meal/lunch ideas for a 1 year old?

[miaulanifaith]

hey mamas, i'm just looking for different breakfast lunch and dinner ideas for my 12 month old! i feel like i give her the same stuff and would love to mix it up! thank you xx

What do you have for lunch and dinner? You don't need to be making special meals for a 1 year old. Just give her what you have.

i don't actually eat lunch very often and never know what to make when i do! im just looking for other ideas to add so she can have a wider variety of food 🥰

Breakfast

• Porridge/Overnight oats with fruit eg crushed blueberries/raspberries/banana add flaxseeds
• Banana + egg + oats + milled seeds pancakes - make a batch and freeze. Add desiccated coconut/maple syrup + blueberries
• Oat bars - glass dish - oats, milk, flaxseed, peanut butter, mashed banana - microwave 3 mins and cut into bars serve with yogurt and fruit
• Smoothie - Blended greek yoghurt, oats, blueberries and milk
• Yoghurt + flaxseed, mixed berries, mini homemade or shop bought banana muffins
• Picky plate - eg scrambled egg + yoghurt + berries + cucumber + toast or Sliced boiled egg + tomatoes + avocado + toast

If you want her to eat lunch, the best way is to model it yourself, and both sit down together.

Soup
Sandwich
Omlette
beans/scrambled eggs on toast
Yesterday's dinner leftovers

For dinner - whatever anyone else is having.

Soup, baked potato, sandwich, beans on toast, scrambled eggs with toast

Lunch/Dinner

Broccoli egg sticks - cooked chopped broccoli, grated carrot, add grated cheese, egg, flour, garlic powder, onion powder, oregano, poor into paper lined tin and bake then cut into sticks

Cheese spinach rice balls - Microwave rice, cooked frozen spinach, grated cheese, Italian herbs, garlic powder, mix with egg and roll into balls and bake/air fry

Egg muffins - mix egg with cheese/ham and tomato and pour into a muffin tray and bake

Tomato mushroom omelette

Pin wheels - puff pastry, cream cheese, cooked chopped broccoli, cheese, roll, chop, egg wash, bake

Other meals

• Ham pea egg fried rice
• Cottage pie
• Spaghetti bolognese
• Broccoli pesto cream cheese pasta/rice (also try red lentil pasta)
• Salmon/Tuna pesto rice
• Pesto pasta tomatoes mushrooms
• Chicken casserole
• Chicken curry rice
• Beef/Turkey mince stir fry with mushrooms and broccoli with peanut butter sauce and rice or noodles
• Prawns stir fry with peppers and onions with peanut butter sauce and rice or noodles
• Risotto with broccoli, peas, cream cheese

If you don’t eat lunch then she will probably copy this pattern. You should model what you want her to do. If you’re not eating then give her what you would have had if you were eating

I used to make these in large batches because they can be frozen

Sweetcorn muffins https://www.tamingtwins.com/savoury-muffins-recipe/

Savoury flapjacks https://www.myfussyeater.com/savoury-carrot-flapjacks/

Frittata muffins https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/toddler-recipe-mini-egg-veg-muffins

Quesadillas cut into are an easy one. Lots of filling options - cheese, black beans, sweet potato, tinned fish. Savoury pancakes and muffins. Crudités and hummus.