Lunches

Dear T.,

Have you tried mac and cheese, or grilled cheese sandwiches? They have an all white meat chicken nugget, spinach nuggets, turkey hotdog. When my kids were little I would make pastina, it is a small pasta , you can add a little butter and even beat up an egg in it after it is cooked my kids loved it. They also were big soup eaters. Chicken noodle soup, vegetable soup with some oyster crackers just drain a large portion of the broth if she is feeding herself. If she likes dinner foods maybe just heat her up some leftovers for lunch as well. Hope this helps. Good luck!!

Lots of fruit (melon, berries, soft bits of pear, banana, mango, etc.) and veggies (peas, soft green beans, corn, etc).

Pasta- macaroni (or any other small noodle) with butter or melted cheese.

Shredded or sliced cheese on its own, or on top of veggies.

Sweet potato wedges.

Regular potato, mashed up with cheese.

Refried beans with cheese.

Home-made pizza.

Bagel with cream cheese.

Bread with other stuff besides meat (deli meat isn't so healthy anyways!), such as: melted cheddar, almond butter and jam, tuna or chicken salad.

Hard boiled eggs.

So many yummy choices!

Try researching food menus for a gluten free diet. My nephew is on a gluten free diet, which means no bread for sandwiches. This should give you some ideas on thinking outside the box. Good Luck!

Grilled cheese mac cheese pasta w/ butter and cheese when she is old enough around 2 you can try her w/ peanut butter and jelly that is a big favorite in my home it is tough i am going thru the same w/ my 3 children once my son hit 2 he kind of stopped eating i dont know

Hi -

My daughter does like sandwiches, but we do other stuff too. As far as yogurt goes, have you tried a few brands? Your daughter may be objecting to the consistency, not the flavor. Below are some ideas (note that we usually have fruit or leftover veggies too):

- Crackers (TLC whole grain) with string cheese
- Crackers with yogurt
- Crackers with tuna
- Mini pizzas with English muffins
- Mac & cheese - Annie's whole wheat with white cheddar (you make it with only milk, no butter, and nutritionally it really seems okay)
- Noodles of any kind
- Vegetarian "chicken" nuggets or "chicken" patties
- Veggie burgers, with or without buns
- Anything that can be dipped into ketchup, yogurt, red or white spaghetti sauce, pesto, guacamole, etc. You'd be surprised as what counts as "dippable" to a toddler! (Penne dipped in yogurt, anyone?)
- Breakfast for lunch. Just don't serve the same exact breakfast that you had 4 hours earlier!
- My favorite - leftover dinner! Spoon onto plate, pop into microwave, voila! Lunch in 5 minutes or less.

Good luck,
K.