This salad is a sweet and refreshing departure from regular fruit salad for your toddler. Halved mandarin orange slices are the perfect size for your toddler to pick up.

• Dice the pineapple into small chunks.

• If using canned mandarin oranges, slice each piece in half. If using fresh tangerine, peel and remove seeds, and then cut each piece in thirds.

• Slice the papaya in half and remove seeds and skin. Cut into small chunks.

• Combine the fruits in a baby-safe bowl and mix with the coconut. Refrigerate until ready to use. Fork-mash if desired.

Mandarin Oranges

The mandarin orange is about the size of a tangerine but usually has a redder skin. The clementine is a small, North Afican mandarin orange hybrid. Mandarins are native to Southeast Asia, but are also grown in the warm American Southwest.