Cucumber Salad
This simple salad doesn’t require any cooking, although the flavors are better if allowed to set for an hour or two.
Recipes
The following recipes are parent, teacher, and kid-approved! They highlight local, seasonal ingredients and are perfect for making memorable meals and snacks both at home and in the classroom. Share your favorite local food recipes here. Ver nuestra página de recetas españolas.
Kale Sauté
This simple sauté takes advantage of local greens and local apples. Add local bacon for extra flavor! This recipe is from the Mad Batter Bakery and Café of Cullowhee, NC.
Sesame Kale Salad
Before cooking this recipe, allow students to smell the soy sauce and sesame oil. What does it remind them of?
Asian Spinach Salad
The healthy benefits of a spinach salad flavored with unique, Asian-inspired flair. Make the bacon and hard-boiled eggs ahead of time and the recipe can be made in a classroom without a stovetop or oven.
Salad Dressing
Salad greens are easy to grow even in a small space. Grow your own. Then add another step to the garden experience by making homemade dressing for your fresh salad.
Spring Veggie Smoothies
Students can vote on the fruit of choice to sweeten these delicious spring smoothies.
Lettuce Wraps
This recipe is easy to scale up or down, making it a great choice for school taste tests.
Baked Kale Chips
These kale chips are simple to make and sure to convert even the most skeptical eater into a lover of greens.
Apple Carrot Salad recipe and lesson plan
This classroom-friendly recipe does not require any cooking, and the local apples make it a sweet treat that kids will love! The associated lesson plan includes classroom suggestions for apple activities.
Downloads
- Apple Carrot Salad recipe and lesson plan (quick view as .pdf)
Tomatillo Salsa – Salsa Verde
Tomatillos are fun to grow and can be very productive! Removing tomatillo husks can be a fun job for young children. Grow tomatillos and tomatoes together – how are they similar and different?