Cooking with kids: Fajitas

• chicken breasts↗4

  cut into chunks

• olive oil↗

  for frying

• limes↗4

  juice only

• fajita seasoning2 tsp tsp
• spring onions↗4

  finely sliced

• fat garlic clove↗1

  crushed

• red pepper↗1
• ½ jar roasted pepper

  (we used Gaea Red Peppers Flame Roasted 290g)

• small apple↗1

  peeled

• ripe tomatoes↗4
• ½ lime

  juice only

• small bunch coriander

  leaves picked

• chilli sauce↗

  to taste (optional)

• very ripe avocados2

  halved and stone removed

• ½ lime

  juice only

• grated cheese

  to serve

• 68 tortillas

  (you can now get mini tortillas for kids)

• soured cream↗

  (optional)

Step-by-step instructions

1. 1

   Grown-ups: Put the chicken and marinade ingredients in a bowl and cover. Put in the fridge for at least two hours.

2. 2

   Children: If your children are 5 or over, you can get them to roughly chop the pepper, roasted pepper, apple and tomatoes for the salsa using a good quality firm plastic knife or cutlery knife. Otherwise do this yourself. Younger children can pick the leaves from the coriander and mix them into the salsa.

3. 3

   Grown-ups: Tip the salsa ingredients into a food processor, along with the lime juice and a little seasoning and pulse until finely chopped. Take out 2 large spoons of the mixture for younger children, then add chilli sauce, if using, and pulse again to combine.

4. 4

   Children: Squeeze or spoon the avocado into a bowl and use a potato masher to mash it. Stir in the lime juice and some black pepper with a spoon. Lime juice can sting so grown ups may want to squeeze them for younger children.

5. 5

   Grown-ups: Heat a little olive oil in a frying pan and pour the contents of the chicken bowl into the pan. Cook for 5- 8 minutes or until the chicken chunks are cooked through.

6. 6

   Children: Put the grated cheese, salsa (for grown-ups and children), guacamole and sour cream in separate colourful bowls to put on the table.

7. 7

   Grown-ups: Heat the tortillas according to the pack instructions and put the cooked chicken in a bowl. Show children how to fill and roll their tortilla.

8. 8

   Children: Lay out your tortilla, choose your toppings, roll them up and eat!