This is a picky salad that toddlers can help to make – choosing their ingredients, ripping up lettuce or making patterns. Serve alongside other picky bits at lunchtime or use it to add freshness to an ‘oven dinner’ on busy evenings! Use the ingredients listed or work with your child’s favourites. Once you have made the salad, why not name it after them to give them ownership of their cooking!

Variations: Try changing the dressing… You could make mint and yoghurt, a simple vinaigrette, soy sauce and sesame oil, or tahini and lemon juice. Pre-schoolers might like to invent their own dressing – my girls love to do this!