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I wish my kid ate this good. I have to hide veggies in smoothies. And meat and veggies in pasta sauce. 🤦♀️
My son doesn’t like to eat meat, but he loves fish and veggies. I’ve made these black bean quinoa burger, they were a hit. https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/220661/quinoa-black-bean-burgers/ Maybe try some fish, which is also great for them.
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I have try giving her fish but she won’t eat it. Anything that’s protein she refuses to eat. 😩 I really don’t know what to do. I’ll check the link in a bit. Thank you for sharing 🌸
I also give my daughter a lot of chicken because it’s protein, other sources of protein that she’ll have are boiled eggs & peanut butter ! Peanut butter with apple slices or on a whole wheat sliced bread with flax seeds.
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She won’t eat eggs or peanut butter. 🙈 I have tried lots of ways but it doesn’t seem to work 😩
Mama I wish my son ate more chicken 😂 no joke if I don’t tell him it’s rice he won’t eat it. I have to hide tiny bites of meat under piles of rice in order to get it in him. My go to right now though, avocado on everything. If I have avo toast he steals it. If I make a sandwich with avocado on it he demands my sandwich. I can give him sliced avo and he thinks it’s the best. He used to be the kid that ate everything, now he eats almost nothing 😭
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Avocado and chicken sandwiches are nice! X
I still keep offering and figure he might decide one night to eat it. Tonight he actually had several bites of pork without freaking out or watching my every move.
We do steak, ground beef, ground Turkey, tofu, black beans, edemame. We sometimes do deli Turkey or Turkey pepperoni. Whole fat yogurt and or cottage cheese are great sources of protein too. (Smoothies!!!) We only ever put one new thing in her plate. She doesn’t have to like it but she does have to take one bite. If after that she doesn’t like it we will remove it from her plate and offer an alternative. So often she doesn’t like it at the first bite but either that day or later will try again and like it. I also find that letting them help make the food or get to choose between two things helps them be braver and more interested in trying new things. We are also big fans of simple food art and food coloring. @mamaknowsnutrition on Instagram has great suggestions too. Maybe try Nutella as a transition food into Pb or add Pb as a dip for apples or whatever.
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Woah that’s amazing. Thank you for sharing. I’ll check her out.
I wouldn’t eat anything unless I was told it was chicken. Broccoli =chicken, steak= chicken Mushrooms=chicken. I don’t think I was the brightest bulb in the box. My little one isn’t big on meat but loves lamb chops. Solid starts is a great resource to help with picky eating.
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My son is now 9 and the only way I get him to eat pulled pork with the rest of him is to tell him its pulled chicken!! 😆 x
I use https://www.yummytoddlerfood.com to find easy and healthy meals for my kiddos. I bet if your daughter likes lentils, she’d likely be into beans as well. I made my own refrained beans with pinto beans and added some cheese on top and my kids go to town on it
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Thank you for sharing! I’ll check it out
I like to make fried rice for my son! I get to hide a bunch of veggies in there and you can add egg for protein! Or lentils, black beans. They won’t notice when it’s all mix together
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Thank you so much for sharing 🌸
Also I make this chick pea (high in protein) pasta stew for him and he lovessss it and it’s super easy and healthy! I’ll link the recipe https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/food-network-kitchen/chickpea-pasta-stew-9383226?soc=instagram&utm_campaign=later-linkinbio-foodnetwork&utm_content=later-10228083&utm_medium=social&utm_source=instagram
If she eats that she is not picky! Picky is only eating bread and nothing else! This is an amazing plate of food for a toddler!
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Mine too! I’m with you!
I feel attacked. 😂 This is my son. He eats bread. And pizza. That’s it. 🙄
Check out Annabel Karmelmon Instagram. She puts recipes on her page which seem easy enough. Also what mummy makes too is another one people recommend.
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Thank you for sharing 🌸 I’ll check it out.
Help lol my daughter is 2 & 4 months and screams at vegetables 😂
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Just keep putting new ones on her plate served with things she likes. Do you eat veggies? If not that is going to be difficult. My friend was like that, once I told her to eat veggies in front of her and the advice I gave you above eventually she started putting the veggies in her mouth. I think this took a couple months, but hey that's a start. We never have our daughter any other option and definitely not fast food since it has sugar in every bite. Well, we do do chipotle, but their ingredients are great if you skip the dairy.
I feel your pain..
