Think Your Toddler Won’t Eat a Salad?
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The modern food industry has taught us to think that some foods are for kids— chicken nuggets, macaroni and cheese, hot dogs — and other foods simply are not. Salad would fall into this second list.
But what is a salad anyway? The word makes many of us think of a bowl of lettuce, but it doesn’t have to be that way. What about a Caprese salad? Tomatoes, mozzarella, basil, sprinkled with salt and drizzled with olive oil — yum! Wait, where’s the lettuce?
My 4-year-old is by far my pickiest eater. His older brother and younger sister will at least taste most anything that is put in front of them, but not this guy. If it even sort of kind of looks mushy, he doesn’t want any part of it. This kid won’t even eat pasta — including mac and cheese. But, salad? No problem. Just put the right dressing on it, and he’ll eat it right up.
Now that I’ve been through three kids, I’ve begun to notice a few trends in what works and what doesn’t. Here are a few tips to help you turn your little ones into salad eaters, too.
