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Old 09-07-2018, 08:26 PM   #1
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Default Toddler Lunches?

Any ideas for toddler lunches and snacks for when I have to send KO to the sitter?

Feeding her at home is no problem, but thinking of foods that pack well for lunch at the sitter's is a different story.

Egg free and something that would keep well in a lunch box

She's not super picky (although she'll randomly decide she doesn't something, like strawberries, which she's been eating for 6 months...but then she eats kale and zucchini ).

Also, I like making homemade stuff, but honestly I'm not above buying premade food, like high quality fish sticks or chicken nuggets
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Get a cute bento box if she doesn't have one - we did a lot of snack-y lunches at that age and I used mini muffin tins with 6 compartments at home. The lunch box would let you do the same thing but well contained.
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Veggies veggies veggies!!!!

Beans are a nice finger food.

KD loves rice. And will eat cold oatmeal
Chunks.
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Default Re: Toddler Lunches?

Fresh fruit. Cut up raw veggies. Cubed or sliced cheese and cut up meat with or without crackers. Pretzels. Hummus.
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Can you send a small thermos? I have been doing that for ds' lunches and it is so nice. I have sent leftovers if ravioli and pasta with chicken. Stays warm in the thermos

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Veggies veggies veggies!!!!

Beans are a nice finger food.

KD loves rice. And will eat cold oatmeal
Chunks.
Beans is a great idea. Oatmeal too-- she loves oatmeal. She doesn't like cold food, but her sitter doesn't mind warming things up for her

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Fresh fruit. Cut up raw veggies. Cubed or sliced cheese and cut up meat with or without crackers. Pretzels. Hummus.
Any specific raw veggies? She doesn't have molars, so we don't give her anything that we feel could be a choking hazard (like carrots). We've tried peppers--they're hit or miss.

Cheese and meat would be super easy

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Can you send a small thermos? I have been doing that for ds' lunches and it is so nice. I have sent leftovers if ravioli and pasta with chicken. Stays warm in the thermos

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That's a great idea!

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Get a cute bento box if she doesn't have one - we did a lot of snack-y lunches at that age and I used mini muffin tins with 6 compartments at home. The lunch box would let you do the same thing but well contained.
Any specific bento box you'd recommend?

I have trouble coming up with snack-y foods that aren't carbs (because I personally love carbs, haha) She loves to eat things that are saucy/creamy-- casseroles, chicken enchiladas, barbecue. But those are really messy, and my sitter has six kids total in her house, so I don't want to send terribly messy things every day.
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Avocados are our ultimate convenience food- I brought a half an avocado to the park yesterday and I just spoon it out and feed it to her.

Frozen peas are a favorite here (thawed). That is what we bring to church.

Grapes cut in quarters

I second beans as a finger food. She also eats pieces of homemade veggie burgers (Costco sells some that are just actual food if you don’t want to make them).

Bananas are good.
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Avocados are our ultimate convenience food- I brought a half an avocado to the park yesterday and I just spoon it out and feed it to her.

Frozen peas are a favorite here (thawed). That is what we bring to church.

Grapes cut in quarters

I second beans as a finger food. She also eats pieces of homemade veggie burgers (Costco sells some that are just actual food if you don’t want to make them).

Bananas are good.
She loves avocados and peas. We haven't done grapes yet. Veggie burgers is a good idea Thanks!
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Oh, and EZ lunchboxes are my favorite bento. If you get baby bottle labels you can put her name on them. It stays and stays wash after wash.
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When you do start wanting to try raw veggies, grated carrot works better. Those applesauce/neggie or other fruit blend pouches are handy if she would like those.
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Following for ideas. My DD is fairly picky--she won't do veggies plain yet, and she's surprisingly not much into breads. For mom's day out I've been packing a higher-calorie pouch (one of the ones with grains and/or dairy, not just the fruit + veg ones) and some goldfish crackers or peanut butter crackers. IOW, my standards have lowered a whole lot since my firstborn was a toddler
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If you do grapes, make sure to cut them up and not in circle slices. (we made that mistake with our first one on a hotdog............so from then on, hotdog and grapes were cut in 1/4 slices.)

If your daughter would like carrots, you could grate them. She could either finger eat or start to learn to use her fork/spoon. (My mom made us carrot slaw with raisins. We thought it was a sweet treat.)
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There are also nice reusable pouches you can fill with yogurt, applesauce, smoothie, etc. Cheap, low mess, and not wasteful. The ones we had opened at the bottom for easy cleaning.

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When you do start wanting to try raw veggies, grated carrot works better. Those applesauce/neggie or other fruit blend pouches are handy if she would like those.
Grated is a great idea-- thank you! She loves those fruit/veggie blend pouches; I actually bought two boxes at Target today. I like that she can feed them to herself and they're not messy

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Following for ideas. My DD is fairly picky--she won't do veggies plain yet, and she's surprisingly not much into breads. For mom's day out I've been packing a higher-calorie pouch (one of the ones with grains and/or dairy, not just the fruit + veg ones) and some goldfish crackers or peanut butter crackers. IOW, my standards have lowered a whole lot since my firstborn was a toddler
Mine likes bread but doesn't seem sure about the texture of crackers yet Funny how kids are so different!

Do you have a favorite brand pouch with grains and/or dairy?

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I'll have to look into those! It'd certainly be cheaper...but it would also be actual prep work for me :
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