Tuna and potato mash, toddler meals - recipe

Often when I have leftover tuna mayo mix I try to use it up by mixing it with something that my son loves. Today I made mashed potato, so I mixed in the tuna and added boiled vegetables. It was a great hit. Hubby had a portion too so these can be easily eaten by adults as well. Fast food goes healthy and non fried!

Ingredients:

Tuna mayo mix leftover

2 boiled potatoes

2 tbsp butter

2 tbsp milk

half cup frozen corn and peas

fish seasoning

salt and pepper

Method:

1. Boil the potatoes until fully cooked through. Mash it and add butter and milk. Season with salt and pepper. Boil the frozen vegetables. Once done, mix everything with the tuna mayo mix.

Enjoy!

Sweet potato fries and fish fingers

Sweet Potato Fries and Fish Fingers: A Kid-Approved Meal

When my son was a baby, he absolutely loved mashed sweet potato purée. It was one of his favorite meals, often mixed with other veggies and chicken. But as he grew older and started feeding himself, he became much pickier with his food. Sweet potatoes, once a staple, had been rejected a few times. So, I decided to try something new—sweet potato oven-baked fries.

This time, it was a hit! The fries were a big success, especially when paired with his all-time favorite condiment, ketchup.

Ingredients:

1 sweet potato

2 tbsp olive oil

pinch of salt

2 fish fingers

ketchup

Method:

Peel the sweet potato and slice into fries.  Toss the fries in olive oil and pinch of salt until they are evenly coated. Bake in the oven at 220 degrees for about 30 minutes, or until they are golden and crispy. While the fries are baking, cook the fish fingers accoring to the package instructions. 

Plate the crispy sweet potato fries alongside the fish fingers. Don't forget the ketchup for dipping!  

This simple meal not only brought sweet potatoes back into the rotation but also made dinner time a little easier and a lot more enjoyable for both of us!

Enjoy!

Cheese straws (sticks) - recipe

I love finding new ways of making snacks that are messy free when my son eats them outside. This is a perfect snack, both for young and adults. Cheese straws are good  and very easy to do. My son likes to eat them at any time of the day. When we go out I just put a few straws in a plastic container and we are good to go.

Ingredients:

1.5 cup flour

6 tbsp butter

2 cups chredded cheese

1 egg beaten

sesame seeds, optional

Method:

1. Mix cold butter and the flour in a bowl until it looks crumbly. Then add the cheese and the egg. You can save little of the egg if you like to brush the straws before it goes in the oven. Put the dough in the fridge for 10 mins to chill.

2. Once it has been chilled, roll the dough out and cut into straws or sticks that are half cm thick. Brush them with egg and sprinkle over some sesame seeds if you like.

3. Bake in the oven for 10 min at 175 degrees, until golden brown.

4. Serve your toddlers when they crave a snack or take with you when you guys are out and about.

Enjoy!

Banana fruit smoothie for toddlers - recipe

My son has been having trouble with teething lately and is getting picky with what I give him to eat. One day he will love banana or grapes, the next day refuse to eat at all. So when I want him to have some fruits, I always go for my foolproof option, the smoothie. Basically I just choose whatever fruit I have at home and blend it with milk and/or yoghurt. He loves it and so far not refused it even once! This one is just made with what I had at hand, hence only 3 strawberries. This was enough for 3 drinks.

Ingredients:

1 ripe banana

1 ripe pear

1/2 leftover apple

1/2 cup blueberries

3 strawberries

1/2 cup milk

2 tbsp greek yoghurt

Method:

1. Mix up all the ingredients in a food blender and served it right away.

Enjoy!

Tuna and egg sandwiches - recipe

My husband and son love tuna, but I can't seem to develop a taste for it. Nevertheless, I don't hesitate to prepare it for them. They're particularly fond of a sandwich filling I make. My husband also enjoys making tuna melt sandwiches in our sandwich maker, which is another great option, though we'll save that for later as my son struggles to bite through the crusty bread.

Ingredients:

1 can of tuna in water

2 boiled eggs

2-3 tbsp mayo

1 tsp aromat Knorr seasoning

Method:

Start by draining the tuna of its liquid and place it in a bowl. Incorporate two hard-boiled eggs and mash them together with the tuna. Stir in the mayonnaise and seasoning, then taste and adjust with salt and pepper if desired. Spread the mixture onto your preferred type of bread to create a tasty sandwich.

Enjoy!

Toddler lunch and snack ideas 2

Here comes another post with different ideas for lunch and snack meals for your toddlers. These are just some different meals that I give to my son. Generally it is pieces from our own food that he eats. I try to minimize the salt in our food or try to pick out pieces for him before salting our own food.

Roast chicken, carrots and potato.

Boiled potato, fried halloumi pieces and cherry tomatoes.

Tuna and egg with mayo sandwiches.

Mash potato with tuna and boiled vegetables. 

Omelette, sausage, cream cheese solders and fruit. A nice breakfast idea.

Cheese straws with sesame seeds. 

Enjoy!

Toddler Lunch and Snack Ideas

Having a toddler in the house that loves his food has made me thinking of various meals that I can offer without it getting to repetitive . I try to to make new meals almost everyday so that he can enjoy something new and tasty everyday. I feel that by giving him new flavours everyday it has made him less fuzzy and open for new ideas and tastes. So here follows different meal ideas of what I give him.

Lentil and sweet potato mash. Boil them together and season with mustard seed, ground ginger, garlic, coriander and cumin. 

Oven baked french fries and fish fingers 

Orzo pasta mixed with a pasta sauce, topped with grated cheddar cheese.  Pasta sauce is made on a mix of marinara sauce mixed with fried minced meat and vegetable. 

Mini star pasta mixed with a minced meat pasta sauce. Sauce is made by cooking a pasta sauce with carrots, onions, various vegetable and minced meat and then processed to a smooth puree. 

Lentil stew with rice. The stew is cooked by boiling the lentils until soft. Seasoned with mustard seed, paprika powder, mild curry powder, coriander, cumin and dried parsley. Salt and pepper. Process the stew until it is smooth. Add a handful of uncooked rice and a friend medium onion and let it simmer until thick. 

                           

Snack: chopped strawberries and blueberries. Try to give these before they are out of season.

Snack: boiled egg

                            

Toast sandwich with avocado spread and a chopped egg, seasoned with paprika powder

                               

Enjoy!