https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 20 May 2026 09:57:38 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-does-your-young-toddler-love-to-eat#post-2761169 Mon, 24 Jul 2017 10:55:00 +0000 nanilani 2761169@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Pollywog: My son does the same thing, turning down sliced fruit. For ages we thought he hated bananas, but turns out he just wanted it in one piece *eyeroll*</p> <p>Foods our 21 month old somewhat reliably eats include frozen bite-sized veggies (butternut squash, peas and carrots, corn), Ritz crackers with peanut butter or cream cheese, Chick-fil-a grilled nuggets (can't fool him with homemade even if he never sees the take out container), meatballs with tomato sauce or BBQ, pasta, potatoes (mashed or fries), pizza, apple sauce, strawberries, blueberries, whole bananas, pouches, yogurt, goldfish, Gerber toddler cereal served cold, and cheese. Scrambled eggs and grilled cheese are hit or miss, but both used to be favorites. He also likes the Little Duck Organics freeze dried apple/mango mix Grandma bought for him, so I'm hoping he will like some of their other mixes as well.</p> <p>One trick we've found helps a little is condiments. He'd take a spoon straight to a pack of ketchup or BBQ if we'd let him! So we try to keep low sugar options (low sugar BBQ, tzatziki, parmesan cheese, etc) on hand to sprinkle on top of dinner to make it more enticing. Sometimes the flavor combo sounds gross to us, but if it gets him to eat than I'm not going to stop him. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-does-your-young-toddler-love-to-eat#post-2761157 Mon, 24 Jul 2017 10:34:17 +0000 FaithFertility 2761157@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Can I just say I just got sad that I realized DD isn't a young toddler :crying: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-does-your-young-toddler-love-to-eat#post-2761018 Sun, 23 Jul 2017 18:42:35 +0000 Pollywog 2761018@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO loves paella (only time he will eat meat), sweet potato risotto, grilled cheese sandwiches (multi grain bread with cheddar, so fairly healthy), smoothies, berries, bananas, and whole fruits. So an entire peach is yummy. Sliced peaches are gross. Whatever. </p> <p>His go to daycare lunch is almond butter on bread, peas, berries, yogurt, and cheerios.</p> <p>For easy food, trader Joe's has peanut butter and jelly bars that he loves. Chobani tots pouches are yummy and healthy, </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-does-your-young-toddler-love-to-eat#post-2761001 Sun, 23 Jul 2017 17:15:38 +0000 AnnabelleG 2761001@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I thought my young toddler was picky too, but he actually just seems to go through little phases of what he likes and doesn't. It also sometimes takes giving him something a few separate times for him to get on board.</p> <p>Some easy nutritious options he likes- scrambled eggs with cheese and little bits of spinach; oatmeal; smoothies (my favorite recipe I found on HB has spinach, coconut water, apple, cinnamon); Trader Joe's indian food (not weird ingredients and I mix anything slightly spicy with yogurt); beans, rice, cheese, avocado; toast with PB </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-does-your-young-toddler-love-to-eat#post-2760832 Sat, 22 Jul 2017 11:07:08 +0000 arosebyany 2760832@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is weird to me since DS (19months) doesn't like pasta, but he love spaghetti squash. It doesn't really even matter what I put in it. He loves sweet things and the squash is naturally sweet so we usually have it twice a week in some form or other. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-does-your-young-toddler-love-to-eat#post-2760806 Sat, 22 Jul 2017 08:29:07 +0000 StrawberryShortie 2760806@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PawPrints: yum! DD loves stuff like that too. Rice is a miracle food lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-does-your-young-toddler-love-to-eat#post-2760805 Sat, 22 Jul 2017 08:28:05 +0000 StrawberryShortie 2760805@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pachamama: DD loves really good pasta sauce. Hates the stuff right out of the jar.<br /> So I do crushed tomatoes and then I blend in my magic bullet: zucchini, green pepper, onion, garlic, basil and a little oil and mix the two together.</p> <p>Let it all simmer for two hours and then right before serving I put some Parmesan. </p> <p>Honestly the kid practically eats with a spoon on everything! Rice, pasta, bread you name it.</p> <p>Also loves de constructed sandwiches, fruit, toast with peanut butter and jam (they must be on separate pieces of bread lol) and she likes roast chicken </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-does-your-young-toddler-love-to-eat#post-2760785 Fri, 21 Jul 2017 22:20:51 +0000 PawPrints 2760785@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I made a dal with yellow lentils (split peas) and gave it to her with brown rice and plain Greek yogurt tonight and she ate so much I thought we were going to have to roll her away from the table after. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-does-your-young-toddler-love-to-eat#post-2760325 Thu, 20 Jul 2017 12:21:52 +0000 littlejoy 2760325@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@2littlepumpkins: I'll never understand how a person could hate potatoes, lol. Or, any carb for that matter!!! ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-does-your-young-toddler-love-to-eat#post-2760321 Thu, 20 Jul 2017 12:13:49 +0000 2littlepumpkins 2760321@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@justjules: @littlejoy: my 4 yo HATES all potatoes except in the form of French fries. Like she actually gags at mashed potatoes. I didn't know anyone hated potatoes until her. