Try This Fun Way To Serve Kids Salad And Watch Them Gobble Up Greens
Inside: Wish your kids ate more leafy greens? Here’s how to make a kids salad they can dip. A perfect salad for picky eaters.
This is a salad in disguise!
For many parents, salad is the final frontier–something they really, really wish their kids liked (but alas, their kids just don’t).
My strategy has always been to serve “Starter Salads” to my kids. That approach also worked on my husband, who now eats big salads nightly and orders them in restaurants even when I’m not there.
But if your kids aren’t ready for bowls of salad, here’s a baby step that can get them closer to loving their greens: Create a kids salad they can dip.
Inspiration Struck!
I got this idea one night when I was making Caesar salad.
As I was tearing romaine leaves, my seven year old kept sneaking pieces off the cutting board.
He especially liked the leaves at the very center of the romaine hearts–the ones that are small, crunchy, and sweet. I eventually put some into a little bowl for him, and off he went, munching away.
Who says salad has to be eaten with a fork, anyway?
A bowl of lettuce leaves they can dip (aka a salad but shhhh!)
A Perfect Salad For Picky Eaters
As a former picky eater myself, I can tell you that mixed dishes (ones that have different foods combined together) can be intimidating and scary.
