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Food is a long story these days.
I have to plan really hard and  not get some things I want to get, or get other things  that may be better
I have to make sure we don't go over a certain amount each week.
So I repeat a lot the same foods but try different recipes when I can
At least books have food :)

Smoothie

Avocado, banana, almond milk

A hit

Cut up

This needed to be cut up smaller

Thank goodness Tiny likes broccoli
Tomato, plums, broccoli

Dessert

Pumpkin (hot)
Peanut butter
Raisins

For pate

Onions and Peppers

They all get blitzed so I don't feel onions in my mouth

Then Yum (says me and Tiny)

Pancakes

When it was pancake day

I made some for Tiny

Besam/gram flour and seasonings, juice, water, raisin, egg

Grain free. Can't use flax so have to use egg

Spread on peanut butter

Or Pate

green juice

My first time making it

Spinach added to the usual pureed fruit

Tiny drank a good amount too

So glad

This works (recipe)

Dry Carrot pulp from juicing
Soaked curants
Food processed apple
Peanut butter
Blitz all of it
Spread in pan
Freeze
Put in fridge
Eat
Tiny Human LOVES this
Says mmmmmmm
I need to remember this for the future

Another hit

Homemade Carrot Juice
SMASH HIT
But it has to be cold!

Iron

Eating healthy foods is the most important way to prevent and treat iron deficiency. Good sources of iron include:

• Apricots
• Chicken, turkey, fish, and other meats
• Dried beans, lentils, and soybeans
• Eggs
• Liver
• Molasses
• Oatmeal
• Peanut butter
• Prune juice
• Raisins and prunes
• Spinach, kale and other greens

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/007134.htm

Mild anemia may have no symptoms. As the iron level and blood counts becomes lower, your child may:

• Act irritable
• Become short of breath
• Crave unusual foods
• Eat less food
• Feel tired or weak all the time
• Have a sore tongue
• Have headaches or dizziness

With more severe anemia, your child may have:

• Blue-tinged or very pale whites of eyes
• Brittle nails
• Pale skin color

Avocado

I mixed some hummus in with this and it was a hit

Sure fire

A hit

Plantains

Ripe and fried

Cabbage of many colors was too complicated - We will try again later

Relax

Those days you want to do this

Chops

Muppet chop

Add to the list

Black bean soup is a HIT!!!
This is the food that he grabbed the spoon to feed himself for :)
Fish (carite) is a hit
Tuna is a hit
Jerk Chicken is a hit
Lentil soup is a hit
Almond milk is a hit!
Curry Chicken is a hit
Ripe plantains (fried) is a hit!!!
Hummus is one of the biggest hits
Spinach soup is a hit if flavored with curry chicken sauce
Tomato chow was not a hit

He also insists on watching me cook so I describe the process, when I add what and how much and stirring the pot

I got him his own wodden spoon so he can stir his pot/shoebox

He says banana and onion when we go to the store :)
He likes onion in chicken live pate (another BIG hit)
WATER IS A HUGE HIT

I am soooo happy he likes to eat what I eat.
It makes life easier for me.

Vintage

I like these vintage ads

Besan dumplings

No wheat
Grain-free

Well seasoned to your taste

Drop in boiling water and they are done when floating
Scoop them out and I served them in a curry

Extrude

That is how they do it!

Non-Dairy, creamy broccoli soup

Use bedan to make a roux
Season well

Get soup going
Blitz
Serve

Season well or your Tiny wont particularly like it and neither will you

Feeding self

Half works

If food is squishy, it gets squished

Fruit

Mango and apple

The mango tree in the yard is bearing
This is a hit too :)

Peas

Pea soup with onions and chive

A hit

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Non-Dairy Sources of Calcium

Your toddler needs 500 milligrams of calcium per day. Nondairy foods that are rich in calcium.

• Salmon
• Green leafy vegetables like collard greens, turnip greens, kale and spinach
• Beans
• Broccoli
• Almond Milk or Butter
• Papaya

Non-Dairy Sources of Vitamin D

 Some foods that are high in Vitamin D include:

• Salmon, tuna, cod, mackerel, catfish and other fatty fish
• Shrimp
• Eggs
• Almond milks that are fortified with Vitamin D

Also, make sure your toddler is getting about 5-30 minutes of sun exposure per week (all year if you live in the South or during summer months if you live up North) so his body can make its own Vitamin D.

Non-Diary Sources of Fats

 Fats are necessary for cell growth, energy and processing fat-soluble vitamins. Here are some other foods that can supply healthy fats for your toddler when used in moderation:

• Peanut butter or other nut butters
• Avocados
• Olive oil
• Canola oil
• Olives (make sure they're not given whole to prevent choking)
• Ground flaxseeds

Some foods are definitely better choices than others. Almond butter, for example, is rich in good fat and calcium. Salmon is rich in Vitamin D, calcium and has healthier fats.

Juice, tea and puree

Carrot juice is a hit
Tea: Apple juice with garlic and chive (mild steeping) is a hit
Apple and raisin puree is a hit

Apple, pear and raisin -hit
Apple papaya and raisin -hit
Carrot and apple juice mix is a hit

Raisins give that purple color and sweetness and iron

One a day

On the tightest of budgets you can still make baby food
One apple and some grapes
One apple and a pea with some rasins
Pumpkin and lentils soup ouree
Tuna
Chicken liver
Bone meal soups
You have to think about it but it can work out
I use a lot of tumeric when cooking

Babe exploring food

At the point where he's touching food

He gives everything a chance

Its messy- apple grape papaya

For the Babe

Nutty and good

Notes

Papaya is back on
Apple and grape puree is a hit!

Giving bananas a rest
Remember hindmilk

Baby meals

Pumpkin curry soup
Spinach lentils, carrots chicken soup
Cabbage, sweegt pepper chicken curry
Sweet Potato
Cassava
Broccoli and cauliflower curry

Lentil soup
Bananas - often

Watermelon
Plums
Grapes
Papaya - THIS IS A NO!
Water
Coconut water
Smalta
Hummus
 

Curry chick peas
Bok choi
Salmon in stew


No Wheat, No Dairy, No heavy meat