What do your 2 year olds eat?

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Curious what the typical 2 year old diet consists of and trying to get some new ideas for my son who can be very picky. 
Some of his favorites are spaghetti, most breads, oatmeal, yogurt, applesauce, goldfish, cereal, chili, veggie straws, and grape jelly. 
What does your 2 year old typically eat in a day? What are your tips for a toddler than doesn’t like certain textures of food? Thanks!

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Damn. My 20 months old eats 10 different things. It’s not like we don’t try.. he will only try/eat like 1/50th of what we put in front of him 😩 having a nut and egg allergy certainly doesn’t help.

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My son is almost 3 and is the worst. Chicken nuggets and French fries are always a go. Pizza, pb&j, SOMETIMES chicken, rice , broccoli, popcorn, goldfish uhhhh plain pasta and bread (any kind tortilla, white bread, hot dog or burger bun)

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My daughter is almost 3. Breakfast is usually Cheerios with milk, oatmeal, or fruit with toast. Protein pancakes with agave. We used to do cheesy eggs often too but she’s not been into it lately. For snacks we do lots of apples, strawberries, blueberries and grapes.. I usually rotate which couple of fruits I buy every week. String cheese, slices of cheddar cheese. Avocado with salt/pepper. Sliced cucumbers with salt/pepper/garlic powder (how we eat it lol). Veggies straws and goldfish. Whole wheat ritz crackers. Greek yogurt with fruit and a little agave. Lunches lately are usually some type of noodle or whole wheat noodle/sauce and I’ll put in broccoli or chicken sometimes, cheese tortilla with chicken in it (usually dips in salsa), bean burritos because I’m pregnant and have been craving them 😆, tortilla with hummus, turkey lunch meat (we buy natural), pb&j if we’re lazy or on the go (I buy natural pb and jams). Dinner is whatever we are having. My daughter really likes rice and any noodle. We do a lot of burrito bowls/taco salad - easy and healthy. Ground turkey taco meat, turkey loaf or seasoned baked chicken or chicken with dips are her usual protein as that’s what we eat most often. Roasted cauliflower/broccoli. Loves salad and olives. Pinto beans. For dinners she might like something one day and refuse it the next. I always just keep offering, there have been very few things she legitimately doesn’t like.

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We do everything homemade, from scratch, but most of our 2 year old’s meals are pretty easy.  Oatmeal made with milk, scrambled eggs, pancakes, crepes, pb&j, grilled cheese, mac & cheese, tomato basil soup, vegetable beef soup, chicken noodle soup, borscht, pelmeni, ravioli, spaghetti, buckwheat with gravy, mashed potatoes, fries, couscous, rice, meatballs, fried or baked chicken or fish, cheeseburgers, pizza, sushi(not raw fish) and taken apart.  With all meals, we add at least one vegetable.  Favorites and most common are peas, corn, green beans, beets, zucchini, peppers, mushrooms, cucumbers, tomatoes.  We use fruit like apples, pears, bananas, blueberries, raspberries, currents, as snacks usually.  Also very limited snacks that are store bought are crackers and cookies.  But those are very seldom.

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I recommend checking out an Instagram account called "snackswithjax" shes so sweet and give me so many ideas and methods to use to help picky eating.

What do your 2 year olds eat?

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