This was just one of those perfect moments on Twitter. You might like these tips for getting kids to eat salads. You might wonder why I posted this here and not on the more experimental www.Bransieve.com. It’s to demonstrate what a fast and powerful problem-solving tool microsharing can be when you have a unique business process question or need some really specific expertise — fast.

My daughters “S” and “Z” are nearly-3 and 20 months, in turn. I had some iceberg lettuce and the ambition to try them on their first salad. I wrote:

wankergirl Cover it in chocolate sauce!

megfowler
do they like fruit? savoury-sweet salads work well with that age group. lots of juice in dressing, fruit in actual salad.

branchero just don’t use a dressing that’s really sour (like Italian)

TheJennTaFur my Mom put slices of fruit in my salad such as slices of apple or grapes. I loved it with French dressing. Hope this helps!

rahafharfoush you can make it into a person. http://tinyurl.com/66f9xe

JamiInMiami I added craisins and they ate it. Now Girl likes salad & she’s a tween.

MikeG1 : Try offering ingredients separately; I’ve got a couple who love cucumber slices. It’s a start.

Penguin Make it sweet? Add some fruits, apples, mandarin oranges, pears.

akaMonty I just put it on the plate with the other food in smaller portions. I don’t think my daughter ever noticed the difference.

KevinEikenberry and pray… I think your steps are good ones for the salad - what about raisons too?

lalatina ~ cottage cheese, mandarin oranges?

akaMonty Only I didn’t chop it fine, I made it more of a “dipping” style & kept the dressing separate.

ericrank Emeril once said “If you want kids to eat vegs, you have to make them taste good” - For my toddler, that means sweet or cheesy.

The twurl.nl link let other Twitterers see my most recent replies at the time (the tweets you see in this post).

depapel and all of that in seven minutes: that is also incredible.

geekgiant I’d try making “fun salads.” Spinach, sliced strawberries, blueberries,
candied walnuts, feta and a balsamic vinagerette perhaps?

podcastmama Offer diff. bite size veg or fruit, and let *her* make the salad by
tossing in the things she likes. Let us know what she picks:)

hkremer not salad related but have you seen the “new” rice puffs by Pirate’s
Booty? look in the organic section - DS calls them popcorn

hkremer see previous tweet - white cheddar flavored yummy!

pauladrum Great question (toddlers and salads). Got a lot of ideas for my little one. Another thought… Let them help make it.

knackeredhack I hear that if you make a child try a small amount of the same thing 10 days in a row they’ll acquire the taste.

JamiInMiami finished it up with this Tweet…

JamiInMiami and people still question the power of the Twitter. Ha!

PS - We went with chopped iceberg lettuce, olive oil, salt & pepper, a dash of orange juice, and lots of pistachios and carrot bits. No dice, but at least they tried it. And mommy had a yummy crunchy dinner.