What is your toddlers favorite food?

[kmblc3]

My daughter is 20 month old and I wouldn't say she is picky...well oK, she is picky ... so what do your kids eat? What is their favorite food? what would you say a typical meal might be? I am trying to come up with some new ideas since she doesn't like the ones I have now...

[TtownAnne]

Caroline eats nearly everything we eat, with the exception of steak and fish. Her favorite meal currently is turkey meatballs and spaghetti.

[Dennis]

Joe's favorite at home is mac and cheese, but apparently it's tacos at daycare. We just give him whatever we're eating unless we know it's something he won't like.

Dennis

[Karri]

right now aidan is really into peanut butter & jelly (fruit spread) sandwiches. when he has one, he has to have carrot sticks and "dip" (ranch dressing) with it every time. his favorites change about once every other week.

[Jillian]

Janelle is also very picky...and her favorites change constantly. This week though she seems to think pretzels and cheerios are all she needs to eat.

[kim]

tony would eat bananas 24/7 if i let him

lately he's not eating much at all, i can't remember the last time he had a proper dinner

[Nocona]

Matthew's favorites are fish and PB&J (not together ).

[kmblc3]

I love to cook and I hate the idea of giving her prefab food but no matter what I make for dinner it seems to turn her stomach. She puts the little hand up and turns her head and says "no no no". It's cute but frustrating. SHe wants noodles all the time and by that I mean lipton noodle soup. She had it at my sisters and now she begs for it. That and CHEESE!!! AGH! I feel so mean because I have to say no but if she had it her way she would eat cheese, noodles and babanas exclusively

[Connie1222]

Jack will never say no to pizza, yogurt, and grapes. Last night he had (no kidding) half a loaf of Italian bread (he would not share with us ) and grapes. His pickiness is driving us all nuts! He's also gotten into PB&J lately too, so that's what I ususally send to school with him for lunch.

[Barb]

Liam loves any kind of pasta - especially mac & cheese. He also loves PB&J sandwiches and bananas.

[Brooke]

Macaroni and cheese
cheese (particularly string cheese)
french fries
pizza
grapes
strawberries
raisins
pretzels

Those are things she will eat all the time. She will also eat buttered noodles, rice, peas, lima beans, green beans, cheerios, corn pops, and ice cream.

[mcox]

PASTA!!! Olivia LOVES pasta. She particularly loves mac and cheese, rice, spaghetti and lasagna. She also likes:

Cheese
Blueberry pancakes
French toast
Salsbury steak
Pizza
Sausage
Hot dog weiners (sometimes)
Cookies}
Chips }
Banannas

[Nocona]

oh yes, how could I forget french toast Matthew will never turn that down

[Bobbie]

Kiaeryn's a picky eater...some days more than others. Her favorite foods are anything chocolate flavored , pizza and pizza-flavored Goldfish crackers. Other top choices are spaghetti and hamburgers.

We usually serve her what we're having, but if I know she probably won't like the main course, I offer a couple sides that she is likely to eat. Various sauces also seem to help. I keep trying to think of new and creative ways to get fruits and veggies in her -- I hide stuff in the the meatloaf, spaghetti sauce and chocolate pudding.

[bunybomb]

Alex eats everything, thank goodness, but he does go through stages of what he will eat and when. These are things I can usually count on him to eat.

Turkey hot dogs
Cheese
Yogurt
Bananas, apples, grapes, strawberries, oranges
Goldfish
Noodles (any kind, including mac n cheese)
Eggs
Poptarts
cereal (oatmeal or cold)
Nilla wafers and graham crackers
Ground beef
Most veggies
PB&J

[Karly]

Tyrus is pretty good with eating, for the most part. He loves any type of bread, fruits and meats. Veggies are sketchy, though he does like raw veggies (like carrots, lettuce, cucumbers, radishes, etc) but rarely will eat cooked. He did like corn on the cob though the other night since it had a stick in it!

He will eat any type of cereal, and loves any and all breakfast foods. The only fruit I can't get him to eat is pineapple.

[koalita]

Jason will eat pretty much anything, but if you give him more than one food on his plate at a time (like a sandwich and some kind of fruit) he will only eat one kind of food and won't touch anything else. And it depends on the day which food he'll choose. But his favorite foods are macaroni and cheese, PB&J, and pancakes. One night DH made sloppy joes and Jason ate three of them but then last night when he made them Jason only ate half of one. So it also depends on the night.

[CadensMom]

Caden is a very picky eater also. His favorites are soy cheese pizza (allergic to milk), spagatti, banannas, and if I would let him saltand vinager chips.

I am in need of ideas also for him

[Lette]

Lexie's absolute favorites (ie...never turned down) are:

• YOGURT
• Gerber Meatsticks
• Pancakes
• Fruit & Oatmeal Bars
• Mac's N Cheese (Easy Mac Large Pack with the ridges in the noodles )

Then :

• As far as vegetables go, she loves edemame (japanese soy beans). She loves to pop 'em out of the shell and eat them.
• Peanut Butter & Jelly on Wheat Bread or Crackers
• All kinds of fruit.. bananas, strawberries, blueberries, grapes, mangos, pineapple
• Waffles
• Any kind of cereal
• Egg Omlette with Cheese
• String Cheese
• Pizza .. regular and broccoli with cheese (gotta sneak those veggies in somewhere!)
• Ham Steak
• Meatballs and Pasta... not too keen on the red sauce though
• Gorton's Fish Fillets... with Ketchup of course
• Chicken Nuggets and Fries
• Gerber Graduates Chicken Stew with Pasta, Turkey with Rice, Pasta Pickups of all kinds.

Yes, she eats quite a bit! I think it's time for a diet! Today for breakfast she ate 2 whole waffles and then asked for Grandpop's toast with jelly!

[Dawnie]

Victoria and Alex are given whatever we are eating for meals dinner. Sometimes they will eat it and sometimes they won't. Their current favorites are:

Victoria: Mac-n-cheese, popcorn, pretzels, apples, and corn.

Alex: cooked carrots (must have eaten a half a pound of steamed carrots one night), pasta with alfredo sauce, apples and watermelon.

They both really like the Gerber Graduates Wagon Wheels, waffles, and fruit snacks which they get as a treat in their lunches.