Green peppers are good source of beta carotene and vitamin C, but its more mature cousin, the red pepper, is an even better source. One pepper will meet a day's needs for vitamin A and supply more than 150 percent of your need for vitamin C. Sweet peppers are a favorite finger food with most toddlers. Salad greens, not the pale and nutrient devoid iceberg, but the deeper green leaf lettuces, romaine, radicchio, endive, chicory and arugula, are good sources of beta-carotene. Again, the darker the color of the salad green, the more nutritious it is. It won't be long before your toddler can handle some salad that has been cut into pieces small enough to eat and sprinkled with a light dressing.
Spinach is loaded with vitamins and minerals.
It is also very high in fiber. Little children may like some fresh, young spinach mixed into their salad. Chopped spinach added to vegetable soups at the end of the cooking will taste great. Summer squash is a good nutrition choice, but it does not have as much to offer as the other greens mentioned. Deep orange winter squash has much more to offer in terms of nutrition.