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How do you season your toddler's food?

mavilabride4evahmavilabride4evah
in Toddlers: 12 - 24 Months

I've posted before that DD is still on purees.  We always try the table food first before switching to purees just to make sure she eats.

Her dinner is around 5pm but when I get home (around 7pm) FI and I will have dinner and give her some snacks so that she can get used to eating with us at the table.

We ordered Friday's yesterday (didn't feel like cooking) and I was having chicken with mashed potatoes.  She was staring so I offered some mashed potatoes which she had with no problem.  Then I thought I would offer some of the chicken breast.

The girl loved it.  She ate 1/4 of my chicken breast which is a lot considering she never wants to eat anything.

When we were making her food, we didn't really season it with anything.  We tend to use salt, pepper, and other spicy seasonings so we didn't really think it was appropriate for her.  But now I'm thinking that if we season her food really well, she'll probably eat it.

All of that to ask what seasonings do you use when making things like chicken breast/beef? Do you just cook regularly or do you set aside a breast for LO with different seasonings?

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Re: How do you season your toddler's food?

  • lzybeanielzybeanie member
    Unless we're having something super-spicy, DD just eats whatever we're eating. So I don't specially season things for her. She loves spices!!! Her favorite thing is shredded chicken tacos! She will go crazy for Chipotle's chicken too!
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  • BengalBelleBengalBelle member
    J just eats whatever we're eating usually.  I don't separate out unseasoned food for him.  He has a particular love for anything with marinara sauce.
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  • erino&chrisherino&chrish
    Friday's is so good-we go there once every week or two.  LO usually eats whatever we eat (unless we are eating crab or shrimp, which is a couple times a week).  Last night, for example, we got a rotisserie chicken and pulled the chicken and tossed it really lightly with bbq sauce and had pulled chicken sandwiches.  LO ate the chicken, bread, diced up grapes, corn, and then a little dill/butter flavored salmon.  I think it's good to flavor their food as long as it's not overly salty or spicy.  I'm glad to hear she is taking to table foods better!
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  • roxysurf99roxysurf99 member
    I have never prepared food differently for DS, he always is served exactly what I made for DH and I, this includes spicy foods.  DS actually tolerates spicy food better than DH.  I don't add salt to any dish, unless the recipe specifically calls for it.  But otherwise he eats plenty of chili powder, Mrs. Dash seasonings, pepper, garlic, etc.  Even when he ate purees I added seasonings to it, because really.... who wants to eat blah tasting vegetables??
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  • BelleBabyBelleBaby member
    The boys eat what we eat.  I use salt very sparingly, but season with pepper, garlic, etc. quite a bit.  The only things we set aside are things that are really spicy.  Either that or I back down on the amount I use.  Our tacos are pretty bland these days, but if they're too spicy, they don't like them.
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  • DEBBIE33CASEYDEBBIE33CASEY
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    Unless we're having something super-spicy, DD just eats whatever we're eating. So I don't specially season things for her. !
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  • ohfourohfour member

    DD eats what we eat most of the time. She has a milk allergy so I have to be a little pickier with what she has, so sometimes she just has parts of the meal then I substitute with something else.

    We usually just eat steamed veggies with no seasoning. If I would put seasoning, it would probably be garlic powder.

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  • CalinsBrideCalinsBride

    We season Moses' differently because we like to use Cayenne pepper, etc, and that is really spicy.

    For him we'll use a little garlic, some dill, some lemon, etc. We make sure it has flavour, but that it's not too hot.

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  • mavilabride4evahmavilabride4evah

    Thanks!

    Calins-we are the same.  We like our food hot.

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  • ncbellencbelle member
    He eats things as we eat them, including spicy - in fact, he seems to like spicier food than I can tolerate (must have DH's genes!)


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  • FerreraRochermmmFerreraRochermmm
    I use as many organic and raw ingredients as I can when I cook rather than the dried and dehydrated things. I also stay away from salt as much as I can. Our daughter eats what we eat. Rosemary chicken, curried cauliflower, garlic, cilantro...you name it.
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  • Sage MommySage Mommy
    DS eats what we eat. At first, I'd set aside a portion if it was extremely spicy, but he can even handle a little heat now.
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  • July_2009July_2009

    We're East Indians and we eat a LOT of spices and salt in our foods. I offer DS the food we eat cautiously first. If he is showing signs of discomfort, I offer him plain rice with veggies mashed (which I make for him daily).

    But DS being the smart kid he is, started refusing unseasoned food. So, at times we still offer him what we eat. There is no one way we do it, each day it is different and how much he can tolerate.

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  • Erin5849Erin5849 member
    He eats exactly what we eat. Over the weekend he had a thai chicken burger (made with red curry paste) and yesterday he had Szechuan Chicken (red chilli peppers, seasame oil, strong flavors). Tonight he will have some Satay Chicken, garlic, onion, chilli pepper etc.
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