toddler lunches

Does anyone have any good idea's for a 2 year olds lunches? He's getting picky and i'm lost for ideas....

Re: toddler lunches

My son is 17 months old, but here's a run down of what he might have for lunch on any given day:

Grilled cheese sandwich
Jelly on wheat bread (I don't give him PB yet)
Mac and cheese
Chicken nuggets
pasta with parmesan cheese
ravioli
perogies
tortellini
turkey slices with american cheese
ham slices with swiss cheese

Message edited 10/13/2005 11:12:25 PM.

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Thanks!! I make roll ups with turkey and cheese or ham and cheese, and chicken nuggets too. (the perdue one's) I'll try pasta during the day though, I never think of that for lunch haha becuase we have that for dinner often!! I think my son may be the one and only that wont eat mac n cheese!! Perogies is a great idea too!!!!

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Alot of the above, plus

Today I made Chicken Quesadillas. so warm and yummy he loves them!


I hate sometimes I come up with a good idea for lunch that could have been a dinner (when he won't have what we're having) and I never want to give him the same thing two times in a row!



ETA: you are not the only one, Aidan will not eat Mac n Cheese either, I don't get it! I thought it was kid tested kid approved!

Message edited 10/14/2005 3:55:54 PM.

Re: toddler lunches

For Lunch we have
chicken nuggets w/ tubinetti or Ditalini Pasta w/ delmonte sauce
she loves those!

Cut up Boars head pastrami ( she cant get enough of this now) and she likes the honey maple turkey too

Cut up cooked carrots
sweet pototo puffs w/ nuggets

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All of the above plus

the mcCaines smiley fries
pastina mixed with butter She will eat pasta 24/7 if she could loves it

If she liked what I made for dinner the nite before then if there is left overs I will heat up some of that.

Marissa also loves hamburgers and hotdogs I peel off all the skin and break it up small.

She also like the progresso soups

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Thanks for all the great ideas!!

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I also vote all of the above.. The smile potato things are good to make it fun!.. My son like Hot dogs, he called them "circles" for the longest time, cause we used to cut them now he likes to eat them like abig boy.. lol...

How old is your toddler?? my son has been going through phases with his foods for the past year.. he is 2.5, somethings change..

I also give him fish sticks, and usuall some sort of fruit.. You can get shaped pasta and make it fun and interesting too.. believe it or not, my son also likes chicken noodle soup too.. HTH

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hmmm Jordan used to love sweet potatoes, cooked carrots, any kind of noodles, bologna and cheese roll ups, melon cut up.

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my kids love when you take a hot dog and roll it up in a crescent rool and then bake it sometimes i add am cheese also!

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Emily will usually have a chicken cutlet cut up with applesauce, mashed potatoes, smiley face fries, sweet potatoe fries or Motts makes Harvest Blend applesauce and she loves that! She'll also eat hot dogs, hamburgers or meatballs. She LOVES meatballs. She isn't a fan of pasta unless I sneak it in through other food. I still give her baby food veggies and fruit because she doesn't eat regular fruit and veggies cut up. I don't know why, so hopefully that'll change. She is only 14 months old. I keep trying to give them to her, but they get thrown on the floor.

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Posted by HereWeGoAgain

I also vote all of the above.. The smile potato things are good to make it fun!.. My son like Hot dogs, he called them "circles" for the longest time, cause we used to cut them now he likes to eat them like abig boy.. lol...

How old is your toddler?? my son has been going through phases with his foods for the past year.. he is 2.5, somethings change..

I also give him fish sticks, and usuall some sort of fruit.. You can get shaped pasta and make it fun and interesting too.. believe it or not, my son also likes chicken noodle soup too.. HTH