Lunch Time

Re: Lunch Time

• tmwishful member

  November 2012

  My 16 month old recently started liking deli meats.  I get the low sodium or organic pre-packaged turkey or uncured ham.  Have you tried cheese?  Maybe a deconstructed sandwich (bread, meat, cheese).  Macaroni and beans, sweet potatoes, peas, grapes, bananas, apples and pears are most of the menu around here.  

  

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• SusieBW member

  November 2012

  DD eats whatever we eat.  The only exception so far has been stuff that's really spicy, which we always have her at least try, but so far she's not into stuff that's real spicy.  A little seems to be good, but not too much.

  For times like that, or when I just don't have any leftovers ready to give her (she eats dinner before us, so she has leftovers from our dinner the night before), my standbys are veggie burgers, frozen meatballs, grilled cheese (sometimes with turkey, avocado, hummus, whatever is in the fridge), or a sandwich with any of the above, frozen spinach raviolis, PB&J, and I always keep a bag of mixed frozen veggies in the freezer so I can always just microwave her a side of veggies to have with a sandwich or whatever she's having. 

  ETA: and pretty much always fruit for dessert - I've yet to find a fruit that DD doesn't like, so I just get whatever looks good at the market.
  

  
  
  
  

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• dor79

  November 2012

  Lunchtime for us usually consists of a lot of cut up fruit an veggies.

   In addition to the fruits and veggies, we usually have some soup, some cheese and crackers, a pizza roll-up (homemade), mac and cheese, a slice of oven roasted turkey, some homemade nuggets.

  Lunch is usually at daycare... so we try and give him easy  things that he can feed himself with (most everything but soup he does).

   Breakfas and dinner he eats what we eat

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• chardonnay24 member

  November 2012

  Hummus in a pita pocket with finely chopped veggies, sandwiches (pbj, meat and cheese, cream cheese and fruit spread), cheese and crackers with ham or turkey, chili and cheese with toast.

  

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• HisGirlCridey

  November 2012

  Interesting! I have 16 month old twins, too!

  Our girls love turkey pinwheels (tortilla, Laughing Cow cheese, turkey, roll it up tight and cut), quesadillas, penne pasta, veggie pizza (crescent rolls baked completely flat, cream cheese, chopped raw veggies), etc. We feed them the same food we eat.

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• blu-eyedwife member

  November 2012

  My 13.5 month old eats whatever we eat for lunch.  I pack lunches for all three of us during the week, and on the weekend we usually end up with leftovers.

  Here are some of our lunches for the week as ideas:

  S- carnitas tacos

  M - peanut butter & jelly for DH and I, pumpkin butter and jelly for the babe (no peanut butter allowed in his daycare),  and fried rice.  DH and I got applesauce in our lunches, the little guy will have his for snack this afternoon.

  T - brown rice and black beans, apple slices, mini-bagel with peanut butter(pumpkin butter) and jelly.
  

  W - brown rice and black beans, apple slices, green beans
  

  R - quinoa, fruit salad, cheese slices
  

  F - fried rice, fruit salad
  

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• rnbeth477 member

  November 2012

  I'm going to try not to repeat suggestions. DS loves many of the things already mentioned and also scrambled eggs with cheese, yogurt tubes frozen, applesauce, regular plain oatmeal with brown sugar and raisins, grilled cheese, frozen chicken or fish strips. We frequently do breakfast type items for lunch and dinner too.

  

  

  
  

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• Netty_3 member

  November 2012

  He eats what we do, so typically lunch involves leftovers.  He likes beans, eggs, pesto, pb sandwiches, grilled cheese, spinach and kale ravioli (my attempt at tricking him into eating a vegetable, no matter how minute).  Right now he's in a picky phase, so while we send veggies and proteins with him...they're usually picked through and put aside to get to the cheese and carbs. We'll also make bean burritos or taquitos for him.

  

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• magpiebride61210 member

  November 2012

  DS loves vegetables, and beans are his favorite. He'll eat a can of black beans in a day. He eats meat as well, but seems to like chicken best. So I'll grill a couple of chicken breasts for the week and heat up bits of it as needed along with vegetables like...

  black beans, chick peas, lima beans, black eyed peas, peas and carrots, green beans, and mixed vegetables.

  He'll also eat a bag of shredded cheese like nobody's business, so I'll toss some melted cheese onto the chicken when I heat it up.

  That pretty much is what he eats; grilled chicken and vegetables with cheese followed by fruit, grapes being his favorite. When I have the time to actually cook something he'll eat:

  grilled cheese on wheat with spinach and chicken (only way he'll eat spinach or kale)

  Shepherds Pie (LOVES it)

  Spaghetti and meatballs

  chicken tacos

  roasted sweet potato "fries" but not really

   

   

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