Fun Salad Recipes Your Preschoolers Will Love to Eat

Are you wondering how to get your picky preschooler to eat her veggies? Here are some salad recipes that are fun to make, and even more fun to eat!

Bunny Salad

Ingredients

1 Lettuce leaf
1 Pear half
2 Raisins
1 Red cinnamon candy
2 Almonds
Cottage cheese

Place the crisp lettuce leaf on a plate. On top of the lettuce, place the pear upside down. Make a bunny out of the pear, using the narrow end for face,two raisins for the eyes, 1 red cinnamon candy for the nose and 2 almonds for the ears. The cottage cheese becomes the fluffy tail.

Funny Face Carrot Salad

Ingredients

2 whole carrots
1 small can crushed pineapple
1/2 cup vanilla yogurt
Raisins

Peel the carrots. Roll up a few long peelings and save them for "hair" on the salad. Now grate the carrots with a grater. Drain the can of crushed pineapples in a strainer. Use a spoon to push out the juice. Toss the pineapple with the carrots. Add vanilla yogurt. Spoon some of the salad onto a plate. Use the raisins to make a smiley face. Add the carrot "hair" and serve with a smile.

Melissa Pedersen is a preschool teacher who likes to turn everyday activities into preschool play. Visit her at the Free Preschool Activities blog for more fun and educational activities you can do with your preschooler.

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