Let’s Taste
Sweet Red Pepper!
Let’s Taste
Sweet Red Pepper!
Included in this kit:
Included in this kit:
1 sweet red pepper
1 sweet red pepper
You will need:
You will need:
A cutting board
A sharp knife
A plate
Salad dressing, if desired
A cutting board
A sharp knife
A plate
Salad dressing, if desired
Directions:
Directions:
1. Invite your child to wash their hands and join you
in preparing the tasting.
1. Invite your child to wash their hands and join you in
preparing the tasting.
2. Have your child wash the red pepper under cool
running water.
2. Have your child wash the red pepper under cool
running water.
3. Cut the red pepper in half and look at the inside
with your child.
3. Cut the red pepper in half and look at the inside with
your child.
4. Cut out the stem and seed clump. Trim the red
pepper into bite size pieces.
4. Cut out the stem and seed clump. Trim the red
pepper into bite size pieces.
5. Serve the sweet red pepper with salad dressing, if
desired.
5. Serve the sweet red pepper with salad dressing, if
desired.
6. Encourage your child to taste the red pepper. Let
them know that they can have more if they would
like. Be sure to taste the red pepper with your
child.
6. Encourage your child to taste the red pepper. Let
them know that they can have more if they would
like. Be sure to taste the red pepper with your
child.
FYI:
FYI:
Red peppers are green peppers that have been allowed to
ripen on the vine. They contain more vitamin C, A and
Lutein than green peppers.
Red peppers are green peppers that have been allowed to
ripen on the vine. They contain more vitamin C, A and
Lutein than green peppers.
Food for Thought (Questions you might ask your child
during the activity):
Food for Thought (Questions you might ask your child
during the activity):
1. The seeds from the sweet red pepper are inside
the vegetable. Can you think of other fruits or
vegetables with seeds inside?
2. Why do you think that some peppers are sweet like
the sweet red pepper and some are hot like a chili
or jalepeno pepper?
3. Compare and contrast the taste of a sweet red
pepper and a green bell pepper? Which do you like
better?
4. Can you think of ways we could eat sweet red
pepper for lunch, snack or dinner?
1. The seeds from the sweet red pepper are inside the
vegetable. Can you think of other fruits or
vegetables with seeds inside?
2. Why do you think that some peppers are sweet like
the sweet red pepper and some are hot like a chili or
jalepeno pepper?
3. Compare and contrast the taste of a sweet red
pepper and a green bell pepper? Which do you like
better?
4. Can you think of ways we could eat sweet red pepper
for lunch, snack or dinner?