Irresistible Kid Friendly Dinner Salads

Irresistible Kid Friendly Salads

With these ideas for kid friendly, irresistible salads,  I wanted to emphasize how important it is to include fruits and vegetables in yours.  The new USDA 2010 dietary guidelines recommend half your meals should be fruits and vegetables, but sometimes dinner becomes a plate of cheesy pasta because you know the kids will eat it!  So, with that in mind, these are the salads that I prep ahead and have in my fridge for anyone to eat. Whether it’s to add to a quick dinner, to eat as dinner itself, or a snack when you want to eat something healthy, these salads will become irresistible to your kids!

PASTA SALAD

So many pasta salads to choose from!  We have 5 different pasta salads here, or one of my favorites here!

BROCCOLI SALAD

You can’t go wrong with broccoli salad!  Almost every potluck we attend, we bring this recipe! – Traditional Broccoli Salad!  This is also AMAZING, with a more citrus flavor to it! Loaded Broccoli Salad

PEPPER SALAD

A pepper salad marinating in some Italian dressing for a few days, is SO GOOD!  This is the one we make most often.

CABBAGE APPLE SALAD or BROCCOLI APPLE SALAD

This one we used cabbage. The other one, we used broccoli slaw. Same recipe, just different greens. Both amazing!

PEA SALAD

QUINOA SALAD

POTATO SALAD

BEAN SALAD

GREEN SALAD

CARROT AND PEA POLKA DOT SALAD

FRUIT SALAD

So. as you are planning meals, don’t forget the fruits and vegetables.  Just like the benefits from eating dinner with your family, doesn’t have to exactly be dinner, any meal you use to make half of it fruits and vegetables will benefit your kids.