Easy Meals for Toddlers and Babies

Meal ideas that are easy for toddlers and babies.

See my easy meal ideas for just babies HERE.

Having a toddler and a baby, I have found some quick and easy meal ideas that both kids can enjoy!

When Giulietta started to eat meals with us, I found it was a bit chaotic at first trying to feed both kiddos. I had to come up with some ideas that both kids would eat so that I didn’t have to make a lot of different things for our family.

Most things are super simple and a lot of things that we would make for ourselves, just cut up differently for the kiddos. When Giulietta first started solids, I cut the pieces really small, now that she is more used to eating solids, I usually cut things into strips as she likes to hold onto them.

A lot of these meal ideas are interchangeable and we will do them for any of the meals.

BREAKFAST IDEAS:

• Scrambled Eggs

  • For both kids, I cut them up small

• Yogurt

  • Baby: Baby yogurt until they are over 1

  • Toddler: regular plain greek yogurt

• Toast with butter or peanut butter

  • Baby: cut into strips or small pieces (no PB until doctor says it’s ok)

  • Toddler: cut into 4 pieces

• Fruit

  • Baby: cut up into small pieces

  • Toddler: left whole or into quarters depending on the fruit

    • I always cut grapes in half

• Pancakes/Waffles

  • Baby: cut into strips

  • Toddler: cut into large pieces to dip into maple syrup

LUNCH IDEAS:

• PB Sandwich/Grilled Cheese/Quesadilla:

  • Baby: cut into strips or small pieces

  • Toddler: cut in half or quarters

• Hummus ‘Sushi’ (just a tortilla rolled up with hummus inside and cut into pinwheels):

  • Baby: No rolls, but cut the tortilla into pieces

  • Toddler: eat as rolls

• Mac and Cheese/Noodles with butter:

  • Baby: cut into small pieces until able to chew larger noodles

  • Toddler: serve as is

• Grilled Chicken:

  • Baby: cut into small pieces

  • Toddler: cut into larger pieces

DINNER IDEAS:

• Meatballs:

  • Baby: cut into small pieces

  • Toddler: cut into larger pieces

• Chicken nuggets:

  • Baby: cut into small pieces

  • Toddler: left whole

• Deconstructed taco (all the fixings for a taco, but all apart):

  • Baby: cut pieces into small pieces

  • Toddler: larger pieces or create an actual taco

• Hotdog/Hamburger:

  • Baby: cut into small pieces

  • Toddler: cut into larger pieces or left whole

SHOP SOME OF OUR FAVORITE MEAL TIME PRODUCTS:

These are just some ideas that we use to feed both kiddos so that we aren’t making tons of meals each night. It helps save a lot of time and money if we can all eat pretty much the same meal.

What are some of your kiddos favorite foods?

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