Number Salad?

This salad, although very simple, is slightly unusual, adding cubes of mild cheese to an otherwise ordinary fruit bowl.

There are two parts to this recipe: the preparation (cutting fruit and cheese and putting things in a bowl or on plates) and the assembly (which involves counting out the right number of ingredients). Have patience with your young cook, who my be just learning to count, or too excited to take the time, or not too fond of a particular ingredient- the recipe is definitely open to interpretation. You can make a number salad too, and let your child help you count!

Older children may want to participate in the preparation, including shopping for ingredients and cutting things. If you are working with a three -or four -year old, prepare the sliced fruit yourself and let your child put it into bowls. Your young cook will feel a strong sense of accomplishment simply from assembling this fun dish.

Number Salad Recipe

1 Clementine, peeled, and sectioned

1 small apple, sliced

5 diced -sized cubes mild cheese

1 ripe banana, sliced

5 strawberries sliced

1 small bunch seeded grapes

1) Cut the fruit and cheese. Put each ingredient into a separate small bowl.

2) Count out the salad ingredients into a small bowl.

3) Stir and eat!

Yield: 1 or 2 servings