12-18 mths...what do your kids eat? protein, snax, etc0

again...trying to find some more ideas.

I've discovered that she likes chicken & cheese quesadillas or plain cheese ones.

Isn't into her chicken tenders or meatballs much though.....

Re: 12-18 mths...what do your kids eat? protein, snax, etc0

Well, that last few days she has been on a food strike, but USUALLY she eats soy chicken nuggets, soy hot dogs, veggie burgers, pasta with soy ground beef, beans (minestrone soup), she eats a LOT of hummus - by the gobfuls, and it has a lot of protein, fish (salmon or tilapia - broiled with some spices), yogurt with mashed bananas, cheese and occasionally, peanut butter. They have these great snacks in Israel called Bamba that we picked up for her - kind of like cheese puffs but with peanut butter instead of the cheese. She loves those...

Re: 12-18 mths...what do your kids eat? protein, snax, etc0

Dino Nuggets (not my first choice but it's what she eats. She won't eat real chicken).
She loves chili, bean soups, taco soups, etc so I try to make things like that often for protein. If we got to Wendy's I order her chili, not a kids meal.
Eggs are hit or miss. So protein at breakfast is tough. She does like this cereal called Wheatabix. Its a biscuit that comes out kind of like oatmeal when you mush it in milk. I warm it with cinnamon and she loves it. I can't imagine what it tastes like but hey she eats so I don't complain. It's also a good amount of milk since she doesn't drink milk much.
I also buy mini bagels and melt a piece of cheese on it and she usually eats 1/2 of that.
Grilled cheese is good too.

For snacks she lives on fruit. Grapes, clementines and strawberries are her favorites.
She also has a bowl out all day with yogurt raisins and goldfish. Some days she eats it up and others it juts sits there.

She is a very inconsistent eater.

Re: 12-18 mths...what do your kids eat? protein, snax, etc0

ok...so with the bean soups and chili....

are you making it from scratch or canned???

Is anyone concerned about amounts of sodium in this stuff???

Re: 12-18 mths...what do your kids eat? protein, snax, etc0

Re: 12-18 mths...what do your kids eat? protein, snax, etc0

Ry eats pretty much anything- when he is in the mood to eat...

Here are some things he eats:

Breakfast:
Eggs- scrambled, hard boiled, deviled, egg salad
Pancakes, french toast, waffles
Cin. bread w/ butter or margarine
Kix cereal w/ milk
whole wheat toast w/ butter or margarine

Lunch:
Usually its left overs from dinner but other ideas are:
Lentil soup
chicken nuggets
low sodium turkey w/ cheese on wheat bread
grilled cheese

Dinner-
He loves pasta-

So we do Ziti, or lasagna
Spaghetti and meatballs
macaroni and sauce/meat sauce
plain meatballs
roasted chicken(his fav)
grilled chicken cutlets
breaded chicken cutlets
stuffing
mashed pot.
steak
roast beef
raviolis
homemade mac-n-cheese


Snacks:
He loves bananas and the del monte no sugar peach fruit cups
goldfish crackers
fruit cereal bars
animal crackers
and every now and then he'll have a cookie or some fruit snacks...

Re: 12-18 mths...what do your kids eat? protein, snax, etc0

Re: 12-18 mths...what do your kids eat? protein, snax, etc0

Cheese
String cheese
Grilled Cheese
Soy meatballs
Soy nuggets
Mini Meatballs
White meat chicken nuggets
Eggs
PB & J
Yogurt
Cheerios
Waffles
French Toast
Veggies - peas, carrots, grean beans, avocados, broccoli
Fruits - bananas, apple slices, applesauce, melon, mandarin oranges are a big hit,
Goldfish Crackers, Annies bunny crackers
Earth's Best Cookies
Mashed potatoes
Pastina
Cereal Bars
Oatmeal
Mac & Cheese - I use the Annies single serve packets so I don't have to make it homemade or a whole box.
Veggie burgers
Mini raviolis
Gerber makes these gerber graduates, we bought some of them at first, they lived the ravioli ones.

Message edited 1/22/2007 4:44:31 PM.

Re: 12-18 mths...what do your kids eat? protein, snax, etc0

all these ideas are great...

and also Baked Beans comes to mind for the protein, at that age DS would daintily eat one at a time... now he shovels it in! Can eat a whole can.