Eat your kale or you don't get dessert

depends on how you have it

I know I'm just pretending to be the whiney kid who won't eat

It's essentially pasta salad, but the pasta is orzo, a small rice-like pasta.

Oh, ok. So a bit like cous-cous?

Pretty much.

Sounds cool!

Yes, but a two year old's pallet is nowhere near developed enough to appreciate elaborated dishes.