Thursday, January 27, 2011

Meal ideas for toddlers

One of the things that hubby and I dread is meal planning.  We usually do grocery shopping in the weekend and try to figure out what we will be eating for that week.  Seriously "ma farn" (troublesome in chinese) business.  It is hard to think of something that we like and that our wee one will also enjoy.  And the fact we can't use processed food (well, at least we tried not to).  Anyhoo, in case there are new parents out there who are in the same predicament as us, here is a list of dishes that both my hubby and 18 month old like:

1) mac and cheese (original style and sweet potato style)
2) bebe bolognese with turkey (with different types of pasta - alphabets, rotini, wheels, macaroni, etc.)
3) pasta with spinach and chicken sauce  (I steamed spinach and chicken and then blended them in the blender and put some cheese on top.  Ali loves cheese.)
4) fried rice
6) chicken rice noodle/vermicelli/"lai fun" in soup (like Breakfast A/B at The Boss)
7) chicken quesdillas
8) grilled cheese sandwich with turkey
9) butternutsquash ravioli (uncooked from costco) with tomato sauce
10) tortellini (uncooked from costco) with cream cheese alfredo sauce
11) lasagne
12) shepherd's pie
13) pan fried udon
14) chicken chow mein
15) fish congee
16) chicken and veges dumplings
17) steamed ground pork and egg with rice

Things that I wanted to try...
1)  meatballs
2)  mini-burgers
3)  gnocchi
4)  homemade chicken nuggets

Are there fast, nutritious and delicious meals that your family particularly enjoy??  Feel free to add to this list.  Good luck with meal planning!!!

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