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-does-your-young-toddler-love-to-eat#post-2760320 Thu, 20 Jul 2017 12:11:45 +0000 2littlepumpkins 2760320@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Rice, green beans, TJs furikake rice wth tofu carrots and edamame (idk how healthy that really is), kid friendly pastas he will mostly eat, chicken over any other meat but still hit/miss, he'll usually eat corn, waffles, apples, grapes, strawberries, often bananas, applesauce, goldfish frackers, graham crackers, mac n cheese, usually a few bites of string cheese but not the whole thing, yogurt, Honey Nut Cheerios. There might be more but I can't think of it right now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-does-your-young-toddler-love-to-eat#post-2760313 Thu, 20 Jul 2017 11:57:32 +0000 MrsADS 2760313@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@skinnycow same :sad: Last night for dinner he ate about 2 small bites of brown rice and 1/2 cup milk. This morning for breakfast he had 1/2 cup milk, 1 bite of a Nutrigrain bar, 1/4 of a graham cracker. Ugh! He usually eats better at daycare so I just hope that balances out with him eating basically nothing at home! He is skinny too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-does-your-young-toddler-love-to-eat#post-2760310 Thu, 20 Jul 2017 11:51:16 +0000 PawPrints 2760310@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She inhaled this last night:<br /> <a href="https://www.budgetbytes.com/2016/02/pan-fried-sesame-tofu-with-broccoli/" rel="nofollow">https://www.budgetbytes.com/2016/02/pan-fried-sesame-tofu-with-broccoli/</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-does-your-young-toddler-love-to-eat#post-2760309 Thu, 20 Jul 2017 11:50:56 +0000 skinnycow 2760309@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Basically nothing :bummed: </p> <p>Things she'll always eat: chicken sausage, PBJ, PB toast, cheese, yogurt... that's about it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-does-your-young-toddler-love-to-eat#post-2760307 Thu, 20 Jul 2017 11:41:09 +0000 kayla0416 2760307@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD is only 15 months, but starting to get really picky. She will eat all fruit, carrots and sweet potatoes, anything with noodles or bread or pretty much any carb, yogurt, cheese, and anything in pouch form. Hit or miss things are eggs, meat (hamburger, fish, and deli meat are usually ok, chicken about 25% of the time, and pork and other types of beef almost never). Won't touch green veggies, but will eat them in pouch form so we cycle those in a lot. Anything new gets the suspicious side-eye, and usually is squished/thrown on the floor a few times before she'll try it, and it might take a few offers before she'll even put it in her mouth. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-does-your-young-toddler-love-to-eat#post-2760301 Thu, 20 Jul 2017 11:31:02 +0000 littlejoy 2760301@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When LO was a young toddler, she loved everything. I could fill her plate with anything, and she'd eat all of it. </p> <p>Things I really focused on were whole fruits and veggies, grains, and things with good fats (nut butters, avocado, etc.) ... We always had good luck with pasta, hummus + veggies, rice + beans. Green smoothies were always a big hit too. I'd add hemp protein for an extra boost. </p> <p>I topped nearly everything with cashew cream and hemp hearts for extra fats and nutrients. </p> <p>Now, she's 3.5, and I literally don't know how she gets enough to survive. </p> <p>At that age, she would also devour pouches, which was nice because I could give her the green ones for extra vitamins. Now she refuses them. </p> <p>@justjules: My kiddos is totally on a sweet potato strike too!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-does-your-young-toddler-love-to-eat#post-2760145 Wed, 19 Jul 2017 18:56:12 +0000 pachamama 2760145@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@justjules: yup, he loves something for a while then refuses to eat it. @MrsADS: that's a good idea to put meat in the crock pot! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-does-your-young-toddler-love-to-eat#post-2760118 Wed, 19 Jul 2017 17:22:55 +0000 justjules 2760118@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My 21 month old has been having picky days. It seems like it comes and goes depending on his mood. He will almost always eat: Greek yogurt, any fruit, chicken (I buy rotisserie and use it for the week), black beans, corn. He used to love sweet potatoes but has been going on a sweet potatoes strike recently </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-does-your-young-toddler-love-to-eat#post-2760042 Wed, 19 Jul 2017 14:53:57 +0000 MrsADS 2760042@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My 22mo is ultra picky. I would say his favorite food is "air", lol. In terms of healthy things he will reliably eat, he will usually eat brown rice (I buy microwaveable bags for convenience), I add some Earth Balance butter. Meat used to be more reliable but recently he's less into it. He likes sloppy joe meat and pulled chicken I make in the crock pot. He likes noodles of course, so I buy the Protein Plus brand (I think Barilla) which has a lot of protein and fiber and he always eats that well. All veggies are totally hit or miss (95% of the time it's a miss) but sometimes he will eat shredded raw carrots. And of course fruit, blueberries are his faves. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-does-your-young-toddler-love-to-eat#post-2759987 Wed, 19 Jul 2017 13:55:47 +0000 atoz 2759987@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Following! We're having a tricky time lately. Greek yogurt with applesauce is always a hit. Peanut butter banana roll ups in a wrap, any fruit, cheese, spaghetti, or soba noodles (I'll toss it with a homemade sesame garlic sauce or peanut sauce) &amp; edamame. And greens--boiled &amp; puréed, I'll toss them in things as a sauce. And when all else fails...homemade pizza toast. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-does-your-young-toddler-love-to-eat#post-2759935 Wed, 19 Jul 2017 12:44:39 +0000 helloperidot 2759935@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Costco sells this garlic rice/quinoa blend that my DD could eat her body weight in, if I let her. She also loves steamed broccoli and pretty much any fruit. When we so brinner I make scrambled egg cups (I call them Egg Muffins and I think she gets a kick out of the novelty so she gobbles them down). I also buy Kodiak flap jack mix and use all the added protein options...that way she feels like she's getting pancakes for every meal and I'm like haha, tricked you into eating protein! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-does-your-young-toddler-love-to-eat#post-2759930 Wed, 19 Jul 2017 12:36:36 +0000 pachamama 2759930@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was kinda looking for healthy meal suggestions. My 18m old is picky but he goes in spurts. </p>