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TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT IN SALAD
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WRITER: MA. NELFA C. TRINIDAD

LAYOUT ARTIST: LOUIEGENE T. DONATO
EVALUATORS: DONNA T. SANTOS-VILLANUEVA
CATHREN DANICA D. ESMA
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SELF-LEARNING KIT
HOME ECONOMICS
COOKERY 9
TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT IN SALAD
PREPARATION

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PREFACE

In preparing salad and dressing, we must set and organize all the materials and
ingredients before preparing the food. We have to perform the so-called mise en place.
Knowing the proper tools, equipment and utensils needed in preparing salad and dressing
helps, us set and prepare a creative and palatable salad. It helps us make a quality and
attractive salad. The basic understanding of tools used in preparation will help achieve
better result. Identifying the tools, equipment and utensils in preparing salad and dressing
will help us easily prepare the given recipe for salad.

The learners should familiarize themselves about the common tools, equipment
and utensils needed in preparing salad and dressing so that the learners can simplify the
procedures in preparing salad and dressing. It will be easier for them to prepare salad recipe,
if they are familiar with the tools that the learners are going to use in every procedures that
they are going to do. The learners should read and do the activities in this Self-Learning
Kit (SLK) so that it would be easier for them to perform and prepare salad and dressing
efficiently. Using this SLK will also attract the learners to set and organize the tools needed in
preparing the salad to have a creative salad presentation.

The SLK should handle with care. Please avoid any unnecessary marks and notes
on its pages. Avoid folding the pages of the SLK. There should be a separate answer sheet
for the activities given in the SLK. Do not write down your answers on the pages of the SLK.

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OBJECTIVES

At the end of the lesson, with at least 80% level of proficiency, you should be able to:

1. identify the names of tools and equipment needed in the preparation of salad
and dressing;
2. give the importance of common tools and equipment in preparing salad
ingredients and dressing; and
3. classify the different tools and equipment in preparing salad according to its
specific functions and categories.

LEARNING COMPETENCIES

Identify the tools and equipment needed in the preparation of salad and dressing.
(TLE_HECK9SD-IIa-7)

WHAT DO YOU KNOW?

Before we proceed to our topic, let me know if you can match the names of each
tool from the given pictures below. Choose the letter of the correct answer in column B.
Column A Column B
a.
1. Mixing bowl

2. Measuring spoon b.

3. Salad spinner
c.
4. Peeler

5. Grill pan d.

e.

Very Good! You did a great job!

Do you know the different tools and equipment in preparing salad and dressing? Well,
that is what you are going to learn in this material. So, let us start!

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WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW?

Preparation of salad and dressing is really a wonderful skill and activity. However,
there are things that we should consider in preparing salad. Mise en place is a French term,
which means setting everything in place and organizing all the materials and ingredients
before preparing foods. A part of the mise en place is identifying the tools, equipment and
utensils needed in preparing salad and dressing.

Salad is a combination of vegetables, fruits and other ingredients served with a

dressing. We need specific tools in preparing salad in order to come up with a good quality,
nutritious, creative and palatable salad.

Here is the list of tools necessary in preparing salad and dressing.

1. Knives – A good quality knives with sharp sturdy stainless

steel blades and with handles that securely attached and
feel perfectly comfortable in your hands. It is used in cutting
ingredients in different sizes and shapes.

2. Peeler – It is use to remove the outer skin of a

vegetable, like potato and carrots, and fruits such as apple
and pears.

3. Cutting board – It comes in wood, hard plastic or even

in glass where we place the meat, vegetables or fruits to be
cut or chopped.

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4. Citrus Zester – To use a zester, it is pressed with moderate

force against the fruit and drawn across its peel. The rims
cut the zest from the pith underneath.

5. Grater/Shredder – It is used to grate foods into fine pieces.

6. Grill Pan – It is used for salad toppings to be boiled or grilled.

7. Salad Spinners – It is used to hold just washed salad leaves

in a slotted basket that is made to spin by hand and thus
fling all the water off the leaves into the outer container.

8. Mixing Bowl – It is used to mix dressings, marinate ingredients,

hold separate elements of a salad before assembling and
used to toss and mix all the ingredients together.

