20 month old dd wont eat sandwich at luch what do you give

[tjacksonpfc]

hi all my 20 month old dd wont eat a sandwich at lunchtime she eats everything else but refuses a sandwich no matter what i put in it for her what do you give your dd/ds for lunch

At that age, i often gave an 'open' sandwich. Bread and butter, filling on the side (cheese, ham, tuna etc). And then a few finger food bits like chopped peppers, cucumber, tomatoes etc.

Alternatives - pasta, jacket potato, boiled egg...

omlette
eggy bread
boiled egg and soldiers
soup and bread
cheese on toast

my dd's the same tjacksonpfc - I give her toast fingers which she will eat plus the ham/cheese/whatever separately. She scoffs the lot.

Alternatively pasta/rice/jacket potato.

Have you tries jars?

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before i get hit by lightening!!!

lol @ Angeliz

lol angeliz now you come to mention it ive just fed my 6 month old on his jar for dinner and my dd finished it off for him lol social services here we come lol

ds (16 months) won't eat sandwiches either. It is a real pain particularly when we go out. I usually give ds a cooked lunch. I do a lot of batch cooking and freeze in small portions so I just usually get something out of the freezer.

I might cook a load of bolognese sauce and freeeze portions that way you just need to cook the pasta, defrost the sauce add cheese and you have lunch. Other things I cook and freeze are
cauliflower cheese
shepherds pie
spinache lasagne
Risotto
Fishpie
Easy things to make on the day - not out of the freezer

Omelette

Jacket potato with tuna mayonnaise(just use the microwave for the potato) with cooked veg (usually frozen veg)

potato (again cooked in microwave) with salmon (again just cooked in microwave for a couple or minutes with some butter melted on)

Cous cous (you just ad boiling water to the cous cous and let it stand for 5 mins and it is cooked - really easy - you can add some cooked frozen veg too) with meatballs and tomato sauce

The meatballs are easy (minced meat with chopped up onion and garlic, 1tsp of cinamon or herbs and some tomato paste - mix together and roll into small little balls) you just grill them for 10 minutes each side - mix with a tomato sauce (out of freezer) and serve with cous cous and vegetables. If you make more than he needs You can freeze them after grilling them and then get them out and heat them through in the microwave next time (defrost first)

Pesto pasta - whizz up fresh basil 1/2 clove of garlic and pine nuts in the food processor and add some olive oil until you get a paste. then add some parmesan cheese - This keeps in the frige for a week and you can add it to pasta.

Pasta does tend to be a staple quick meal in our house.

Also you could try a more finger food type lunch though ds doesn't like these much either
eg avocado, rice cakes, cheese bits, tomatoes and serve with some houmous or cheesy dips.

Also I occasionally give ds a jar if I'm really rushed.

I've always (well, most of the time since he went onto 'normal' food) given ds a cooked meal at lunch time and a lighter meal at tea time. Worth a try? IIRC went this way because you don't want them to be digesting a heavy meal while going through bath and bedtime (and what looks like a small portion for you is a big portion for them).

Not a strict rule, do sometimes give him lighter lunch and proper meal for tea, but mainly the other way round.

how about a pitta w/melted cheese and tomatoes?

or a 'pizza' w/a bagel or crumpet base, cut into bits.

make breadsticks or cheese straws w/something to dip them into - humus, white bean dip, tomato relish, guacamole.