Guest guest Posted October 28, 2005 Report Share Posted October 28, 2005 Hi Carrie, First, I think it's all about phases, so if you are patient and keep offering, she will come back around! But in the meantime...my 18 month old son loves hummus on anything--crackers, toast, steamed baby carrot sticks. I think he has my taste for salty things. :-) He also loves macaroni and " cheeze; " I use the recipe from the Uncheese Cookbook and throw in some peas for good measure. He eats this hot, cold, any time of day. I am going to try giving him the " cheeze " sauce on some steamed veggies and see how it goes. He loves the tofutti cream cheese (our co-op just started carrying the non-hydrogenated version--yay!) spread on toast or pita. I give him a smoothie in the afternoon, usually an almond butter smoothie (1 cup soy milk, 1-2 T almond butter, 1 frozen banana, 1 T ground flax) or a pineapple-kale smoothie (1/2 cup milk, 1/2 cup pineapple juice, 2 pieces raw kale, 1 frozen banana, 1 T ground flax). He also likes the cooked veggies from vegetable soup sometimes. Oh, and almond butter and jelly sandwiches in small pieces (spread almond butter thin to prevent choking). Avocado mashed with nutritional yeast and a little salt, eaten with spoon or on crackers or toast. Good luck, and hang in there! :-) Amy On Thursday, October 27, 2005, at 06:40 PM, wrote: > Message: 11 > Wed, 26 Oct 2005 14:49:50 -0600 > " Carrie Kahl " <carriekahl > food suggestion please..... > > Hi everyone, > I need some meal ideas for my 14 mos. old. Just to give you a > little background, this child would eat any veg., any fruit, or > anything really until now. I guess it started not too long after we > switched from pureed baby food to finger foods and table foods. At > first, she would eat all of it. She would even eat small, plain tofu > cubes. She would eat beans and rice, vegetables cut up small, > anything. Now she spits it all out. She likes fruit. She loves her > oatmeal in the morning. I use a combination of Old Fashioned Oats, > Quinoa cereal flakes, and wheat germ, then usually add banana and > nuts. It's very hearty and a bit " wheaty " but no complaints from her. > She would also eat the meat substitutes (veg. patties, chik patties > etc.). Now, not so much. I feel like I'm losing ground on what to > feed her to get in a balanced diet. We're kind of reverting back to > some pureed veggies again to get them into her. I'm trying to offer a > varied diet of protein sources, and not just the processed soy > products. Does anyone have any suggestions? I used to think noone > would be able to argue with me about her diet as long as she would eat > everything I gave her but if she doesn't, what am I supposed to do? I > do have the cookbook, Better Thank Peanut Butter and Jelly for > vegetarian kids but am only just now going to prepare the first recipe > in the book. So I may find out she might like some of those, but I'm > looking for some simple and quick toddler friendly ideas. Please > > help. > Carrie Kahl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 28, 2005 Report Share Posted October 28, 2005 I see that you use almond butter with jelly. Try Ricemellow. It's just like Fluff from, at least, my childhood. My kids love it. My baby, 14 months, also eats almost everything. She seems to not like chickpeas inthier whole form. the other two are more picky. One, the oldest age 11.5, is vegan and the other, age 8.5, is lacto-veg. At times, it is challenging to find things for them all to eat. Carol austinvegan <austinvegan wrote: Hi Carrie, First, I think it's all about phases, so if you are patient and keep offering, she will come back around! But in the meantime...my 18 month old son loves hummus on anything--crackers, toast, steamed baby carrot sticks. I think he has my taste for salty things. :-) He also loves macaroni and " cheeze; " I use the recipe from the Uncheese Cookbook and throw in some peas for good measure. He eats this hot, cold, any time of day. I am going to try giving him the " cheeze " sauce on some steamed veggies and see how it goes. He loves the tofutti cream cheese (our co-op just started carrying the non-hydrogenated version--yay!) spread on toast or pita. I give him a smoothie in the afternoon, usually an almond butter smoothie (1 cup soy milk, 1-2 T almond butter, 1 frozen banana, 1 T ground flax) or a pineapple-kale smoothie (1/2 cup milk, 1/2 cup pineapple juice, 2 pieces raw kale, 1 frozen banana, 1 T ground flax). He also likes the cooked veggies from vegetable soup sometimes. Oh, and almond butter and jelly sandwiches in small pieces (spread almond butter thin to prevent choking). Avocado mashed with nutritional yeast and a little salt, eaten with spoon or on crackers or toast. Good luck, and hang in there! :-) Amy On Thursday, October 27, 2005, at 06:40 PM, wrote: > Message: 11 > Wed, 26 Oct 2005 14:49:50 -0600 > " Carrie Kahl " <carriekahl > food suggestion please..... > > Hi everyone, > I need some meal ideas for my 14 mos. old. Just to give you a > little background, this child would eat any veg., any fruit, or > anything really until now. I guess it started not too long after we > switched from pureed baby food to finger foods and table foods. At > first, she would eat all of it. She would even eat small, plain tofu > cubes. She would eat beans and rice, vegetables cut up small, > anything. Now she spits it all out. She likes fruit. She loves her > oatmeal in the morning. I use a combination of Old Fashioned Oats, > Quinoa cereal flakes, and wheat germ, then usually add banana and > nuts. It's very hearty and a bit " wheaty " but no complaints from her. > She would also eat the meat substitutes (veg. patties, chik patties > etc.). Now, not so much. I feel like I'm losing ground on what to > feed her to get in a balanced diet. We're kind of reverting back to > some pureed veggies again to get them into her. I'm trying to offer a > varied diet of protein sources, and not just the processed soy > products. Does anyone have any suggestions? I used to think noone > would be able to argue with me about her diet as long as she would eat > everything I gave her but if she doesn't, what am I supposed to do? I > do have the cookbook, Better Thank Peanut Butter and Jelly for > vegetarian kids but am only just now going to prepare the first recipe > in the book. So I may find out she might like some of those, but I'm > looking for some simple and quick toddler friendly ideas. Please > > help. > Carrie Kahl For more information about vegetarianism, please visit the VRG website at http://www.vrg.org and for materials especially useful for families go to http://www.vrg.org/family.This is a discussion list and is not intended to provide personal medical advice. Medical advice should be obtained from a qualified health professional. edical advice. Medical advice should be obtained from a qualified health professional. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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