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9. Salad Servers – Salad sets with big salad bowls,

serving bowls and servers. Select materials having
enough surfaces to really grasp the ingredients of
salad, no matter hovw slippery and thus making
tossing easier.

10. Measuring Cup – It is used to measure dry ingredients

and can be made out of plastic, aluminum and
stainless.

11. Measuring spoon – It is used to measure small

quantity of liquid and dry ingredients and it usually
made up of plastic, aluminum and stainless.

Tools and equipment needed in preparing salads are categorized according to their
functions.

Measuring Tools Cutting Tools Holding Tools Cooking

Tools
Measuring knives cutting grill pan
spoon board
Measuring cup citrus zester salad server salad
spinner
peeler mixing bowl
grater/shredder

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In preparing salad, there are several ingredients that we need to prepare that we
can use the different tools and equipment. Freshness and variety of ingredients are essential
for high quality salads. Here are the list of ingredients where we can use the different tools
and equipment in salad preparation:

SALAD INGRIDIENTS

1. Salad greens – Iceberg lettuce, Romaine lettuce,

Boston lettuce, Biff or Limestone Lettuce, Chinese
cabbage, Spinach, Sprouts.

2. Vegetable (Raw) – Avocado, bean sprouts,

broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, celery,
cucumber, mushroom, onions, peppers, radish,
tomato.

3. Vegetables (Cooked, pickled and canned) –

asparagus, beets, carrots, cauliflower, corn,
pimiento, olives, peppers, cucumber.

4. Starches – dried beans, potatoes, macaroni

product, grains, bread (croutons)

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5. Fruits (Cooked, Fresh, Canned or Frozen) –

apple, banana, berries, coconut, melon,
orange, papaya, peaches, pears and
mangoes.

6. Protein Foods – meat (beef, ham), poultry, fish

and shellfish, salami, luncheon meat, bacon,
eggs, hard cooked cottage cheese, aged or
cured types.

7. Miscellaneous – gelatin, nuts

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In salad dressing, we use appropriate tools in order to make quality dressing for
your salad. Here are the ingredients of a salad dressing that we need to prepare using
the different tools.

SALAD DRESSING INGRIDIENTS

1. Oils - should have mild, sweet flavor. Strongly

flavored oil can make excellent salad dressing but
not appropriate with every food.

2. Vinegar – should have a good, clean, sharp flavor.

Most salad vinegar are about 5% acidity, but some
range as 7-8%.

3. Lemon Juice – Fresh lemon juice maybe used in

place of or in addition to vinegar in some
preparation.

4. Egg yolk – as essential ingredient in mayonnaise

and other emulsifier dressings. For safety
pasteurized eggs should be used.

5. Seasoning and flavor- fresh herbs are preferable

to dried herbs. Other flavorings include mustard,
ketchup, Worcestershire sauce and various kinds
of cheese.

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WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED?

Before you proceed to this activity, remember the common tools and equipment in
preparing salad which are available in your kitchen at home.

ACTIVITY 1:

Identify the tools and equipment needed in the preparation of salad and dressing by
writing its name.

1. 2.

_____________________________ _____________________________
3. 4.

_____________________________ _____________________________

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5. 6.

_____________________________ _____________________________
7. 8.

_____________________________ _____________________________
9. 10.

_____________________________ _____________________________

Congratulations! You did a great job! It is very important that you must identify the
names of the different tools and equipment in preparing salad as shown from the pictures
before you prepare a salad.

In preparing salad, you must know the functions of the different tools and equip-
ment that you are going to use in order to prepare a quality and creative salad. Knowing
the functions of tools and equipment in preparing salad will help you make salad easier.
You will make it, go ahead answer this activity.

Good luck for the next activity. Carry on.

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ACTIVITY 2:

Give the importance of tools and equipment in preparing salad by selecting tools ac-
cording to their specific functions. Choose the letter of the correct answer.

a. Salad spinner b. Mixing bowl c. Salad servers d. Peeler e. Citrus zester

f.Measuring Spoon g.Measuring cup h. Cutting board i. Knives j. Grill pan

1. Salad sets with big salad bowls, serving bowls and servers. Select materials having
enough surfaces to grasp the ingredients of salad, no matter how slippery and thus
making to tossing easier.

