Meals to share with young children?

jnh17

Black bean quesadillas (make yours on whole wheat w/ less cheese).
Whole wheat English muffin pizzas (again, less cheese on yours, lower fat meat). You can also use tortillas as crust.

Oh yes! My kids love quesadillas too....and they are SUPER easy!

qtiekiki

If you need to "fatten" her up try peanut butter. That's what I have to do with my daughter because she eats very little. Avocado would work too if she'll eat it.

Nothing compares to the power of whole milk for this purpose. Milk is grow juice.

She LOVES avocado and peanut butter so I will have to try to give her those more often.
The only thing she won't touch is milk. I've tried everything. Plain, in cereal, even flavored. Nothing. The Ped. thinks that's part of why she's so little.

Well that and she being a picky eater. MY 3.5 years old daughter doesn't drink much milk, and she is consistently 90%tile in height and 50%tile in weight. She eats a lot of different meats and veggies. In fact, our pedi said it was ok that she doesn't drink milk as long as she is getting enough calcium. My 2 years old son, on the other hand, drinks quite a bit of milk and he is skinny and only 25%tile in weight. Height-wise, he is average at 50%tile

Breakfast - eggs are big hit in our house (scrambled and hard boiled). Oatmeal, which we usually gives with proteins, so either with eggs or meats leftover from dinner. Pancakes. Cereals

Lunch - drumsticks are big hit. Chicken veggies stir fry are my son's favorite. My daughter loves broccoli with shrimp. Fish (grilled, steamed or pan-fried) with rice. Ham and cheese sandwich. Chicken banh mi sandwich. Chicken chow mein. Noodle soup.