Moms of kids 9 -12 months (food related)

OK, since I don't eat very healthy as it is, I need help and ideas on what to feed DD

I need ideas for breakfast, lunch & dinner solid foods.

TIA!

(all I keep thinking of is PB&J or tuna fish, which are both OUT )

Re: Moms of kids 9 -12 months (food related)

well - now that we are beyond just finger foods my DS pretty much eats everything.

Breakfast - mini waffles or pancakes, fruit, buttered toast, oatmeal, scrambled eggs (he's not crazy about them though) or cheerios.

For lunch its mac-n-cheese, string cheese, applesauce, yogurt, cut up grilled chicken, veggie burgers (his new favorite), chicken nuggets, sweet potatoes, mixed vegetables etc. And the same goes for dinner.

I try to give them vegetables and fruit with most meals, but my DS is not a big fan of veggies. I would just try to give your DD as natural and healthy as possible and not processed when you can. HTH!

Re: Moms of kids 9 -12 months (food related)

OK, let me think. Steven eats everything and my mom gives him lunch and dinner, so I'll try to think of some things that we give him.

Breakfast: Cream of wheat, baby cereal, yogurt with fresh fruit mixed in, oatmeal (regular or baby), scrabled egg, toast with apple butter with a banana.

Lunch: We usually give him pasta pick ups if we don't have anything made, ravioli, pasta with homemade sauce, today he had scrambled egg and I gave my mom cheddar cheese to put in it, rice and beans, quiche.

Dinner: meat loaf, turkey burger (basically just ground up turkey and seasoned and grilled), grilled chicken, ravioli, anything mentioned above. Last night my mom gave him turkey cutlet and some stuffing and gravy. He might have that again tomorrow since it's what I'm making for dinner tonight, LOL.

He almost always has a piece of fruit with each of his meals. He eats puffs, cheerios or those Gerber puff sticks basically all day long.

He'll eat anything we give him as long as he's hungry. I give him a variety so that he learns different tasts and stuff. Sometimes I put cheddar in his eggs, other times I put fetta, the other day I put prevalome (sp?) cheese.

ETS: I've also given him chicken nuggets (NOT from fast food, but the ones in the refrigerator section in the supermarket), waffles, mixed veggies with his meat.

Message edited 10/9/2007 2:24:02 PM.

Re: Moms of kids 9 -12 months (food related)

Breakfast:
Mini pancakes, mini waffles, scrambled eggs with turkey, english muffin with cheese, corn cakes, yogurt

Lunch:pasta/sauce/cheese, cold cuts, chicken nuggets, knish cut in half with melted cheese, ravioli

Dinner: Garden burger, meatballs, pasta, chicken, sweet potatoes,

we are not big veggie people so I give her a jar for now but eventually I will by veggies. I did buy corn on the cob and cut it off for her.

Re: Moms of kids 9 -12 months (food related)

Thanks for asking this!! I was just going to post the same thing. I am really slacking on the table food. DD's still eating mostly jarred stuff. Thanks for the ideas, ladies. I have also given DD Nutrigrain bars (broken up) and the Entemanns strawberry Little Bites. One of the moms at my playgroup was saying she's been giving her son frozen fruit - esp. blueberries.

Re: Moms of kids 9 -12 months (food related)

Oh, he also loves when I make him rice pilaf. I just use brown rice and throw in steamed mixed veggies (I but the bag of frozen I think it's called "baby mixed veggies because they are alrady cut up). It usually has peas, carrotts, broccoli, corn, etc.

Re: Moms of kids 9 -12 months (food related)

oooh - I forgot two more:

turkey meatballs - my kids LOVE these! and chili...in limited portions of course!

Re: Moms of kids 9 -12 months (food related)

DS eats all the same things but I also wanted add that Bell & Evans (no hormones/organic) makes chicken nuggets that you bake in the oven. They are great for lunch w/ veggies.

DS LOVES meatballs, meatloaf, hamburger, chicken cutlet, grilled cheese, any pasta. I make orzo for him since it is easy for him to pick up and I dont have to cut it up, tater tots, cream of wheat, avacado, he really eat anything and everything. Last night he enjoyed coliflower.

Re: Moms of kids 9 -12 months (food related)

Breakfast: muffin, whole wheat pancakes, banana or apple cinnamon waffles, farina, oatmeal

Lunch: cinnamon raisin toast with jelly, turkey and cheese melt on whole wheat bread, cheese and ham with whole wheat ritz crackers, cereal bar (if we're on the go) pasta, yogurt, cottage cheese, cut up melon, apples, pears, blueberries, kiwi, plum, etc. Cucumber & tomato

Dinner: chicken, turkey meatballs & meatloaf, salmon, brown rice & veggies, beef barley soup, stew, chicken noodle soup, etc

ETA: I forgot to mention veggies...she eats peas, carrots, green beans, spinach, squash, sweet potato and corn. We are going to try beets soon.

Message edited 10/9/2007 5:14:04 PM.