2. Used to mix dressings, marinate ingredients, hold separate elements of a salad before
assembling and used to toss and mix all the ingredients together. Used bowls made of
sturdy, heavy glassware or ceramic, so as not to react with acidic ingredients.

3. It is use to hold just washed salad leave in a slotted basket that is made to spin by hand
and thus fling all the water off the leaves into the outer container.

4. It is approximately four inches long, with a handle and a curved metal end, the top
of which is perforated with a row of round holes with sharpened rims. To operate this, it is
pressed with moderate force against the fruit and drawn across its peel. The rims cut the
zest from the pith underneath.

5. It is a kitchen tool consisting of a slotted metal blade attached to a handle that is use
to remove the outer skin or peel of certain vegetables, frequently potatoes and carrots,
and fruits such as apples, pears.

6. It is used to measure dry ingredients in a given recipe.

7. It is used to measure little or small amount of dry or liquid ingredients in a given recipe.

8. Choices of boards are wooden or block and acrylic board. When preparing recipe that
all contains meat, poultry or vegetable requiring cutting, use one board exclusively the
vegetables and other exclusively for the raw meat to avoid cross contamination.

9. It must be of good quality with sharp, sturdy stainless steel blades and with handle that
securely attached and that feel perfectly comfortable in your hand.

10. It is use for salad toppings to be broiled or grilled.

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Very Good! Job well done!

Making a quality salad makes you feel good and happy. To prepare this easily, you
must know the functions of the different tools and equipment. In that way, it would be
easier for you to make salad.

You can proceed now to the next activity. Marvelous!

To prepare salad easily, it would be a great help for you to classify the tools and
equipment based on their uses so that it will help you organize the tools properly before
preparing the salad. Hope you can make it. Go ahead.

ACTIVITY 3:

Classify the common tools and equipment in preparing salad and dressing according
to their categories. Choose the letter of the correct answer from the table below.

A. Measuring Tool B. Cutting Tool C. Holding Tool D. Cooking Tool

1. Knives

2. Cutting board

3. Measuring cup

4. Shredder

5. Grill pan

Great job! You made it with flying colors. It’s nice to organize your tools and
equipment before preparing salad through classifying them based from their categories.

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WHAT DO YOU KNOW? PAGE 6
1. B
2. E
3. D
4. C
5. A
ACTIVITY 1 PAGE 12
1. Peeler
2. Cutting board
3. Citrus zester
4. Grater
5. Measuring spoon
6. Knives
7. Measuring cup
8. Grill Pan
9. Mixing bowl
10. Salad spinner
ACTIVITY 2 PAGE 14
1. C
2. B
3. A
4. E
5. D
6. F
7. G
8. H
9. I
10. J
ACTIVITY 3 PAGE 16
1. Cutting tool
2. Holding tool
3. Measuring tool
4. Cutting tool
5. Cooking tool
ANSWER KEY
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SELF-ASSESSMENT

RUBRICS OF LEARNING
SCORE SCORE
DESCRIPTORS REMARKS
1-5 1 - 10

4-5 9 -10 Excellent!

3 7- 8 Good

2 5-6 Fair

1 1-4 Start Again

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Above all, thank you Almighty Lord for the strength and knowledge that you gave
me in order to be a part of this seminar.

I would like to acknowledge the LRMDS Bataan for giving me the chance to make
this Self Learning Kit (SLK) with Mr. EDGAR E. GARCIA, our LRMDS Supervisor, together with all
his staff and personnel who patiently taught us in making the SLK.

Thank you very much also to the Learning Resource Evaluators who are always willing
to help and assist us during the workshop.

Lastly, thank you so much to our home for the three-day seminar-workshop, the
Crown Royale Hotel, Balanga City. In addition, to my co- participants in the said seminar
workshop, thank you also for the good companionship and friendship that we were able to
develop during this seminar.

