Make a Simple Salad
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What you will learn
- 1Wash and dry salad vegetables
- 2Tear lettuce into bite-size pieces with your hands
- 3Mix a simple dressing in a jar with a lid
- 4Add the dressing just before eating and toss the salad
Mini Lesson
A salad is a cool, crunchy dish made with leafy greens and other fresh vegetables. You do not need a stove or an oven to make one. Just like in Lesson 1, read the whole recipe first and get everything ready. Then wash, tear, and toss your way to a tasty salad.
🏠 The Life Skills Way (step by step)
- WASH your hands: use soap and warm water before you touch the food.
- RINSE the vegetables: put them in a colander and rinse them under the faucet.
- DRY them: spin them in a salad spinner or pat them with a clean dish towel. Dry leaves stay crisp.
- TEAR the lettuce: use your hands to tear the leaves into bite-size pieces. No knife needed.
- ADD color: red tomatoes, orange carrots, and green cucumber make a salad look good.
- DRESS and TOSS last: add the dressing just before eating, then gently mix it all together.
🫙 A Simple Jar Dressing
- MIX: 3 tablespoons of oil, 1 tablespoon of lemon juice or vinegar, and a pinch of salt.
- SHAKE: put it all in a clean jar, close the lid tight, and shake it well.
A grown-up handles any sharp knife. A grown-up cuts the hard vegetables, or you cut soft things with a kid-safe knife while the grown-up watches. (You will learn real knife skills in later grades.)
Words to know
rinse
To wash something quickly with clean running water.
e.g. Rinse the lettuce in a colander.
colander
A bowl with holes that lets water drain out.
e.g. The water drips out of the colander.
tear
To pull something apart with your hands.
e.g. Tear the lettuce into small pieces.
dressing
A tasty sauce you pour on a salad.
e.g. We shook the dressing in a jar.
toss
To gently mix a salad so everything gets coated.
e.g. Toss the salad with two big spoons.
leafy greens
Vegetables with leaves you eat, like lettuce and spinach.
e.g. Leafy greens make the base of the salad.
💡 Handy Tip: keep the dressing in its jar until it is time to eat. Dressing makes leaves go soft and soggy, so add it at the last minute and your salad stays crisp.
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