Here's a salad you can make with the family mini foodie. It's really yummy and has a sweet, yet tart yet zesty flavour that goes really well with lots of things! Think chicken, bbq'd beef, fish (we've been eating it this week with hot smoked salmon) or whatever is on the menu this week. This zesty orange salad is fun to make. But the extra bonus with this recipe? It's part of an A-Z linkup for cooking with kids...so check out the other bloggers recipes!
To make this recipe with a mini foodie they will:
- squeeze juice from an orange
- zest an orange
- measure oil
- measure mustard
- mix a dressing together
- mix salad leaves
- chop cabbage
- chop orange
- chop radish
- make carrot ribbons with a peeler
- zest an orange
- peel an orange
The good thing about this salad is you as an adult can help with anything that is too tricky for your child. Miss 5 isn't particularly competent with a peeler (she peeled her thumb) and therefore needs more practice before she can make the carrot ribbons. She's quite good with her kiddie safe knife though and had no trouble cutting the cabbage, orange or radish.
What makes this salad special is all the colour! The purple savoy cabbage with the orange, the mustard seeds and the rocket makes for an explosion of colour on the plate, and it almost convinced Master 3 to try the salad.
Here are my other salad recipes for you to check out:
Zesty orange salad
Ingredients
- zest of one orange
- juice of one orange approx ¼ cup
- ¼ cup olive oil
- 1 teaspoon seeded mustard
- one orange peeled and cut into chunks
- 2 large handfuls of rocket
- ¼ savoy cabbage chopped
- 2 carrots peeled and sliced into ribbons with a peeler
- 2 small radish thinly sliced
Instructions
- In a serving bowl, combine the rocket, cabbage, radish, orange chunks and carrots.
- Mix well together with your hands.
- In a jug combine the orange juice, olive oil, orange zest and mustard.
- Whisk together quickly to combine then pour over the salad.
- Serve immediately.
playwithfoodaustralia says
Oh yum. I used half a red cabbage last night so this will be perfect to go with dinner tonight ?
Sammie @ The Annoyed Thyroid says
This looks and sounds totally delicious - I love the idea of serving it with smoked salmon, yum!
Beth Hodson says
the colours are so vibrant - kids will love putting this together. You've solved my dinner issue tonight - great inspiration!
Kylie says
It's perfect for the kids to help! Enjoy!
stacey says
Sounds fabulous! and really kid friendly! I love meals that have fruit mixed in to.. really helps to tempt kids! And yay for the fact that oranges and cabbage are in season at the moment! We will be making this!
Kylie says
Thanks Stacey! We loved making it because of all the colours and all the fun bits to get kids involved are versatile, so you can tailor dependent on capabilities and ages. Really yummy...