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This simple and delicious little sandwich was so easy to make, and quite healthy to boot! While my barely 3 year old didn’t eat the finished product she certainly enjoyed the cooking process. For an easy and fun toddler cooking activity I’d recommend…

ADULT PREP

• Hard boil, peel and dice one egg
• Dice 1/4 cup of cucumber
• Dice 1/2 a green onion
• Measure out salt and pepper
• Toast a slice of whole wheat bread
• Cut a ripe (black and soft) avocado in half (leave in the pit)

Once you’ve done these, your toddler can focus on these SIMPLE, SAFE and EDUCATIONAL cooking tasks!

TODDLER TASKS

AVOCADO DISCOVERY

Hand your toddler the half avocado with the pit. Allow him to work on getting the pit out and pulling the peel off. This can be done with little fingers and a fork. Then, work on mashing the avocado in a small shallow bowl with a fork.

LEMON JUICE SPLASH

Add the lemon juice with the mashed avocado and mix it in!

DUMP AND MIX

Add the cucumber, egg, green onion, salt and pepper and have your toddler mix them up.

SPINACH PILE UP

Hand your toddler the toast and a pile of spinach, have them layer some leaves on the bread.

SCOOP

Have them try scooping the salad mixture on top of the spinach. My little one needed help with this but she tried.

SERVE!

Thanks for lunch my sweet daughter! I gobbled up this sandwich and side note my grandmother loved it too – having the cucumbers in there made it so refreshing and light! This actually made enough for two separate sandwiches, and if you double it by using the other half of the avocado you could have 4 easily.

CHECK IT OUT – CULINARY MEDICINE

This recipe is part of a treasure trove of healthy and simple recipes I recently discovered! Check out the Goldring Center for Culinary Medicine

REALITY CHECK

While I always strive to create beautiful images of the kids hands as they work, by getting an up close shot of the food and their fingers, reality is quite a bit messier. If I just step back a few feet here is a view of our cooking space with the wonky poster board (foam board covered with contact paper). Also, true story, we were sharing the final product with our grandma who lives upstairs and little miss barely 3 wanted to carry it. So I allowed her to carefully carry the plate with the finished sandwich… but she didn’t make it 10 steps before the whole thing slid off onto the floor – splat! I hope I can always keep things real – cooking with toddlers is always messy. I’ve learned that’s the one thing you can count on! Another side note, while my daughter sometimes enjoys avocado she didn’t care to eat this salad. So today, my toddler made me lunch! Thanks little one! 😉