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10 HEALTHY Foods My Toddler Will Eat
Gorgeous green salad that my son will absolutely NOT eat. Find out what he will eat.
As a parent, it’s easy to feel like we live in a vacuum as far as what our kids do and don’t do. Getting them to eat (anything) is challenging, let alone getting them to eat healthy. The other day as I watched my three-year-old shovel In-N-Out french fries into his pie hole, I started to feel…well…kinda guilty.
Then, when I went home, I thought about it and realized he really doesn’t eat so badly…for a 3 year-old. I mean, he likes healthy stuff.
He does.
No, he DOES.
So, I sat down and made a list of the healthy foods he likes. He even occasionally eats foods he doesn’t really like, too, if there’s a treat waiting at the end. But really, these are foods he really, actually will eat with no issues, and even request, much of the time.
Many moms like myself are always looking to get their toddler to try new things. I wonder if you’d share some of the healthy foods your toddler eats, too. Perhaps this can be a good list for all of us to try. Of course, we all know, each kid is unique, especially when it comes to food, so there’s a good chance yours will not like what mine likes and vice versa, but all we can do is try, right? Right? Who’s with me?
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Photo Credits:
Lettuce: Michele Pegoraro on Flickr
Salmon: James Bowe on Flickr
Milk: striatic on Flickr
Yogurt: Elaine Ashton on Flickr
Granola: moria on Flickr
Oatmeal: Micah Sittig on Flickr
Orange: Liz West on Flickr
Purple Kale: Nick Saltmarsh on Flickr
Avocado: Darwin Bell on Flickr
Almond Butter: Marc Majcher on Flickr
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Sandi commented on Jan 09 12 at 9:43 amMy 17 month old loves veggies- broccoli, snap peas, baby corn, carrots, peppers, green beans, and mushrooms. He also likes fruit, but veggies are his total favs.
The Funny Hun commented on Jan 09 12 at 10:50 pmGreat post..thanks for the ideas too! My 20 month old loves all veggies…mostly the green ones. It’s so weird what they pick to like! :)
Tenaya commented on Jan 10 12 at 4:41 amMy daughter is picky and its hard to get her to eat any meat except chicken…. But her favorite lunch is avacado and tomato sandwiches. Any tips on getting her to eat meats would be greatly appreciated. She eats fruits and veggies pretty well she doesn’t really do,well with crunchy veggies yet.
Lynn commented on Jan 10 12 at 5:30 amBoth of my children (5 & 3) LOVE salads with only a little dressing.. I put all different kinds of veggies in them, their favorite is baby spinach though. They want it in salads, sandwiches & wraps. They aren’t very big fans of cooked spinach (at least not the stuff from the can). But I can put loads of it in lasagna and other pasta dishes and they love it. They eat eggplant, zucchini, cucumbers, squash, carrots, most other veggies and pretty much every fruit. They’d rather have a banana or an orange than a piece of candy. They like smoothies, and eating pecans, almonds and other nuts too without them being covered in salt or chocolate.
Lara commented on Jan 10 12 at 6:56 amFunny my tot will choose veggies over anything…. Loves plain Greek yogurt! Loves it!!! Blueberries are her fav fruit. I make a smoothie with Greek yogurt Avocado almond butter and almond milk and she eats it up.
Jocelyn commented on Jan 11 12 at 9:48 pmI keep waiting to see Spaghetti squash. All kids like it.
Becky Brickman commented on Jan 28 12 at 4:08 pmMy 2.5 year old girl loves beans. Black beans, pinto beans, chili beans, garbanzo beans…. you name it, she will eat it up. She also loves hummus. (And anything she can dip in it.) Oh, and right now clementines and frozen blueberries are her favorite fruits.
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