Youngest will eat anything and everything, eldest only ever wants mcdonalds, so started making our own burgers and putting hidden veg in to bulk it out. We make skinny fries with sweet potato and then make our own shakes. Less Donalds more homemade.
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Ooo I should try sweet potatoes 🍠 Thank you for the idea!
Youngest won’t touch anything unhealthy. Loves salads and chicken and fish. She’s 18m Middle eats bread. And pizza. I have to sneak those protein pouches to get him to consume anything healthy. He’s 2.5 Oldest eats what I make or she can wait till the next meal. She’s 13. Mama don’t play that with her.
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Your youngest sounds like mine. Except she won’t eat fish. We have this joke saying that she’s a vegetarian because all she wants to eat it’s greens. 😅
Wow this page is fab. My son only eats carbs and protein. He doesnt like any veg at all..
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Check out kid fresh - their food has “hidden veggies” like a bit of cauliflower in the nugget breading. They aren’t bad!
Kids fresh items have saved us on numerous occasions, my now 2 year old has been eating those dang veggie chicken meatballs since he was like 8 mo old lol. Great options!
Turkey bacon, cashew butter and fruit bowl(coconut, strawberries, raspberries, Blackberries), strawberry popcicle, apple sauce, crackers, kombucha, Homemade chicken shop soup and raw green beans and yellow bell pepper yesterday.
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Although not much of the chicken in the chicken soup. She will almost always eat protein once in a day if not a carb. Beef jerky is our go to when she refuses other proteins. They have some at natural organic markets that are just meat, salt and herbs. She loves dried fruit too.
Be happy she eats that now. That was my kids diet as a toddler, now at 5yrs she's become more picky and it's a bit more difficult to find something when they get older. They talk back more, telling you they want Lucky Charms for dinner and nothing else.
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Oh wow. Not looking forward to that. I think she’s already difficult 🙈
Beans have protein too, that's great she loves lentils. My son eats boiled eggs, beans, chicken, canned veggies, and whatever we eat if it's not junk foods. Doctor said no juice. I'm vegetarian but I give my son meat, but that's why I say beans work, they really do. There's protein in lots of foods.
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I agree my son loves bakes beans. Plus i made him rice with chickpeas yesterday he loved it. My son is 4.
Babies are supposed to have 11g of protein twice a day apparently.
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I have no idea. Thank you for the info.
Snacky food. That’s about it. Can’t get her to sit and eat a meal. 🤦🏼♀️
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No, we stopped that awhile ago. She’ll be 4 in September.
Do you use a high chair? When I don’t put her on the high chair she won’t eat either. She would just run all over the house.
Just keep offering. As they get older, their tastes and likes change. One of my twins usd to love veggies and hated meat. Now he’s a huge carnivore, and only recently started eating veggies again. His brother is the opposite (but likes things made with ground meat), loves veggies. Chicken is fine if she likes it. Lentils are great! Good protein. My boys love meatballs (and I can sneak veggies into them if I have to). Nut butters, greek yogurt, eggs, cheese, and milk are also good protein sources. Toddlers only need a total of about 1-1.5 grams of protein per 2 pounds of body weight daily.
Lentils has enough protein you don't need to worry about giving her meat if ahe doesn't want it. Also tofu is very plain and a lot of kids love it
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What?!?! I’ve got them in my pantry but never use them. Definitely going to have to remedy that. Heck if all my son eats is lentils avocado and fruit I can be a happy mama and stop stressing 😊 thanks for the info
@Josi I didn’t know the lentils have protein in them. We were given them to boost the iron. Thank you for the information.
Lentils are protein?
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Yes! 1.1 grams of protein per Tablespoon
My toddler is still breastfeeding too but in the mornings she usually has an avocado or a banana.... sometimes both... she has strawberries when we have them... she loves cherry tomatoes.... she loves rice so usually for dinner she gets rice or beans.... sometimes I make acai bowls and she eats the acai part with nothing on top..... I give her cereal sometimes but just plainer ones like peanut butter chocolate balls from whole foods.... and corn flakes etc with a light light layer of almond milk.... she loves water..... if I make pancakes or French toast or anything I usually give her some without syrup she has a few bites usually.... that's the jist of what she eats.... she will also eat things like potates....sweet potatoes.... oatmeal....
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Oh and she loves yogurt
For protein you could also try kids protein drinks or make a shake yourself... my daughter always tries to steal my shakes so I give her some of it....
