I promised you all more healthy toddler meal ideas and here is a peak at what my toddler eats in a week. Hope this inspires you to make some creative and healthy meals for your littles. The last post got an overwhelming response from so many mothers. I was pinged on Instagram and Facebook asking me to do more of these. I am sincerely touched by the response to my toddler meal ideas. And I hope that these types of blog posts help you plan your family meals better.
If you have followed me for a while now, you know I love simple cooking and one pot type of recipes. I don’t have time in the day to cook elaborate meals for my family as I also work from home on my blog.
There are three areas I focus on when cooking; incorporating more greens, healthy fats and proteins. All of these are important for growing children. This also ensures that every meal my son eats is satiating and nourishing.
Toddlers are constantly moving and eat tiny meals at a time. That is why I focus on adding healthy fats like nut powders, nut butter, seeds, avocados, and coconuts wherever I can. I have already written an in-depth blog post on how I add healthy fats to my child’s diet. You can read that blog post to know more.
Disclaimer: Once again I would like to remind you I am not a nutritionist and neither am I promoting any specific diet plan for kids. This post is all about a mother sharing healthy toddler meal ideas with another.
Besides meals our toddler is also breastfeeding at the moment.
Okay now that all the disclaimers are out of the way, let’s look at the yummy meals.
Healthy Toddler Meal Ideas
Monday
Breakfast – Oats porridge (made in soymilk, added flax powder, hemp seeds, chia seeds and almond butter) with strawberries
Snack 1 – Muskmelon and papaya
Lunch – Rice, mixed veggie (Cauliflower, peas, and potatoes) and coconut curry
Snack 2 – Strawberries, banana and besan Chilla (Gramflour pancake)
Dinner – Mixed veggie pasta (Homemade tomato base with broccoli, mushroom and peas.)
Tuesday
Breakfast – Masala dosa with chutney
Snack 1 – Sweet potato
Lunch – Rice, chana dal curry, and potato sabzi
Snack 2 – Strawberry, blueberries, coconut water, and coconut meat.
Dinner – Rice, chana dal curry, spinach sabzi and potato sabzi
Wednesday
Breakfast – Upma
Snack 1 – Muskmelon and walnuts powder (powder of 2-3 walnuts)
Lunch – Rice, dal and methi sabzi (Fenugreek leaves)
Snack 2 – 2 Quail eggs and muskmelon
Dinner – Rice, dal and peas sabzi
Thursday
Breakfast – Chappati and almond butter roll
Snack 1 – Strawberry and walnuts powder
Lunch – Broccoli and potato soup, mushroom and carrots quinoa
Snack 2 – Strawberries and blueberries
Snack 3 – Chappati and almond butter roll with half cup soy milk
Dinner – Same as lunch with homemade potato fries
Friday
Breakfast – Chappati and almond butter roll
Snack 1 – Sprouts bowl with a date and tamarind sauce
Lunch – Rice, dal, mushroom sabzi and capsicum sabzi
Snack 2 – 2 Quail eggs
Snack 3 – Smoothie bowl contains banana, strawberries, topped with chia seeds, desiccated coconut, hemp seeds and blueberries.
Dinner – Rice, dal and capsicum sabzi
Saturday
Breakfast – Upma
Snack 1 – Upma and walnuts powder
Lunch – Quinoa, matki (Moth beans) sabzi and bindi (Okra) sabzi. Little one requested for quinoa instead of rice.
Snack 2 – Sprouts with date and tamarind sauce
Dinner – Rice, dal, matki, bhindi sabzi and dosa
Sunday
Breakfast – Dosa and coconut chutney
Snack 1 – Malida topped with raisins and pomegranate.
Lunch – Rice, dal, methi sabzi and besan chilla
Snack 2 – Banana and oats pancake with honey and almond butter.
Dinner – Rice, dal and methi sabzi
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That was all the toddler meals for a week. If you have a toddler who is picky about foods you can read about my strategies to get children excited about healthy eating. These are the same steps I used to get my son interested in eating green leafy vegetables, vegetables like broccoli and a whole other rainbow colors of foods. Patience and consistency work well during the toddler years to set healthy eating habits for life. Happy eating to you all!
Love all these healthy and creative ideas! I’m so enthusiastic about real, home made, creative meals instead of the easy default out of the box (cringe!). So many of these will add stimulation because of their size and texture! Thanks for sharing!
Yay! I am glad you liked this type of post Jenn. This is one of my most requested posts. So I am glad you like it.
My Children are women and Men with huge legs, big smiles and families of their own. But if I knew what I know now I would have used your recipies and loved to. I will send this to my daughter in law because I would love my grandchildren to have a great start in a healthy lifestyle. A smashing post you have generously shared, as I share it again.
Thankyou so much Ellen!