Tomato Hornworm Wipeouts

Directions

Tools: Carrot peeler, Paring knife, Cutting board, Bowl, Spoon, Butter knife, Plate.

With an adult’s help, use a carrot peeler to remove the cucumber skin.

Discard the skin and continue peeling long thin strips the entire length of the cucumber until you reach the seedy core.

Set these strips aside.

Dice the seedy core into tiny pieces.

You now need to remove the top of the tomato, much as you would the top of a pumpkin to make a jack-o-lantern.

Ask an adult to do the following: Take a paring knife and carefully poke it into the tomato, about 1 inch from the stem, pointing the knife.

Using a spoon, scoop out the tomato’s center, leaving a large, bowl shaped space inside the tomato.

Chop these tomato insides into tiny pieces, drain off excess juice and add them to the cucumber.

Pull apart the pieces of string cheese into strips that are about the width of a pencil.

Cut each strip into thirds and set aside.

To make hornworms, use a butter knife to spread thin layers of cream cheese onto each side of a cucumber strip.

Then, using the cream cheese as a gluewrap the cucumber in a coiling fashion around a piece of string cheese, from one end of the cheese to the other.

Blend the remaining cream cheese with one or two tablespoons of your favorite salad dressing.