https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:23:01 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-meals#post-2056193 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 16:28:49 +0000 jedeve 2056193@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Also these muffins are great: <a href="http://laurassweetspot.com/2013/07/16/popeye-muffins/" rel="nofollow">http://laurassweetspot.com/2013/07/16/popeye-muffins/</a></p> <p>My DH likes them, LO begs for them all the time. I think they are okay but they are like a whole serving of veggies in them so works for me! </p> <p>And fwiw, we aren't "sneaking" them in. LO helps me make them! So that helps the guilt a bit. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-meals#post-2055990 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 14:33:57 +0000 travelgirl1 2055990@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: Awesome, thanks :grin: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-meals#post-2055986 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 14:32:17 +0000 hilsy85 2055986@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@travelgirl1: it's another weelicious recipe!<br /> <a href="http://weelicious.com/2013/01/07/kale-pesto-the-easiest-kale-recipe/" rel="nofollow">http://weelicious.com/2013/01/07/kale-pesto-the-easiest-kale-recipe/</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-meals#post-2055984 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 14:31:29 +0000 travelgirl1 2055984@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: Do you have a recipe for the pesto? That is a great idea! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-meals#post-2055981 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 14:30:30 +0000 travelgirl1 2055981@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a veggie hater at the moment but I make Weelicious spinach pancakes for snack and she devours them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-meals#post-2055828 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 13:30:43 +0000 blackbird 2055828@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: yes! What is up with that?! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-meals#post-2055824 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 13:30:19 +0000 Smurfette 2055824@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blackbird: R does the same thing. When I maker her a turkey sandwich, she eats the bread, then the cheese, and then the turkey. but she won't touch it together. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-meals#post-2055818 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 13:28:29 +0000 blackbird 2055818@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: sounds about right! We are trying to get E to eat foods together like that but it hasn't clicked. Last night she had a grilled cheese sandwich but peeled the bread apart and then continued to pick pieces off it. Yet ate the whole thing </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-meals#post-2055762 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 13:08:18 +0000 hilsy85 2055762@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Fave meals:<br /> tortellini with cheese or meat (I buy bertolli brand)<br /> whole wheat pasta with kale or spinach pesto (he loves this and it gets a ton of veggies in him)<br /> quesadillas with cheese, chopped chicken, and chopped spinach<br /> roast chicken and sweet potato fries<br /> sauteed chicken or steak, cut into small pieces, mixed with rice and onions</p> <p>Basically, I try to mix in veggies whenever i can! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-meals#post-2055757 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 13:05:22 +0000 MoreCoffee 2055757@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I sneak spinach, kale, and chard into smoothies and mashed potatoes. DS loves "geen tadoes". I have noticed if I don't blend it up completely, he'll pick the little chunks of greens out of a mouthful of food, yuck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-meals#post-2055675 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 12:29:22 +0000 Smurfette 2055675@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blackbird: last time we had tacos, she ate her shells and wouldn't touch the ground beef. Till I gave her a chip and she could scoop it up and eat off the chip. She ate two scoop fulls before she would eat the chip. Kids are weird. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-meals#post-2055671 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 12:26:33 +0000 Freckles 2055671@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@regberadaisy: toddlers are experts at finding the teeniest tiniest pieces of veggies. haha...i'm all about pureeing! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-meals#post-2055625 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 12:02:04 +0000 blackbird 2055625@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we're still working on the veggies but she'll do them small dice sometimes. her favorite things are turkey dogs, mac and cheese, and your typical processed meats like sausages and bacon. She likes ground meat of all kinds and if i make them into a patty. She'll also eat slices of grilled chicken, but ground beef seems to be her favorite. I think? It changes every week. I don't mind throwing a "toddler meal" at her a couple times a week, but I try to limit it because I don't want to become hostage to them ;) Noodles of all kinds, too! With all sorts of flavorings on top. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-meals#post-2055580 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 11:44:37 +0000 chanada 2055580@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My little one just loves chicken and most meats, doesn't touch veggies much, except if the blend cooked spinach into sauces. I can also put it in Italian Wedding coupe with carrots, which he loves.</p> <p>We also have a juicer where I add carrots and celery to apples and pears and he will drink it up. </p> <p>The only veggie form he will devour is kale chips! He would probably eat a whole head of kale that way. Who doesn't like seasoned chips!? We add Montreal steak spice and olive oil to it baked in oven. