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How to build a kid-friendly salad
Easy Side Salad recipe alert! This salad is scrumptious and adaptable to suit your family taste preferences and age.
Prep Time
20 mins
Total Time
20 mins
Servings: 6 servings
Calories: 242 kcal
Course:
Salad
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
Salad:
- 1 head romain lettuce trimmed and cut into 1/4" wide stripes (or chopped smaller for babies/toddlers)
- 1 medium bell pepper preferably red, orange, or yellow, cut into thin stripes
- 1/2 Long English Cucumber quartered and chopped into 1/4" wide pieces (remove skin for younger babies and kids)
- 1 talk celery sliced into 1/4" wide pieces
- 1/2 pint cherry tomatoes or other smaller tomatoes, halved or cut smaller for younger babies and kids)
- 100 grams feta or other cheese crumble over salad (optional)
Vinaigrette:
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- 1/3 cup red wine vinegar or white wine vinegar
- 1/2 clove garlic, finely grated
- 2 pinches sea salt
- 1 pinch ground black pepper
Notes
- Be sure to check out the pro-tips for building salads for kids in the post above. The bullet on cutting down the vegetables to age appropriate size is probably of the upmost importance.