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@Mrs. Pickle: Sounds like you're doing great! Its so hard to come up with ideas though... My 12 month old still only has his bottom two teeth so I feel like even though he's great with his gums, I need more teeth! haha. Here's some examples of his meals:

Breakfast is usually: toast with cream cheese, turkey sausage (cut into tiny bites) scrambled eggs mixed with veggies or herbs or cheese, fresh strawberries and raspberries or kiwi or an orange

Lunch: Peanut butter on bread, leftovers (meatballs and pasta is a favorite), shredded turkey or chicken, cheese, yogurt, oatmeal, although, he won't allow us to spoon feed

Snacks: White cheddar cheetos (Dissolve really well), puffs, bananas, and the other snacks we do are usually things you mentioned you don't want - Ritz crackers are a big one, jicama sticks/carrrots/peppers/cucumbers mainly just to gnaw on, TJ's Pirates Booty, and pouches! especially when we're on the go.

Dinner: Meatballs/Meatloaf, pasta, mac & cheese, broccoli, peas, beans, fish (he's only had salmon, cod, tilapia so far) chicken (especially rotisserie) he LOVES mushrooms, especially when I cook them marsala-style. Another favorite is a stir-fry with veggies and tofu - he's obsessed with the tofu and i cook it with ginger, garlic, soy sauce, sweet chili sauce & sesame oil... Cauliflower "rice" that i make like fried rice.... Also he loves potatoes - mashed, roasted, french fries.

I make him eggs pretty often, either just scrambled or an omelette. It's pretty quick to throw together. Eating everything on his plate sounds like a dream to me though haha!

@Mrs. Pickle: yeah he can't even bite into the carrots/jicama or peppers yet - but i think when they're cold and he gnaws on them they're good for teething! i give really large pieces... I also want him to get some of the flavor at least!

yes - eggs are so easy! chop up onions/spinach/broccoli etc - so quick.

OH - muffins are a big hit too. I've made zucchini & pumpkin muffins and both of my kids love.

Proteins we did omelets with veggies and cheese cut into little bite size squares, Aidell's organic meatballs cut into pieces, chicken sausage cut into pieces (without casing), cubed up meatloaf. (My son still hates meat that's not ground or processed in some way and doesn't eat cheese that's not melted into something).

Veggies we did peas, peas and carrots, and corn to pinch up. He really liked soft cooked carrots so I'd simmer some baby carrots until soft and cut them into pieces. I kept frozen broccoli and spinach around to chop up and add to things like pasta and mac n' cheese.

DS loves rice, soft cooked potato, and pasta. Doesn't really like bread or oatmeal. Will eat cereal, so we did a lot of Cheerios and mum mums. He will eat frozen mini pancakes - but only if they are literally frozen. I think he got into them when he was teething and they felt good.

I'm really into all-in-one meals. Risotto with veggies and meat and cheese, spaghetti and meat sauce with grated zuchinni, mac n' cheese with ham and broccoli, fried rice with eggs and veggies. That way all I have to do is give him milk and some fruit.

I used to pre-make lots of little meatballs and mini muffins (zucchini was on the menu a lot since I could sneak in veggies) for DD at that age. She also loved plain yogurt and anything frozen- peas, blueberries, mini pancakes/ waffles!

we do a lot of:

breakfast: fruit, scrambled eggs or fried egg over hard, toast sticks with almond/peanut butter, muffins, oatmeal

snacks: freeze dried fruit, frozen peas/blueberries, softer crackers, fig bars, lara bars, pouches, peeled and chopped apples (tossed with a little cinnamon and coconut oil and microwaved for about 30 seconds until they are soft), black beans or kidney beans, cereal

Lunch/dinner: any and all meat, fish (especially canned like sardines and mackerel, so easy), steamed broccoli, steamed green beans, rice balls (warm rice smushed into balls so they are easier to pick up), pasta with sauce, bread, green smoothies (usually spinach, frozen mango and almond milk), soft cooked or roasted sweet potatoes, rutabaga, parsnips, butternut squash, carrots, cauliflower

@cam: Scrambled eggs are in heavy rotation for both my kids!

G also really likes lentils and roasted butternut squash sticks.

What about goldfish crackers? Shredded cheese or cottage cheese, cheese and lentil wedges, toast with cream cheese and avocado cut into fingers, hard boiled eggs, some kind of veggies that aren't so choke-able - red peppers, snow peas, cucumber slices cut into quarters. Baked oatmeal squares?

falafels and hummus.. anything with hummus really! meatballs, broccoli cheddar quinoa bites (frozen and defrosted), we do risotto and pasta pucks that we freeze and defrost for quick dinners.