What are some good easy recipes for toddler food?!

What are some good easy recipes for toddler food?

Something that can be made and frozen. Simple to reheat. Nutritious. He is 12 1/2 months old and can eat pretty much everything. A variety of things would be good.

"you can mash,cut, and freeze just about anything for your toddler.

Frozen Fruit Treat

1 3/4 cups strawberries 1 large can crushed pineapple
5 bananas (cut in cubes)
12 oz frozen orange juice - concentrate
1 1/2 cups water



Mix ingredients together. Freeze in small paper cups. Serve partially defrosted. Children love this nutritious treat!


Quesadillas

1 6-inch tortilla
Shredded mild cheddar and mozzarella cheese
Cooked, finely chopped broccoli and/or carrots
Cooked, finely chopped chicken

Place 2 - 3 tablespoons of the cheeses on 1/2 of the flour tortilla. Sprinkle with 1 teaspoon of cooked, chopped vegetable of choice. Add 1 teaspoon of finely chopped, cooked meat if desired. Fold in half and microwave about 30 seconds. Let cool and cut into wedges.

Tip: I chop the meat in an electric handy chopper so it is not too chunky.





Mini Pizzas

1 15-oz. bottle pizza sauce (I like Contadina)
1 5-biscuit can of your favorite buttermilk biscuit
Finely shredded mozzarella

Flatten the biscuit on wax paper with a rolling pin until it is about 4 inches in diameter. Sprinkle a cookie sheet pan with cornmeal. Place the flattened biscuit on the pan. Spread about 1 tablespoon of pizza sauce on the biscuit. Add thin slices of yellow and zucchini squash. Dot on a few very small broccoli florets. Hide everything under cheese. Bake in a 400 degree preheated oven for 10 - 12 minutes. Choose any vegetable combination you want.

Let your child make suggestions as to what ingredients to use. Broccoli slaw, available in most grocery produce areas, works well.

You can also hide "pulverized" fresh or frozen spinach in the pizza sauce (about a teaspoon to 1 tablespoon of pizza sauce).

Frozen dinner rolls may be used instead of biscuits.
If you use dinner rolls, thaw them before you roll them out.
Bake them in a 350 degree preheated oven for about 15 minutes.


Sweet Potato Pockets
This is a great vegetable recipe for picky eaters!

1 small can of your favorite buttermilk biscuit
1 large sweet potato, baked
1/4 cup brown sugar
2 tablespoons melted margarine
1/4 cup white sugar with 1 teaspoon cinnamon mixed into it

Bake a sweet potato much like you would a regular white, baking potato.
I use the microwave because it is faster.
Flatten the biscuits much like you would for a mini-pizza. Cut open the cooked sweet potato and scoop out the pulp. Place it in a bowl. Add the melted margarine and brown sugar. Stir everything up with a fork until smooth. Put 1 to 2 tablespoons of the mixture on 1/2 of the flattened biscuit. Fold over the other half and seal with the tines of a fork. Gently roll the pocket in the white sugar/cinnamon mixture. Bake in a preheated 400 degree oven about 12 minutes or until browned. Be sure to let cool before serving. the center will be hot.

You can change these by adding some pulverized, cooked chicken. Add about 1/4 cup to the sweet potato mixture if desired.

You can also add 2-3 tablespoons of raisins, coconut, or both to the sweet potato mixture. Sometimes I have more filling than biscuits. If this happens, spoon heaping tablespoons of filling onto a cookie sheet and freeze. Transfer the frozen filling to a zip lock bag. You can place a scoop of frozen filling on the next batch you make. It thaws out in the oven.