It’s summer vacation in our house. I am still trying to get the kids to eat more fruits and vegetables during the day so I came up with an idea yesterday to make a salad bar every day for the kids. I can prep the vegetables ahead of time and just mix the items up every day so they don’t get bored and they are trying a variety of items!
Our salad bar yesterday consisted of:
- mixed baby greens
- baby spinach
- cucumbers
- cottage cheese
- blue cheese
- feta cheese
- grape tomatoes
- sliced mushrooms
- pea pods
- onions
- diced red peppers
- cold cuts
- Craisins
- Triscuits
Each of the kids ate a heaping plate of salad for lunch. Tomorrow I will mix it up with green peppers, watermelon, kale and pecans substituted for some of the other items. I hope to continue this through the summer at lunch to help expand our eating of vegetables.
I will need lots of ideas. What would be on your salad bar?
What's for Dinner Moms? 
This looks so colorful and yummy! We would have hard boiled eggs and sunflower seeds too.
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Yes! I have eggs to use. Great idea.
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Great salad bar spread…we use a lot of nuts,seeds,black olives and cheese too:))
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Ooo, black olives.
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You’re putting some really yummy fruits and veggies on the menu!
I’d add raisins, peach, plum, apricot, watermelon, cantaloupe, and honeydew slices, strawberries, walnuts, almonds, pickles-all types! 🙂
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Yum!
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Excellent idea! Try roasting broccoli or cauliflower the night before and adding them to your buffet.
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Great idea!
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Wonderful idea Marci!
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Thank you, Lynn!
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most welcome!
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Fabulous idea!
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Wow Marci, I just LOVE this idea! Great job for the kiddos! xoxo
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Thank you so much!
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Great idea!!! Sunflower seeds are a favorite of ours! And those crispy tortilla strips.
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Yummy!
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