Fig usually doesn’t help me with salad preparation except when all other attempts to “inspire” him to eat his veggies fail. No matter how I serve , prepare, or disguise it, there are some vegetables that Fig won’t come within a mile of unless he’s preparing them. Case in point this amazingly delicious Hemp, Tomato, and Cilantro salad. Fig categorically rejects all things involving fresh tomatoes unless he’s chopping them. Something about slicing those babies in half makes them suddenly OK to eat.
So, on this particular day, when Fig had pretty much only eaten cream cheese and bread all day I decided it was time to bust out his kid friendly knife and do some veggie chopping for my most beloved of all salads. Of course, I had to redo much of his work ( toddler’s apparently don’t pay much attention to aesthetics! ) but he ate about 10 tomatoes and about $10.00 worth of hemp seeds ( an excellent source of omega fatty acids) so I was happy to oblige.
I make this salad in massive bunches on the weekend for weekday lunches. By Tuesday it’s certainly gone and I’m always looking forward to making it again on the weekend, it’s that good.
Hemp, Cilantro, and Tomato Salad:
- 1 cup of hemp seeds
- I dry pint of cherries tomatoes
- 1 cup of finely diced cilantro
- 1/2 a lemon’s juice
- 1 large garlic cloves, crushed into a paste with a pestle and mortar if possible.
- Salt to taste
Directions:
- Mix all ingredients together
- Try not to eat the entire salad in one sitting.
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Thank you so much!!
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Wooooow just yummy & incredible Chef tooo
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thank you!
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Can you share the details of your kid friendly knife? Would love to get one for my almost 3 year old. He refuses anything leafy & green as well as tomatoes, unless he can pick them off the vine & eat them while we’re in the garden. Once we bring them inside, he won’t touch them! Maybe cutting them will help.
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Hi Jeannie! We use this one: http://www.amazon.com/Kuhn-Rikon-Kinderkitchen-Knife-Teeth/dp/B001UK3FC4/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1427431966&sr=8-3&keywords=kids+knife
Having my toddler cut veggies has been so helpful. A lot of times he won’t eat the vegetables in the finished meal but he’ll have eaten so many during the chopping process I don’t worry. I just sit there and chop with him and pop the vegetables into my mouth but don’t say a word to him. We just chit chat about our day and chop together and before I know it a good serving or two usually makes it down the hatch 🙂 Good luck!!
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