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need ideas; think toddler is tired of the same old stuff

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bebemoojem · 01/12/2011 16:22

Right trying to think of suppers that both me and the toddler can eat. So that means meals without bread, rice, pasta, potatoes unless the bread/rice/pasta can easily be replaced with beans/lentils for me and she can have the simple carbs....
Typically we have roasted/sautéed meat (chicken, beef or lamb) and 2 or 3 veg. This gets alternated with korma (she has rice and I have dal) on one week and chili concarne (again she has rice and I have extra beans) on the next week.

Marinated meats tend not to get eaten by the toddler (tho I keep trying them ever so often). And she doesn't like gravies (tho I still try every so often with that too...

Any other options besides eggs/sausages? (we have those for breakfast/lunch often)

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ladyintheradiator · 01/12/2011 16:30

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bebemoojem · 01/12/2011 16:32

forgot to mention the only potatoes she eats are fries...(and we try to limit those for obvious reasons)

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bebemoojem · 01/12/2011 16:32

Ah tuna... wonder if she'd eat that...

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bebemoojem · 01/12/2011 16:34

mmm that recipe does look good I could try it as a layered 'dish'

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Laquitar · 01/12/2011 16:35

Can you make falafel and eat yours with a salad and youghurt dip, and the toddler can have them in a pitta bread or with potato wedges.

My children like chicken tights/legs served with peas. Sometimes with med herbs, sometimes indian spices, sometimes chinese style.

Baked fish/salmon with potatoes for dc, spinach for you or broad beans/soya beans to make it more filling.

lisaro · 01/12/2011 16:36

Shepherds pie. Cook individual ones, put extra beans/pulses in yours and a cauli or other veg mash on top, just normal amount of beans in hers and normal mash. Sooo many variations on what sounds a boring meal.

lisaro · 01/12/2011 16:36

Or cottage pie, probably better.

Laquitar · 01/12/2011 16:37

Sorry i didn't see she doesn't like potatoes.

Do you eat quinoa (sp)?

lisaro · 01/12/2011 16:37

sorry - back again - you could even put rice on top!!

Laquitar · 01/12/2011 16:41

Broad beans and feta salad

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bebemoojem · 01/12/2011 16:42

Hmm not sure is quinoa is on the diet tbh... chickpea flour stuff is I know... but since quinoa is a grain it's not likely, I'll have to check it out, but I could mix it in occasionally.

The pie ideas with mine being swede/carrot/cauliflower mash sounds a brilliant idea actually. I'll make hers without the gravy.

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bebemoojem · 01/12/2011 16:44

I keep trying mash with her too...I cannot believe she doesn't like it... but surely that will change. I cannot imagine someone not liking mash...

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Laquitar · 01/12/2011 16:48

Maybe with sweet potato?

lisaro · 01/12/2011 16:50

Sweet potato mashed with Philly (or cheap philly) and pepper is lovely.

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bebemoojem · 01/12/2011 16:57

:) Yes ofcourse! I could try giving her sweetpotato mash :) Will need to go to the shop tomorrow and get some tuna and sweet potatoes :)

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miggly · 01/12/2011 21:04

Our default meal is tinned sardines/mackeral/tuna, mashed with greek yoghurt and lemon juice, served with peas / spinach and quinoa / millet / sweet potato / brown rice. That's our 20month-old's favourite meal (you could always skimp on the grains for yourself and up your sardine portion). It's unbelievably fast to do.

I'll be back if I can think of anything else...

SummerLightning · 01/12/2011 21:11

I love salmon with lentils spinach and sun dried tomatoes. I feed this to my two - unfussy one eats it all. Fussy one just eats the salmon but this counts as a success in this house What diet are you on?

Also how about sweet potato chips. Fussy one will eat these - if smothered in ketchup. Ahem.

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bebemoojem · 02/12/2011 08:28

I'm on a diet similar to a paleo diet but because I'm also a bit lactose intolerant I try to keep the dairy fats down too. The doctor says that it should help with my digestion (...TMI but trying to keep things soft because I have a fissure left over from when I gave birth 15weeks ago -I don't respond well to laxatives) and said it was also a good way to lose weight without actually reducing calories (which seeing as I'm breast feeding I'm not to do).
Basically I do it for 6 days and then the 7th day we have the 'fun' food (something bready, ricey, etc)
I've not felt so good in ages tbh (the fissure aside) I'm a lot less fatigued (which apparently a lot of people find when they give up eating grain based foods).
But the toddler is suddenly not eating what I know she likes and because of it she does not sleep through the night. I know it's likely there are other things that could be affecting her, but it's got worse and worse over these last weeks. When I've managed to give her something a little different she eats it right down and then sleeps through again.

We're going to try tuna and I'm going to pick up some sweet potatoes to mix into meals and my sister found a recipe for beef stroganoff where you make the noodles with zucchini/courgette. I'm going to try too. So hopefully the toddler will find one of the new meals acceptable and we can mix it in with the other meals.

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SummerLightning · 02/12/2011 08:38

Only asking as sounds similar to diet I was on. Sausage casserole was also something we ate for family meals (with beans). Fussy one didn't eat it though. Also soup of various types (no chance with fussy one but other one LOVES all soup)
And I would also have stir fry with loads of veggies and the others would have noodles or rice.
I also ate loads of a brocolli flageolet bean anchovy and hazelnut side dish - not sure it is that toddler friendly though. Useful for padding out dish when others are having rice/ potatoes though.

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