i have small kids and i need kid friendly recipes?

Question

i have 3 kids 4, 2 and 9 mnth, and my 4 year old hates anything good for him, i do not what to fight every dinner, i need kid friendly recipes PLEASE!!!!!!! HEPL!!!!!!

Answer 1

I was going to try and find children's recipes on line that were easy to make but they were mainly for older children.
Then I found these great sites all about how difficult it can be to feed little ones with some great tips on just what food they should be eating and tips on getting them to eat......hope you find them helpful.
I particularly like the wholesometoddlerfood.com where you can download recipes like: sweet potato fries, chicken nuggets and chicken and cheddar pancakes.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

CINNAMON MUFFINS Heat oven to 400 F Grease 12 medium-sized muffin cups. In a bowl blend with a fork 1 egg, 2 tablespoons sugar, 3/4 cup milk, 2 cups Bisquick Beat hard 30 seconds. The batter will be lumpy. Fill muffin cups 2/3 full. Stir together 1/2 cup brown sugar, 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon. With a teaspoon sprinkle cinnamon and sugar mixture over muffin tops. Bake about 15 minutes, or until golden brown. Serve hot. Makes 12 medium-sized muffins

Answer 4

Make food fun. Kids are picky but they can be coaxed into eating if food is fun.

If you make spaghetti/pasta - find fun shapes instead of regular spaghetti noodles. Use cut up veggies - like the bagged baby carrots or celery and make fun dips like peanut butter or cream cheese so 4 year old eats veggies.

You can also arrange food on a plate to make it fun.... with mashed potatoes make a happy face with green peas. Use broccoli as 'trees.'

Half the battle is keeping a child's interest. Bright colors, cool shapes, interesting textures make it fun. We got my niece to eat ham, when we drizzled honey on it (from the little bear honey container), and got her to eat her mixed veggies by making designs on the plate with them.

Let your 4-year old be the 'leader' and soon you'll find your 2 year old and 9 month old WATCHING their older sibling - and later they won't have the same issues.

You can do this by letting your 4 -year old help out.... help making the salad (put raisins or nuts in it) or toss the salad, or shake the salad dressing, it makes kids feel important, special and needed "I HELPED MAKE DINNER" empowerment.

You can also have your 4 year old set table or make placemats out of construction paper to feel part of the dinner process. You may find your child will be more enthusiastic at the dinner table.

Above all - try new things.... make dinner 'a surprise.' Stuff a chicken breast, or roll it in crushed cereal, or make pot pies with leftover chicken stew, using ready-made biscuits on top... maybe your little one will be excited to see what is 'underneath' or inside of things.

Look into special bowls that have a design on the bottom... if they finish their soup, stew or salad, they get to see what's on the bottom of the bowl. You get the picture.

Try this until they start enjoying the taste of food and the experience of having dinner. Make dinner engaging and fun -a time they look forward to, a family time, rather than something that is rushed through.

Here are some kid-friendly recipes to try, too.

http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/recipes/

Good luck!!

Answer 5

There is no one single Paleo Diet, as our ancestors from all over the world ate dramatically different diets depending on the climate where they lived, their landscape, accessibility to water bodies, and the latitude that they lived. This is a detailed meal plan for the paleo diet https://tr.im/wHUjG

In some cases, a Paleo Diet may be 90% plant foods and 10% animal foods, and in other cases, a Paleo Diet may be 90% animal foods and 10% plant foods.

For example, our ancestors that lived near the equator had year long access to more plant materials such as root vegetables and various fruits, veggies, and nuts.

On the other hand, our ancestors that lived at higher latitudes further away from the equator only had access to fruits and vegetables seasonally at one specific time period per year, and had larger periods of the year where they ate a higher % of meats, organ meats, fish, and other animal-based foods, or fermented foods that could be stored for winter.

Answer 6

Check out the Food Network website! There is an entire section dedicated to kid friendly foods to prepare and feed little ones!

The food network website is my absolute favorite! I have gotten so much useful information related to cooking and entertaining there!

Answer 7

Go to Annabel Karmel's website, she's got lots of recipes and helpful tips on feeding kids of all ages.

http://www.annabelkarmel.com/

Answer 8

When doing like broccoli or cauliflower cook it then melt cheese all over it . Or try having your 4 year old help you in the kitchen while your cooking, Simple thing of course like handing you something or mixing some food.

Answer 9

Hide veggies diced very small in things like hamburgers, spaghetti sauce or taco meat...they don't even know they are there! Good luck!

Answer 10

www.campbells.com has great kid-friendly recipes!! and so does www.Kraft.com