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10 Yummy Recipes for Kids

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Call this our OMG JUST EAT SOMETHING list.

Pizza Quesadilla from funnyloveblog.com

Piggybacking on my last post re: our favorite feeding gear for kids!

I do not love talking about giving in to kids, or being overly permissive out of laziness, or anything like that.

But. However. Also. If we were going to describe feeding kids in those ways, this would be THE list that we would come back to again and again.

These are the recipes that our kids gobble down. They taste good, aren’t overly complicated, don’t try to force habits (cough, broccoli) that take a little more work, and overall are just wonderful recipes that everyone in our household loves.

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Toddler Feeding Strategies + Favorite Foods

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It’s a kid food day! Feeding Beck is something I get in a rut with every once in awhile, and it kind of goes one of two ways. One, she eats a few healthy things so that’s all I give her because then she’s getting produce and protein and things that I’m cool with BUT not trying lots/any new things. Then we have part two where we have a ton of fun things or busy things and she eats pizza for five days straight because it’s quick and her favorite food.

Obviously one of those items is prooooobably preferable, but pizza is also a winner on an emotional level, there’s no denying that. We’ve been working with Beck more on eating all at once (she’s the queen of saying she needs to color in between bites or other silly but cute things), eating produce first, and trying new things even if she’s pretty sure she won’t like them. 

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