Maybe it was the new giraffe poster TwinToddlersMom used for decorating the kids’ room the other day. Or maybe it was the eating broccoli like a dinosaur video I saw on KidAppeal. Whatever it was, all of a sudden I found myself coming up with a new challenge for the twins that night at dinner – hey guys, let us eat this salad like a giraffe!
I demonstrated – exaggerating my every move – how they could pull out a piece of leafy lettuce from the salad and slowly put it in their mouth with their neck stretched long.
It was hilarious, and it worked! Within minutes, my daughter was digging into the salad bowl, pulling out leafy lettuce and shoving it inside her mouth – look, I am eating salad like a giraffe! Even my son, who doesn’t show any excitement for anything green, quickly join in the fun.
It didn’t last very long though. They did not like the taste of lettuce and soon they were spitting it out. Still, at least they gave it a shot!
The salad is very easy to make. We usually get a ready-to-eat box of organic mixed greens to throw in a quick salad along with cucumbers, tomatoes, green onions and fruits (whatever we can find – pears, apples, strawberries). Sometimes we add nuts, raisins, chopped cilantro, pitted olives, pickled mushrooms and peppers. In short, whatever is available at hand! We have even made a salad out of avocado, pears and tomatoes. Weird combination, I know! But this is the only way we seem to be able to get our daily quota of fruits and veggies on busy workdays.
Our usual dressing is a mix of olive oil and lemon juice, which we add to the salad right before serving.
Try it and let us know how it goes!
This post is a part of Big Words Little Foodies from Jenna of KidAppeal, who is encouraging parents to keep track of funny quotes their kids come up with at mealtime. Check her column out for stories from other parents.
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how fun! next time see if your giraffes will like the taste of leaves and fruit together. when my guys don’t like something plain, i encourage them to try pairing it with other items and compare the taste. greens took years for the boys to adopt. big boo is a salad lover now, little boo (nearly 4) is starting to eat some of the greens, but he actually prefers his leaves plain, sans dressing.
So funny! I’ll have to try this!
I LOVE those salad combinations!! YUMM
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