My 2 year old is not a fan of any meat that isn't a chicken nugget. I briefly got him to eat meatloaf, but apparently that was a one time thing 🤷♀️ He's dairy free, but gets protien from oatmeal, oat milk, dairy free yogurt, multigrain bread, peanut butter, granola bars (his protien comes with carbs...). Also huge fan of fruit, I think a lot of kids are picky ar this age, we just go with it.
Lentils have more protein than chicken!
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Wait, it does? I thought it had a lot of iron and I’m really thankful for that. We try to cook it once a week. But I need a few more ideas for the rest of the week. 😅
You do way better than me!!! Speghettio and Mac seems to be the ticket for them.
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Have you tried ground turkey? I make little "meatballs out of it with white sticky rice, mushrooms, and black bens.
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Ooo I have not. Thank you for commenting.
@Adriana I love ground turkey. I do Moroccan style turkey meatballs my fam love them
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You could try pasta with sauce & maybe bolognese, it’s a mess but kids LOVE IT
The top part cut off its 2 handfuls of spinach !
Yea hold on it’s on Pinterest I didn’t know how to send it that way so I screen shot it. Hold on
It’s called Easy Cheesy Spinach Pasta !
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Thank you very much! I’ll give it a try.
Follow the page Kids Eat in Color on Facebook, she’s on Instagram too. She’s a nutritionist and she shares great tips for getting babies and even picky toddlers to eat and try new foods!! I recommend her all the time. My kid has been eating much better since following her advice.
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Thank you for sharing. I’ll check her out.
My kids have to eat what ever I make but they love spaghetti and meatballs with parmesan cheese on it or they love steak with rice and green beans..
Have you looked into nurture life ? My little one LOVES it and it’s helped her try new things
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It’s a website!
I have not. It’s that a web page or are they on social media?
We don't actually need as much protein as you think. And babies and toddlers needs fats + iron the most at this age, with zinc, vit C +D and calcium to compliment it. I have a food page for my 20 month olds actually! @mommyandkoko And she's being raised vegetarian We love lentil loaf, lentil meatballs, Dahl, shepherds pie or pot pie with lentils. And veggies fit in all of those meals!
Chicken is still good source of protein. My baby loves chicken nuggets. She will also eat scramble eggs, refried beans, and her baby rice cereal. Also lent started, she ate fried fish. She likes other things like pasta, rice, bread things. Those pouches for fruit and vegetables. To drink. Number one is breast milk but I'm quitting soon. Whole milk and water.
I highly recommend the book “what mummy makes” there’s some great recipes in there and lots of snack ideas. It is hard when they will only eat a selection of foods. I find my daughter goes through phrases where she hardly eats anything and goes off her favourite foods. Then she’s back to normal.
My baby doesn’t eat any meat so we will make her lentil curry, lentil bolognese, bean quesadillas, bean chilli etc. X
You should follow mama.and.me_rd
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Thank you for sharing! I’ll check it out.
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My 3 year old would never eat anything on that plate lol I wish he would but he would rather not eat than eat something he doesn't want lol smh
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Same. I have the worst time feeding my 14 month old.
Mine eat table food. He likes lots of beans, rice, ground meat and vegetables like zucchini or peas. He would eat this everyday
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How do you make your zucchini if you don’t mind me asking?
I guess it’s courgette
I freaking wish, I have some picky ass eaters.
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A try as try to
Just keep offering all kinds of food. Provide at least one safe food she likes so she has something to eat and maybe she tries other stuff maybe she doesn’t. I usually cut the crust off toast for my girl, because she stopped eating it for a while, then I didn’t cut it off yesterday and she ate it. 🤷🏼♀️ I don’t think their preferences are real at this point. They’re just randomly picky. It’s all just food, get something in their bellies! (This is encouragement for me as much as for you. Everyday I think I’m supposed to be doing better than I am, but she’s full and happy!) my girl would likely not eat anything on the plate you pictured. 😔 You’re doing fine!
I give my toddler Jamaican cornmeal porridge or plantain porridge most mornings or if im feeling lazy ready brek. I give her ravioli veg soup chicken mackerel rice mash potatoes sweet potatoes noodles chips sometimes i give her whatever
My daughter is fussy too
And she would only eat small portions
Beans are an excellent source of protein! Also you could sprinkle hemp hearts on yogurt, hemp hearts look pretty and taste good! Like sprinkling them and blueberries onto yogurt etc.