Looking for kid friendly dinners
Mamakatspokane
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I have two toddlers and they eat the basic, chicken & veggies...but we (I) get bored. Just looking for some new dinner ideas that are "Toddler friendly"
Thanks in advance!
Kat
Thanks in advance!
Kat
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I don't have any kids of my own so I'm not sure how well this would work but...
Maybe you could try something with ground turkey? I've discovered that ground turkey burgers are really tasty. Much more flavorful than ground beef in my opinion. And it's good for you too! Hope that helped.0 -
13 Fun Finger Foods to Try:
1. Steamed veggies (sweet potato sticks, peas, carrot sticks)
2. Grated soft cheese
3. Large curd cottage cheese
4. Tofu chunks
5. Soft cooked legumes
6. Soft ripe fresh fruit, like banana, peach, papaya, demembraned orange
7. Soft cooked fruit like apple chunks, pear slices
8. Hard cooked egg yolk
9. Ripe avocado
10. Toast sticks
11. Mini-muffins
12. Cooked pasta shapes
13. Stale bagels for teething0 -
Here are a couple ideas from the "Cooking Yourself Thin" show on Lifetime. You can find all their recipes on mylifetime.com
http://www.mylifetime.com/on-tv/shows/cook-yourself-thin/recipes/oven-baked-crispy-chicken-tenders-with-coleslaw
http://www.mylifetime.com/on-tv/shows/cook-yourself-thin/recipes/southwestern-turkey-burgers-with-sweet-potato-fries
http://www.mylifetime.com/on-tv/shows/cook-yourself-thin/recipes/mac-and-cheese-0
http://www.mylifetime.com/on-tv/shows/cook-yourself-thin/recipes/chicken-and-bean-burritos-with-pineapple-salsa
http://www.mylifetime.com/on-tv/shows/cook-yourself-thin/recipes/cheezy-chicken-parmesan-with-zucchini-pasta
You can also pretty much add chicken to anything. Here are some of my ideas off the top of my head:
- If you make a mac and cheese you can add it in there
- You can make a "taco/fajita making night" where you cook/cut up chicken and veggies with black beans, salsa, tortillas, etc. and allow everyone to make their own.
- go to your local grocery store (or Trader Joes if you have one) and find a sauce to go over the chicken (other than spaghetti, more along the lines of mushroom or what have you) and either just put the sauce over the chicken or make pasta and put the sauce over the chicken and pasta
- make kabobs on the bbq! use veggies your kids like and dont forget the pineapple!0 -
you can try checking kraftfoods.com. They provide the nutritional information and lots of kid-friendly recipes with stuff you have sitting around your kitchen (no fancy ingredients)0
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kraftfoods.com is amazing for family meals
We usually enjoy--soup/grilled cheese, quesidillas, prierogies/veggie
You could make homemade pizza
Have a fondue night and use veggies
rolls up-meat and cheese0 -
WOW! Thank you for the great responses! I will try them! I will be headed to the Kraft foods website next :0)
Thanks again!!!!
~Kat0
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