SUMMERRR SALSA!
Good cooks know the word: Dice
To cut food into small cubes of equal size. The word mince means to cut food into the smallest dice possible.
INGREDIENTS:
3 cups of diced tomatoes (about 3 tomatoes)
¼ cup finely diced onion (about ½ of one onion)
¼ cup of chopped fresh cilantro
1 clove of garlic finely minced or pushed through a garlic press
2 teaspoons of fresh lime juice
½ teaspoon salt
TOOLS:
1 cutting board
1 chef’s knife
One mixing bowl
1 wooden spoon for stirring
Measuring spoons
Dry measuring cups
Hand juicer
Garlic press if desired
DIRECTIONS:
- Wash your paws.
- Read your recipe.
- Gather your ingredients and tools.
- Sing a little song and start to cook!
- Wash all fruits and vegetables with cold water.
- Have an adult make slices of tomato and onion for you to dice.
- Dice the tomato and add to the bowl
- Dice the onion and add to the bowl.
- Chop the cilantro leaves.(If you have a sibling who can’t use a knife, you can let them tear the leaves into tiny pieces instead.)
- Cut the lime in half around its center. Use a hand juicer to squeeze the juice from the lime. Measure the juice and add to the bowl.
- Mince or put garlic in a garlic press and add to the bowl.
- Add the salt to the bowl.
- Stir ingredients together and serve Summer Salsa with tortilla chips for dipping.
Serves 6.
Note: After tasting the salsa you can add more lime juice or salt if you’d like.
Did you know? A head of garlic is made up of many cloves of garlic.
