My question is about snacking and eating for kids. My daughter is almost one and starting to eat more meals with us. I am having a hard time coming up with meal ideas that are healthy for her. I also have the same problem with finding snacks. I would love to start her eating habits off right, but its hard because I am not the greatest eater in the world:) I would love any advice on snacks and meals that are healthy and enjoyable for kids!
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Eat Your Veggies.......
My question is about snacking and eating for kids. My daughter is almost one and starting to eat more meals with us. I am having a hard time coming up with meal ideas that are healthy for her. I also have the same problem with finding snacks. I would love to start her eating habits off right, but its hard because I am not the greatest eater in the world:) I would love any advice on snacks and meals that are healthy and enjoyable for kids!
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I've used this site http://www.wholesomebabyfood.com/index.htm
as a reference since Gaius started eating solids. Now I'm getting to the point where, as long as there's nothing off limits (honey, nuts) I just feed him whatever I'm having. He seems to love anything I give him - but he's never been a picky eater. Yesterday I fed him pasta salad, chicken tortilla soup, I've even given him curry. I figure that I don't want him to eat just 'kid' foods, so I feed him what I eat.
However, lunch does tend to be a problem for me. Breakfast we usually have fruit and yogurt. Dinner we have . . . well, dinner foods. But what do you have for lunch? Anyone?
Thanks Amanda! I love that site, so thanks for sharing. Here is my other peoblem. Kaylee refuses to let me feed her these days. She wants to feed herself, but she can't quite use a spoon yet. So I am trying to find foods that she can pick up with her fingers, or foods that are good to practice using a spoon with. Any ideas?
Variety is the key, really! I see a lot of kids who will just eat cereal and crackers. But we've been lucky to have Emma who eats so well. I agree with Amanda, start feeding them what you're eating. If they don't like it, don't make them eat it, but they should try it. When Emma was starting on solids, we just put what she we were eating into the blender (as long as it was mild enough), along with a little milk. I also made lots of my own baby food. Blend up nearly anything with a little milk, and put them in ice-cube trays. Freeze. Defrost one or two cubes each time they're hungry, and heat up. It's easier, cheaper, and probably healthier than store-bought baby food. For toddlers, Try making food fun. Cut food out into fun shapes, make it colorful and appealing, use fun names for the foods. I always try to keep cut up vegetables on hand with dip or ranch, she loves that. And fruit. Lots of fruit. So that makes for easy, healthy snacking. For lunch, we usually have leftovers from the last few days. If we don't have any, we have the classic PB&J with veggies and fruit, salads, small pieces of lunch meats, cheeses, tomatoes, cucumbers, breads, cheese sandwiches with tomato soup, Ramen Noodles with leftover shredded or cubed meat (I like chicken the best) and mixed veggies (try shredding up carrots), or Mac & Cheese with chopped ham and frozen peas. Emma loves this! Great job with this blog, Marissa!
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