I need ideas (toddler food related)

SuperThat1006 · November 2011

I feel like we are in a food rut.

Can you please respond with your child's favorite foods?

Anything with iron would be a huge plus because Abby was slightly anemic at her one-year appointment and we're struggling to find foods with iron that she'll eat.

TIA

sillypit · November 2011

Do chicken nuggets have iron? Lainey likes those

SuperThat1006 · November 2011

sillypit:
Do chicken nuggets have iron? Lainey likes those

LOL thanks to you, chicken nuggets are now a frequently-served food in our home.

sillypit · November 2011

ChrissieW3:
sillypit:
Do chicken nuggets have iron? Lainey likes those
LOL thanks to you, chicken nuggets are now a frequently-served food in our home.

Big Smile You're welcome.

You could try Scout's crescent roll things with chicken and spinach in it since spinach has iron.

Amy&Andy · November 2011

Does she like oatmeal or rice cereal still? My kid's iron was low too, and those were what I found to have the most iron content that he would eat. I would mix in some blueberries or other fruits, strawberries, bananas, etc and he would eat a lot of it for breakfast or even with dinner. Did they tell you to give her any supplements? We had to give him half of a Flinstone complete vitamin once a day...he constipated him like no other so we went to half every few days. His iron was fine at his 18 month appt. You can always give her a vitamin if you are concerned.

hopkins5 · November 2011

I second the spinach nomination. You can easily hide it in sauces or scrambled eggs. Lean red meats have iron too, and DD loves beef. What about broccoli or asparagus? Iron-fortified cereal or pasta?

Some of DD's favourites are grilled cheese, pasta, quesadillas, bagel and cream cheese, pita and dip, and tuna

SuperThat1006 · November 2011

Amy&Andy:
Does she like oatmeal or rice cereal still? My kid's iron was low too, and those were what I found to have the most iron content that he would eat. I would mix in some blueberries or other fruits, strawberries, bananas, etc and he would eat a lot of it for breakfast or even with dinner. Did they tell you to give her any supplements? We had to give him half of a Flinstone complete vitamin once a day...he constipated him like no other so we went to half every few days. His iron was fine at his 18 month appt. You can always give her a vitamin if you are concerned.

I have been mixing unsweetened applesauce and oatmeal and she gobbles that up. I'm getting to the point where I always give it to her if she refuses to eat the meat I have at the meal.

Kara5109 · November 2011

Have you tried fish?

KoalaBear103 · November 2011

sillypit:
ChrissieW3:
sillypit:
Do chicken nuggets have iron? Lainey likes those
LOL thanks to you, chicken nuggets are now a frequently-served food in our home.
You're welcome.
You could try Scout's crescent roll things with chicken and spinach in it since spinach has iron.

Yes! Chicken, spinach and cream cheese (I think that was what we used) crescent rolls were a big hit at the JKat household!

sodelish · November 2011

I sneak spinach into homemade mac and cheese, grilled cheese, pizza, etc. Morgan likes all of those foods and it's easy to hide veggies in them.

She also loves PB&J sandwiches. Does peanut butter have iron? I feel like it should.

egad76 · November 2011

Macaroni and cheese and whatever vegetables I have handy. If I mix in the veggies with the mac n' cheese, she'll eat it all up.

SuperThat1006 · November 2011

sodelish:
I sneak spinach into homemade mac and cheese, grilled cheese, pizza, etc. Morgan likes all of those foods and it's easy to hide veggies in them.

She also loves PB&J sandwiches. Does peanut butter have iron? I feel like it should.

Peanut butter does! We got the go-ahead to give it to her but I think she's weirded out by the consistency when she tries to pick it up.

KoalaBear103 · November 2011

Is my kid the only freak who likes his veggies more than anything else? I feel like I need a thread for how to sneak protein into his diet, because he will take veggies over anything else.

sillypit · November 2011

JKat876:
Is my kid the only freak who likes his veggies more than anything else? I feel like I need a thread for how to sneak protein into his diet, because he will take veggies over anything else.

Hummus on his veggies?

KoalaBear103 · November 2011

sillypit:
JKat876:
Is my kid the only freak who likes his veggies more than anything else? I feel like I need a thread for how to sneak protein into his diet, because he will take veggies over anything else.
Hummus on his veggies?

I might need to try this. And I might need to cave and try peanut butter. He's seriously in a veggie mood the past 2 months. He will sit and eat all his veggies and leave everything else. Even the cheese. Freak...

kg_08 · November 2011

Most meats have some iron, right? DD LOVES mexican. Enchiladas, taco salad with pinto or kidney beans, etc...

Ruby_Soho · November 2011

DS loves lasagne so I make it with heaps of veggies, use wholemeal pasta sheets and some cheese in the the roux. Last time I even put a whole layer of silverbeet and DS devoured it.

hoping4sticky · November 2011

I put spinach in a lot of things - meatballs, lasagna, shredded chicken. A big hit today was a spinach, ham and cheese fritata. Costco also had some spinach nuggets that she will eat.

Do you supplement? We have a poly-vi-sol with iron (don't know what it is called right now) or I try and give fruit and baby oatmeal. T has become randomly picky so if all else fails, pb on toast.

SuperThat1006 · November 2011

JKat876:
Is my kid the only freak who likes his veggies more than anything else? I feel like I need a thread for how to sneak protein into his diet, because he will take veggies over anything else.

No, my child is like this as well.

With the exception of cheese. She has a love affair with cheese.