In honor of Cinco de Mayo, we are making nachos today! Nachos can be made healthier by using real cheese (not processed), fresh tomatoes, salsa, and beans. I chose to make it vegetarian as well, just because it’s faster and easier to make that way. This post is sponsored by our friends, The Little Partners, who make The Learning Tower and are part of our Kids in the Kitchen series.
To make this more of a learning opportunity, I turned this into a lesson about Cinco de Mayo. Since my kids are very young (two, almost four, and a newborn), I made it very simple since most of the information is hard for them to relate to. Here’s how you can teach young toddlers about Cinco de Mayo, too!
My husband and I used to dance and teach salsa together (which is what we did on our first date!), so I have tons of salsa music. I turned on some tunes and showed them some basic salsa steps. The kids love to watch me dance, so that was a lot of fun! Then, we went to the kitchen to make this super simple, easy nacho recipe together.
I put all the ingredients in little bowls and had them scoop and sprinkle the ingredients on the nachos themselves. That way, I could easily control the ingredients to make sure they didn’t use too much or make too much of a mess (of course, there was still a mess!). Messes are just part of being small – I’ve learned to accept that even though it can still drive me crazy sometimes! You can see my kids using our Learning Tower in the picture above – it makes cooking with them so much easier and safer than using chairs or a stepstool.
Grayson gives them a thumbs up!