Salsa Day!!!

Fresh Tomato Salsa Recipe for Kids...

Ingredients:

1 cup chopped tomato (2-3 medium sized fresh tomatoes finely chopped)

1 tablespoon yellow onion, finely diced

1 pinch jalapeno pepper (stems, ribs, seeds removed), finely diced

1 pinch garlic

1/4 cup colored pepper

1-2 teaspoons lime juice

1/4 cup chopped cilantro

dash of salt

dash of pepper

Instructions:

Add each ingredient in order. Stir all ingredients together.

Grab some chips & enjoy!!

Each child had a chance to measure out the ingredients and stir the salsa. Fr. Skip conducted a lesson on the benefits of each of the veggies added to the salsa. It was a fun (and yummy!) way to eat the vegetables we grew in our garden!!

Thanks to all of the parents who volunteered, a special thanks to all of our little gardeners!!

Where Has The Summer Gone???

By early September the fruits of our labor were ready for picking! The nasturtiums were in full bloom, and the tomatoes, peppers, green beans, onions and cucumbers were ready for the table. Maureen Minnick did a great job teaching the children the proper way to pick the vegetables, and we had a beautiful afternoon for harvesting.

All of the vegetables were going into a homemade salsa, which each child will get the chance to make.

Even the smallest of pumpkins were starting to turn yellow and orange...