Whole Day Food Plans for Toddlers
For several weeks, I’ve been promising you some whole day food plans for your toddler, and here they are. I compiled all of these menus from the preschoolers area of MyPyramid.gov.
Toddler Menu #1
Breakfast
- 1/2 cup of cooked oatmeal, mixed with 1/2 banana cut into slices (before cooking)
- The other 1/2 of the banana
- 1/2 cup milk (at this point in their lives, it’s okay to start offering low fat dairy options)
Snack
- 1/2 slice of bread
- 1/2 large orange
Lunch
- A taco – 1 small tortilla wrapped around a filling of 1/4 cup salad greens, 2 tablespoons chopped tomatoes, 3 tablespoons shredded cheese, and 1 ounce of cooked ground meat OR 1/4 cup refried beans
Snack
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1/4 cup carrot sticks
Dinner
- Spaghetti & Meatballs (1/4 cup cooked spaghetti with 2 tablespoons of tomato sauce and one 1-ounce meatball, and sprinkled with 3 tablespoons of shredded cheese)
- 1/2 cup steamed broccoli
Toddler Menu #2
Breakfast
- 1 small pancake topped with 1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce
- 1/4 cup blueberries
- 1/2 cup milk
Snack
- 1 graham cracker (2 squares) spread with 1/4 cup mashed banana and frozen until hard – makes a healthy “ice cream” sandwich
- 1/4 cup apple juice
Lunch
- 1 ounce whole wheat crackers, 1 ounce deli ham slices, and 1 slice of American cheese (ham & cheese should be cut into cracker-sized bites – this makes a homemade Lunchables lunch)
- 1/4 cup cherry tomatoes, cut in half
Snack
- 1 string cheese
- 1/4 cup tomato juice
Dinner
- Beans & Rice (1/4 cup cooked brown rice, 1/4 cup black beans, 1/4 cup chopped bell pepper
- 1/2 medium-sized ear of corn on the cob
- 1/2 cup milk
Next week, I’ll share two more sample menus.
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- feeding kids
- cooking with kids
- play with food or play kitchens
- crafts with or about food
- and probably a lot of other kids and food things I can’t think of now.
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‘Lil Moomette is so picky ~ It’s nice to get new ideas Thanks for sharing!
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This is GREAT!! I love seeing your menu plan to get ideas.
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