5 Delicious and Nutritious Salads for Children

Sometimes it can be difficult for children to start to eat salads, so parents have to look for different strategies to introduce fruits and vegetables into their diets. To help you out, today we’re going to give you several different options for salads for children that you can easily make at home.
5 delicious salads for children
As we know, it’s extremely important for children to receive the nutrients, minerals, and vitamins that fruit and vegetables provide. These not only bring benefits in your child’s development, but can also help to reduce the risk of contracting different diseases.
1. Fruit salad with yogurt
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup of pineapple
- 1 orange
- 5 white seedless grapes
- 1/2 red apple
- 5 red seedless grapes
- 2 cups of strawberry yogurt
Preparation
- Cut each piece of fruit into cubes
- Then mix the apple, orange, pineapple and grapes in a bowl
- Pour the yogurt over the fruit
- Finally, mix the fruit with the yogurt
This type of fruit salad for children is great for a quick healthy snack.
2. Chicken salad with fruit
Ingredients
- Fresh spinach leaves
- 4 wild asparagus stalks
- Balsamic vinegar of Modena
- 2 mangoes
- Grilled chicken
- 4 oz of Parmesan cheese
- A pinch of salt
- A pinch of pepper
- Olive oil to taste
- Salt to taste

Preparation
- Put some olive oil in a pan
- When the oil is hot, add the asparagus
- Then peel and cut one of the mangoes
- Place the chopped mango into the blender and blend until smooth
- Then add a little olive oil and a pinch of pepper and blend again
- Store the mixture in a container in the refrigerator
- After that, cut the other mango into cubes
- Sprinkle some Parmesan cheese on top
- Finish it off with a little olive oil, vinegar, salt and the mango sauce that you prepared previously
- Your chicken salad with fruit is now ready to serve!
3. Avocado and mango salad
Ingredients
- A ripe avocado
- A ripe mango
- 1/2 cup of walnuts
- 1/2 dandelion
- A pinch of salt
- A pinch of pepper
- Balsamic vinegar to taste
- Oil
Preparation
- Cut the mango and avocado into cubes
- Place the dandelions in a bowl and then place the mango and avocado cubes on top of them
- Finally, add the nuts on top, and then dress with salt, oil, pepper and balsamic vinegar
- Your fresh avocado and mango salad is ready to serve!
Because of their high water content, fruit helps children to stay more hydrated. In addition to this, they help to eliminate toxins in their bodies.
4. Orange salad with yogurt
Ingredients
- 1 orange
- 1 grapefruit
- 1/4 cup of orange juice
- 1 tablespoon of yogurt
- 1 teaspoon of honey
Preparation
- Cut the orange into thin slices
- Place all cut oranges on a plate – you can arrange them in a fun way to get your child’s attention
- Place the yogurt in a bowl and then mix in the orange juice and the honey
- Stir it well, and then pour the mixture on top of the oranges
- You can then use mint leaves to decorate if you like
- Your orange salad with yogurt is now ready to serve

5. Salad-style wraps
Ingredients
- 1 cucumber
- 1 pepper
- 3 lettuce leaves
- 1 onion
- 2 wheat flour wraps
- 4 oz of hummus
- A pinch of pepper
- 1/2 cup of parsley
Preparation
- Cut the cucumber in half and then into long strips
- Cut the peppers also into long strips
- Wash the lettuce leaves
- Cut the onion into rings
- Heat the wraps in a pan over a low heat
- Remove the wraps and spread the hummus onto them
- Then place the lettuce leaves to cover the whole wrap
- Place the cucumber and pepper strips on the lettuce
- Finally, place the parsley and the onion rings
- Add a little pepper and then close over the wraps
- Your wraps are now ready to serve
To conclude, salads for children are really easy and quick to prepare. If you introduce them into their diets then you can be sure that they’re receiving the nutrients and vitamins that their bodies need.
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