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Toddler meal ideas. 2yo

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Paris3404 · 03/09/2020 11:16

Hi mum's and dad's,
My DD previously loved all foods but has since become a little fussy now we're stuck in a rut with the foods I know she'll eat.. Can you enlighten and inspire me on what meals you feed your DC? Thanks


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aToadOnTheWhole · 03/09/2020 11:47

I've got a couple of apps Grin one called baby led weaning cookbook and the other one is fussy toddler recipes. Both by a woman called Natalie Peall. My DS is almost four and I still use them regularly.

Leeds2 · 03/09/2020 11:50

My DD always loved macaroni cheese.
And eggy bread.

mcgonagalscat · 03/09/2020 11:58

Have a look at what mummy makes Instagram, I think she has a cool book now too but there's loads of recipes on her instagram. My 2 year old has (surprisingly) eaten almost all of the recipes and snacks I've made from there

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GemmeFatale · 03/09/2020 12:11

Pasta - green pesto, red pesto, macaroni cheese, simple tomato sauce, spag bog, creamy garlic mushrooms. Sometimes I’ll swap the pasta for gnocchi.

Picky plates - a bread type thing (something like a small roll/pitta fingers/savoury crackers/etc). A spread/dippy thing (soft cheese/Bean dip/baba ganoush/ veggie dip/hummus/Greek yogurt/etc). A protein thing (cheese cubes/chicken pieces/smoked salmon/tuna/falafel). And a veggie thing (cherry tomatoes, cucumber/peppers/carrot sticks, cauliflower or broccoli florets). Basically whatever’s in the fridge.

Roast dinner - I make enough that I can use leftovers to do a quick mini roast mid week.

Fish.

Bean and cheese quesadillas.

Burrito or fajita bowls - mine is younger than yours so I just give him the same bits on a plate instead of wrapping them.

Mild veggie curry or daal with naan.

AdoraBell · 03/09/2020 12:17

My DC are teens now but I used to give them something I knew they would eat and have something different myself. Like if we had pasta I would have broccoli/carrots/whatever on my plate and a bowl of salad beside my plate. They would look at my plate, then theirs, and want what I had.

I never pushed it or insisted they eat X vegetable.

Paris3404 · 03/09/2020 13:01

Thanks everyone this is extremely useful 😊❤️

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shreddednips · 03/09/2020 13:51

Agree with macaroni cheese, with peas in. We are veggie and my toddler likes anything tomato-y, so I make lots of veggie stews and mix them in with mash. I've got lots of recipes if you want them?

Soup sounds like a nightmare but a nice thick lentil soup is easy to scoop and I put a bit of toast on the side.

He also likes those thick 'straight to wok' udon noodles stir fried with peas, sweetcorn or whatever his current vegetable of choice is and low salt soy sauce and sesame oil. I scramble an egg into it at the last minute for protein.

Beans on toast with cheese on is ever popular. He also likes quiche and pretty much anything encased in pastry.

My top tip is some yoghurt with granola (Aldi do a very low sugar one) and some raspberries or something mashed in for pudding if he really hasn't eaten much. This always goes down well and is quite substantial.

ThatGirl82 · 03/09/2020 14:01

Mine is nearly three and also pretty fussy, but things she is guaranteed to eat: spaghetti bolognaise, or just pasta in a tomato sauce (with lots of hidden veg), and any pasta really, risotto (can put loads of veg in), roast dinner with 'orkshire pudding, sausages, fish fingers, omelette (also a good dish to hide veg), and scrambled eggs or beans with toast. We also recently made pizza together and she ate it, she seemed keen as she had been involved in the cooking!

mindutopia · 03/09/2020 16:35

What do you normally eat? I'd offer what you eat with some element or two included that will be something she is likely to eat, mixed with other things that aren't favourites or that are new. For example, mine will always eat wraps, cheese, sour cream and veg, so we can do lots of fajita options with different fillings (which we all eat), but even if they aren't keen on the chicken or the sauteed veg, I know they'll eat parts of the rest of it. Same with baked fish, homemade oven chips and peas. They like chips and peas, will generally try whatever protein I serve it with, but may not love it, so at least they'll eat the rest.

Quiche with salad is easy - store bought quiche then lots of salad bits, cucumbers, tomatoes, peppers, beetroot. Lots of different kinds of pasta - I do a creamy pasta with veg of any sort - cook pasta, chop garlic and sautee, add double cream, salt/pepper, add veg (mushrooms, tomatoes, peas, etc.)

Mine also really love a lentil stew with mushrooms and kale and crusty bread. Sounds weird but they inhale it.

Also anything (chickpeas, chicken, etc.) in pitas with hummus, plain yogurt, olives, tomatoes, cucumbers, etc. to make sort of little kebabs is good. Again if they don't love the chickpeas, there is still plenty of filling stuff to put in the pita.

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