Build it and they will eat it

This technique works wonders with Aria when it comes to salad. She use to eat salad all the time but now she isn’t a fan of the lettuce which really isn’t my concern, my concern is I still want her be able to get excited and enjoy eating vegetables raw and not JUST cooked.

So a little while ago I started doing “Build your own salad” where I bring out a bunch of different vegetables, seeds, nuts and raisin/craisin type things and let Aria decide what she would like, with of course a few suggestions that she agrees to. Here is a picture of what I used for choices at our last meal:

Some basic veggies that ALWAYS go in salads for her is cucumber and avacado. Then from there it changes from night to night. Seeing as we had leftovers from the turkey dinner we had a turkey salad with cucumber, avacado, craisins and turkey. She really has a lot of fun and gets excited about it, which is kind of the goal for me and in the end we have a young girl eating lots of veggies…YAY