Making Green Tomato Chutney!!

It was time to turn the garden over and prepare it for some new planting. We only had tomato plants left in the garden with lots of green tomatoes, so the children picked them all off and collected them in bowl. We explained to the children that these tomatoes would not ripen now as the seasons and weather were changing but we didn't want these lovely green tomatoes that we had grown with love to go to waste so we decided to make some Green tomato pickle. The children washed and chopped the tomatoes. They whizzed up some onion and measured the apple cider vinegar, spices and mustard, they even helped to crush whole cloves in the mortar and pestle. All of the ingredients had such strong smells, so it was neat to be able to put this sense to such great use through this process. Some of the children really liked the strong smells and flavours while others screwed up their face. Once all of the ingredients were prepared we put them in a pot on the stove and waited for it to simmer and reduce down. Some of the children were really keen to try our lovely pickle once it was ready to eat. We served the pickle on crackers with a slice of cheese. Several children loved the flavour we had created while others were not so sure about it. All of the teachers certainly enjoyed the yummy pickle! Our lovely garden is teaching us to keep ourselves healthy through food and nutrition as we use up all of our produce. I can’t wait for our new vegetables and herbs to grow and see what we can make next.