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-meals#post-2055542 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 11:29:19 +0000 Bluebonnet 2055542@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Weelicious (website and cookbooks) have a lot of great toddler friendly recipes that give you different ways to give kids veggies. My kids love the black bean cakes, spinach ricotta bites, "fried" green beans, potato pea cakes, turkey meatloaf bites, to name a few. When I make something from Weelicious, I usually double the recipe and freeze the extra (so I know I always have a kid friendly veggie side dish on hand). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-meals#post-2055539 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 11:26:54 +0000 littlebug 2055539@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>D will eat pretty much anything if it's in the form of a soft taco or a quesadilla. So I sneak veggies in that way - we eat tacos once a week, probably. If I plan to make pasta that week, I buy the pasta made with veggies (I think it's Barilla, though Target brands also have some veggie versions, too). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-meals#post-2055537 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 11:26:16 +0000 mrsjyw 2055537@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@travellingbee: he does do omelettes, he had diced peppers and onions in eggs this morning! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-meals#post-2055534 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 11:25:20 +0000 mrsjyw 2055534@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jedeve: he loves goulash! He used to LOVE veggies, then he hit toddlerhood. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-meals#post-2055531 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 11:22:52 +0000 travellingbee 2055531@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If I mix spinach or kale in his scrambled eggs he eats them. We also do green smoothies which he LOVES. And he likes to dip things a LOT so we do broccoli with ketchup etc., and sometimes can get him to eat green beans with ketchup. But he will always eat corn, carrots, broccoli, peas and pouches with veggies.</p> <p>We have the opposite issue and he won't eat much of the protein. He is anti-meat lately! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-meals#post-2055518 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 11:19:14 +0000 Smurfette 2055518@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LuLu Mom: I have made a Pasta Roni box shells and white cheddar, and a frozen version, she wouldn't touch it. She won't eat it at school either. She likes mac n cheese (although not lately) and plain pasta with butter. </p> <p>It is exhausting trying to figure out what she will and won't eat. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-meals#post-2055515 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 11:17:30 +0000 Mrs. Sunshine 2055515@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I always sneak veggies into the quesadilla! She loves black bean and cheese quesadillas and I like to add some spinach in there and she's none the wiser! Otheriwse, I consistently offer her what we are eating at dinner time but she usually only eats the protien and gets a small serving of yogurt befoRe bed. I assume that if shes hungry enough, she will eat what I give her. Breakfast and lunch always contain the few fruits and veggies that I know for a fact she will eat, as does her snack so I don't really worry too much if she won't eat it at dinner. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-meals#post-2055511 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 11:16:29 +0000 LuLu Mom 2055511@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: Hmmm...not the healthiest option but what about an alfredo sauce? Or I've seen the cauliflower alfredo, but never tried making it, that might be an option? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-meals#post-2055495 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 11:11:55 +0000 Smurfette 2055495@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LuLu Mom: R won't eat R red, so I have no way to sneak them in. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-meals#post-2055490 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 11:10:44 +0000 mrsjyw 2055490@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: he's really into his proteins, starches, carbs, and fruit. veggies are hit or miss :P </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-meals#post-2055489 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 11:10:22 +0000 mrsjyw 2055489@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mediagirl: if he sees it, he usually will pick it off! even tiny onion shreds! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-meals#post-2055488 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 11:10:03 +0000 mrsjyw 2055488@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LuLu Mom: yep, we sneak in our veggies in sauces most of the time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-meals#post-2055487 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 11:09:43 +0000 mrsjyw 2055487@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lawbee11: he does like the steamfresh veggies! He had a peas, corn, and carrot mix last night and asked for more! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-meals#post-2055486 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 11:09:43 +0000 regberadaisy 2055486@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Freckles: oh, that is brilliant. Pureeing kale to add to sauce. I'm going to remember that the next time we have pasta night. I can add veg to pasta sauce and no matter how thinly I slice it she will still pick it out if it's a veg she doesn't like. :P </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-meals#post-2055484 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 11:08:55 +0000 mrsjyw 2055484@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Freckles: Yep, he does eat a lot of gim! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-meals#post-2055474 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 11:04:01 +0000 Freckles 2055474@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Does he like gim? At his age, I used to stick some shredded kale in rice and gim and she would eat it. Now she knows better. :silly: could you also hide some greens in the quesadilla?</p> <p>DD loves ravioli (cheese spinach one from Costco). I will cook and purée kale, add some pesto sauce and that will be her sauce. She likes broccoli, thankfully but that is really the only green veg she will eat. </p>