Hello moms,
I am looking for some recipes for my picky almost 1 year old. He does not like veggies, so I have been trying different ones but he just spits them out. He only has four teeth and I have been having a hard time finding things to make for dinner for him.
He loves meatloaf so I have been hiding veggies in there but I need new things to make that are healthy.
What recipes do you make your little ones that they love?
Thanks in advance.
my year old nephew ( very picky eater) like carroty ketchup. You just puree carrots and mix with ketchup for dipping. Also we do mini pizzas on toasted english muffins and puree peas or spinach and mix with the tomato sauce before topping with cheese and turkey pepperoni:)
Have you tried spaghetti? I think it's my 10 month old's new favorite. I use whole grain noodles, pasta sauce, ground chicken, and sometimes I'll throw in diced up veggies like brocolli or carrots. She only has one little tooth so far and she doesn't seem to have a problem at all eating it.
I use www.wholesomebabyfood.com for other ideas, you should check it out if you haven't already. Good luck!
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Honestly--if a baby gets hungry enough, they will eat whatever. Keep offering the veggies to him and he will eventually learn to eat them. Do not give him an alternative to the veggie(s). Make that be his only option. Don't hide them. He will learn to eat them.
It's such a tough age--I've got my third girl there now. One of my favorite sneaks is in taquitos. In the food processor I'll toss carrots, zucchini, onion, whatever I have, until they're finely chopped. Mix that in a bowl of cooked shredded chicken or beef and add salt and pepper to taste. Nuke the corn tortillas for a minute. Warm oil in a skillet (1/8" of oil--you won't use it all.) Put a dollop of mix into the tortilla and roll. Place in the skillet and cook turning until golden all the way around. Top with grated cheese and I like to leave a bit of sour cream around so they can practice "dipping." My other favorite guilt-free snack/sneak is smoothies. Frozen berries and fruit, yogurt, whole milk or water, a little honey. I sometimes add cooked carrots, sweet potatoes, or whatever I think I can get away with. And finally, I know this is weird, but I drink Low-Sodium V8 daily, and my 1 year old thinks it's juice and will drink sips of it. So just saying, sometime we try too hard to sneak, when truth is, if the are exposed to healthy food as the norm sooner or later it'll end up in their tummies. Case in point--my older girls think cucumbers are to world's best snack. Not because I got it in their milk shake, but because when they were hungry, healthy options were the only options. Sounds like you're well on your way to figuring all this out. Good job. And good luck.
try cottage cheese, frozen blueberries, flax seed oil, ground up flax seeds, scoop of "greens" ( daily dose of greens necessary for the day) and "reds" (fruit) and blend together in a magic bullet or blender. Blends up like a smoothie. Works like a charm. The kid thinks they are getting a yummy treat...and they are...but its also very very very healthy for them. And for summer put this combination in "make your own popsicle" trays.
My wife and I used a hand held, mechanical, baby food grinder. We put the foods we ate in the grinder and fed it directly to our kids. Doing it that way gets your child accustomed to the foods and spices you use. There won't be a transition problem because he will already be used to your food and the way you spice and prepare it. They are very sturdy and ours lasted through all eight of our kids. My kids all have them now and I think they bought theirs at WalMart.
Good luck to you and yours.
Good luck to you and yours.
