Easy Recipes for a Mom and a Toddler

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Cook for 4 people and freeze half - then you only have to cook 1/2 as often! I'm a firm believer in having dinners in the freezer. Also - do you have a larger meal with your husband another part of the day? Do you eat a hot lunch with him? Feel free to have fun "snacky" dinners with your kid. I find I have so little energy at the end of the day (my husband works 10am-9 pm) that we often have breakfast for dinner - my kids love it - I think they think I'm breaking some sort of rule and they love the conspiracy of it! Or if your kiddo eats lots of little bites of many things at meals, you can too. Throw your little bites onto lettuce and make a chopped salad! Healthier for us grownups to eat a light dinner anyway! As long as you're both getting what you need over the course of the day, you can play around with what you eat when. Good luck!

Hi R.,

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Good Luck,

D.

Hi Ranae
My boys love to eat anything that has bread in it.
An easy one is to take a loaf of french bread slice it lenght wise. Then take 4 oz of cream cheese, 1/2 cup of mayo, some green onion (if they will eat it) some steamed broccoli, (chopped up really fine) melt it in the micro a little bit. Spread it on the bread probably only need to do 1 half of the bread. Grate some cheese and spinkle it over the spread (to hid the broccoli if needed) lol and then bake it on broil on a cookie sheet for @ 5 minutes until cheese starts to brown.
Cool, cut into peices. It is just like a healty quick pizza. I ushally serve a fruit such as apple slices or cut up fresh fruit salad with this and a glass of milk.

Easy Pigs in a Blanket:

1 roll of Refrigerator biscuits (I buy the cheap Wal-Mart brand)
1 pkg of Little Smokies

Preheat oven to 400

Remove biscuits from tube and stretch each one slightly.
Wrap each biscuit around 1 little smokie pinching seams to seal.

Place seam side down on greased cookie sheet.

Bake for 10 - 12 min until golden brown.
I usually serve with Mac & Cheese.

This is a great one because your son will be able to help make it.

I have found if my kids help make something they are more likely to eat it. :)

J.

He may be picky, but I think all kids love chicken. Try going to the store and get a small pack of boneless, skinless chicken (thighs - I prefer, because it stays moist). Throw into a pot, add 1 cup shoyu (soy sauce), 1 cup brown sugar, fresh ginger or powdered if you don't have any fresh, cover and cook on med. until done check & mix frequently). When it is close to being done, add chopped green onions for flavor. This is the easy (minimal ingredients) recipe. It is called Shoyu Chicken and very similar to BBQ Teriyaki Chicken flavor.

Crock pot stuff that can simmer all day works for us. First off, my toddler always mentions how good it smells when we return from playgroup or classes, etc and it peaks her appetite. We do black beans with Onion Soup mix, hot dogs and canned beans on low, vegetables with veggie broth, etc. You can add a pasta for the last hour. These can be picked at, kept warm for hubby to snack on a 3am and put in fridge to be heated again later. Lots of books on slow cooker recipes are available. Also cold snack food makes great dinners- hummus and veggies, lunch meat and cheese with soup. Left overs can be put up as well. Best luck, A.

There is a wonderful book called "Sugar Free Toddlers" by Susan Watsun. Changed our lives! I googled it, and instantly came up with easy, cheap ways to buy it online. good luck!I got mine for just a few dollars.I had it with my oldest daughter, lost it, and then bought it agian eight years later for my second.

I love to cook Chicken & Dumplings for our family. You throw all the ingredients, except the dumplings, in a crock pot in the morning on low. Our crock pot is programmable, so I set it to cook for so many hours and then it will automatically set to cook on low. You can control the portions by how much you put in. I use the following ingredients: Organic Free Range Chicken Stock, Chicken, Celery, Onion, Carrots and peas. The peas are added just before you add the Dumplings. The best Dumplings are made with Bisquick. I have tried making from scratch using our preferred Stone Ground Whole Wheat Flour, but they turn out very dense. I hope this helps. It is a very easy meal and freezes well for leftovers.