on MOMYS Digest for several years but don't post. I love reading about what the other MOMYS are doing and consider them my sisters in Christ. I have rejoiced with them and cried with them and have prayed for them. I'm just now getting a little more comfortable with posting on web sites and now I have my own blog mainly to keep my family up to date on what's going on in my life. I grew up in CA and now my folks live in WA, so I am pretty far away from them.
Have a great day!
~Karen
Posted by
Karen |
6/03/2006 09:30:00 AM
This is a test.
Posted by
Ruthanne |
8/06/2006 12:19:00 AM