Day 149 of #365 Creative #Ideas to do with your kids: I am guessing you kids don’t like eating salads? But, a salad doesn’t have to come in a bowl, or even have lots of leaves! Get creative with different plates and bowls and vary the ingredients to make basic salads into something fun and yummy to eat. Most kids prefer plain salads, with only olive oil and salt as a dressing. Some kids don’t like their salads ‘mushed up’, so keep the ingredients separate if it makes them happy.
Bugs Bunny salad: A few lettuce leaves, a hard-boiled egg, some cucumber, carrots and a
cherry tomato might be all you need to persuade your kids to eat their veggies. Prepare one face as a guide, then hand over the ingredients and leave the kids to create their own bunny faces.
cos lettuce
hard-boiled egg, peeled and sliced
cucumber slices
carrot sticks
cherry tomato, cut in half
blueberry, cut in half
mozzarella cheese, cut onto strips
1. Cut the ingredients to shape and arrange on a small plate, using the picture as a guide. Choose small cos leaves for the ears, half a cherry tomato for the nose, strips
of mozzarella for the teeth and half a blueberry for the eyes.
From my book Fun Foods for Kids (Struik Publishers 2016), email me on sam@kidsdecor.co.za if you would like to buy a book.