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David Mellor Kitchen Knives Black Handle, Abode New York, July 25, 2019, www.abode-newyork.com
OXO Good Griefs-3 Piece Peeler, by. OXO, July 25, 2019, www.amazon.com
The Best Cutting Boards, Michael Sulivan & Kevin Purdy, July 25, 2019, www.thewirecutter.com
Easylife Stainless Steel Lemon Zester Grater, by. Kalytheo, July 25, 2019, www.flighters.com
4 in 1 Box Food Grater, by. LemonBro, July 25, 2019, www.amazon.com
Hullr Premium Salad Spinner, by Hullr, July 25, 2019, www.amazon.com
Stainless Steel Extra Deep Mixing Bowls, by. Jayna Steel, July 25, 2019, www.indiamart.com
Kinuku Salad Servers, by Nkuku, July 25, 2019, www.heals.com/kinuku-salad-servers
The Best Liquid Measuring Cups, by. Sal Vaglica, July 25, 2019, www.seriouseats.com
Farberware Classic Measuring Cups, by. Farberware, July 25, 2019, www.amazon.com
Merbok Stainless Steel Measuring Spoons, by. Mekbok, July 25, 2019, www.amazon.com
The Best Lettuce & Greens To Add To Your Salad Bowl, by. Lisa Kingsley, 2019, www.eatingwell.com
When Veggies Aren’t Healthy, By. John Burand Ph.D, July 25, 2019, www.precisionnutrition.com
How to Pickle Vegetables, January 17, 2017, www.popculture.com/healty-living
Starch & Your Body fat, by. Brian Donovan, July 25, 2019, www.blog.ideafit.com
Complete Protein Foods, Mary Saver, July 25, 2019, www.rd.com/healthy-eating
All Types of Vinegar, by Alex Delany, April 23, 2019, www.bonappetit.com
What Are The Best Juices?, by. Natalie Boutler, RD,LD., July 25, 2019, www.medicalnewstoday.com
The Best Oils To Use For Basic Cooking Needs, Monica Yang, April 25, 2016, www.pepper.ph/oil-guide/
Top 10 Ways With Leftover Eggs, Natalie Hardwick, July 25, 2019, www.bbcgoodfood.com
Can You Bring Spices On A Plane?, July 25, 2019, www.stilltasty.com
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This Self-Learning Kit (SLK) is all about the tools and equipment necessary in
preparing salads and dressing. The learners will familiarize themselves about the tools
and equipment in this SLK as well as the functions and uses of the different tools in
preparing the salads.

In this material, the learners will be able to identify the tools and equipment
that they are going to use every time they will prepare a salad. This SLK helps the
learners to select easily used the tools and equipment that they need in preparing
salad and dressing.

C O N T E NT DE VE LO P E RS
WRITER: MA. NELFA CASTILLO TRINIDAD She currently teaches at Orani National High
School, Tugatog Orani, Bataan. She graduated BSE major in Home Economics at
Centro Escolar University in the year 1988. At present, she teaches Cookery 7,8,9,10 for
Junior High School. She is a licensed professional teacher.

LAYOUT ARTIST: LOUIEGENE T. DONATO is a graduate of Bataan Peninsula State University

– Main Campus with the degree of Bachelor of Science in Computer Science Major in
Software Development, year 2016. He earned his Trainer’s Methodology I (TM I) at Manila
International Skills Academy (MISA) Training and Assessment Center. He studied one
year Certificate in Professional Education at Tomas Del Rosario and eventually passed
the Licensure Examination for Teachers last 2018. He is currently serving as a teacher in
Technical-Vocational-Livelihood at Limay Senior High School-Duale, Limay, Bataan.
EVALUATOR: DONNA T. SANTOS, MAEd A graduate of Asia Pacific College of Advanced
Studies, Inc. with the degree Bachelor of Secondary Education major in English. She
finished her Master of Arts in Education major in Language Education degree at Bataan
Peninsula State University - Main Campus. She was a private school teacher for two years
at Mt.View Village School of Mariveles and also a former English instructor at Polytechnic
University of the Philippines (PUP)-Bataan Branch under CHED. Her first experience as
public school teacher was at Mariveles NHS-Cabcaben. At present, she is a Master
Teacher I at Mariveles Senior High School -Sitio Mabuhay, Cabcaben Mariveles, Bataan.
EVALUATOR: CATHREN DANICA D. ESMA She graduated with a degree Bachelor of
Secondary Education major in English at Bataan Peninsula State University-Balanga
Campus on April 2012. She is currently taking up Master of Arts in Education major
in Educational Management at Tomas Del Rosario College. At present, she teaches
Grade 7 students at Bonifacio Camacho National High School at Calaylayan, Abucay,
Bataan.

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