What foods to feed

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Hi ladies! I need some ideas on what types of meals/snacks to feed my 15 month old. She’s picky and will mainly eat breads or pastas. She just had her 15 month appointment and I can finally take her off Formula as long as she’s eating 3 meals a day. Any ideas??? What do your LOs eat??

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My girl is a grazer. Now that she's running around she hates to sit in her high chair for meals. I still try, but she eats more if she is offered it while she's playing. She is also pretty picky where she likes something one day and hates it the next.
I keep cut fruit and veggies in the fridge and just offer them throughout the day. Grapes (cut really small), cucumbers spears, Mandarin oranges, peaches, pears, canned beans, cooked green beans, cooked carrots, and I always keep doll fruit cups in the cabinet for back up. Lately she's been asking for cheese so I buy Colby jack cheese sticks and break that up into pieces. I cooked some meatballs and froze them so I can reheat 1 at a time. We do buy chicken nuggets and fish stick occasionally although they aren't a big hit. She mostly eats whatever we eat as long as it's safe and not too spicy. Rice casseroles, soups, fish, chicken, bits of pizza every now then.
If you think it's safe, meaning easy to chew and cut small enough, anything is game. Just keep offering healthy foods along with little treats if you choose to give in now and then. No one will judge you for feeding your baby pasta if that's all they'll eat. I've cooked pasta with broccoli florets so you can't pick them out and my baby loved it! Try different things in it and you may be surprised what your babe might eat.

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I still don’t want my kid to eat red meats  or fish, little egg.. so chicken and grains as protein.

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Agreed. Feed what you eat and i would also add in two snacks too. 
7am My son eats a small breakfast when he gets to school of what i pack(usually eggs and a banana or yogurt and a banana. Also a banana. He loves those! 
9am School breakfast snack
1130 School lunch
3:00 snack
530-6ish dinner. 
He’s super super picky. Hates pastas and veggies. So i had to make broccoli tots and other types of veggie tots to hide them. You can also buy the tots pre made. But i find it cheaper to make yourself. Just time consuming. 
I’ve also made breakfast casserole so i can freeze it for quick and easy breakfast for him. 
I had to put him on a multi vitamin as well since he is so picky! He has low iron levels.

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Super picky here... I keep trying to feed him what we eat but it changes all the time. But try all sorts of food and spices... you would be surprised . Now our guy likes spicy stuff like cinnamon 
Some go-to snacks and food 
For breakfast: oatmeal/mini pancakes/ muffins, banana bread (you can mix in any fruit and my guy will almost always eat it), boiled and scrambled eggs, French toast, yogurt, Musli mixed with yogurt 
Snacks: hummus (tho my guy won’t touch it) with dipping crackers, cottage cheese with fruits, peanut butter, cheese, yogurt
Lunch/dinner: chicken drum sticks with shredded meat removed, meatballs, zucchini quiche balls, chicken noodle soup, wrap with cheese and meat, sweet potatoes cubed and boiled with butter and nutmeg spice, noodles with apple sauce (my husband eats this for a snack... he is weird but tried it with our little one too), creamy pasta with broccoli and ham added, mashed potatoes with super soft carrots mixed in. 
Uhh what else I basically just think of everything that becomes mushy or easy to chew and things I can mix fruits and veggies into

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I’m surprised you didn’t stop formula at 12 months? I thought that was normal? Anyways my daughter eats everything we eat.

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Some favorites are eggs, French toast, banana bread, peanut butter, blueberries, avocado, squash, peas, Cheerios, yogurt, chicken, oatmeal.
For dinner I always give her some of what we’re eating as long as it’s not too salty, spicy, or sugary. But will always have one of her favorites as backup if she doesn’t like it. Trying to stay away from too much processed “junk” food and dessert still. 
We discovered that she’ll eat some food frozen that she won’t eat warm like bits of spinach and raspberries. So experiment with different ways of preparing  the same foods because what they say about offering 10 times before they like it really can be true.

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Feed her what you eat.

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