Based on Escargot
by Dashka Slater • Illustrated by Sydney Handson
The students of St. Mark’s Episcopal School met with me today to write and make a recipe. We read the book Escargot by Dashka Slater and illustrated by Sydney Handson. Using Escargot’s journey to the salad at the end of the book as inspiration, students from pre-kindergarten through 6th grade snipped, chopped, washed, and shook their way to a “salad with croutons and a light vinaigrette!” Enjoy this bright dinner salad with your favorite French snail, Escargot!
Different types of lettuces make a salad more interesting. Leafy greens grow in a variety of flavors from faintly sweet butter lettuce to spicy arugula. Leaf textures give the humble green salad more dimension in your mouth. Kale is chewy and romaine is crisp. In addition to the taste and appeal of mixing up your greens, the variety of leaves add more vitamins and minerals into your food. And don’t forget the toppings – orange carrots pop out of a green leafy background and spring onion and cucumbers add a freshness that makes this dinner salad so bright.
Makes:8 cups of salad
Contains: Wheat (in the croutons)
Diet Type: Dairy Free, Gluten Free Option
Challenge Level: Piece of Cake
Active Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes
For the Light Vinaigrette:
For the Salad:
Wash hands with soap and water
Cut green onion into pieces with kid-safe scissors
Wash and spin the lettuce
Taste the different lettuce leaves
Seed and scrape the cucumber
Shake the vinaigrette
Sprinkle the croutons
Veggies can be slippery
Even kid-friendly knives are sharp
Finding that snails are your new favorite animal
For the Light Vinaigrette:
For the Salad:
Sometimes all it takes to get your kids to eat salad is to sprinkle crunchy, savory croutons on top. In essence, the meal is a salad with a deconstructed dinner roll, which means the littles are getting a belly-full of health benefits and you’re getting no complaints!
Makes:1 pan of croutons
Contains: Wheat
Diet Type: Dairy Free, Gluten Free Option
Challenge Level: Piece of Cake
Active Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes
Day-old baguette (Tip: Choose Gluten Free bread if you’re avoiding gluten)
Extra virgin olive oil
Garlic powder
Dried herbs to taste
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