Lunch Ideas: Cruskits

An old favourite! Cheese and tomato slices on Cruskits sprinkled with black pepper. My little one devoured the tomato in record time and I ended up having to share the tomato from my Cruskits!

Lunch Ideas: Omelette triangles

Today's lunch was a sneaky attempt of adding some more vegetables to my little ones diet.

I bought one of those frozen cubed vegetable bags and it lives in the freezer as an easy filler for lunches/snacks/dinners. I could claim that I make my own diced variety from fresh vegetables, but lets face it, I'm not that amazing. I usually avoid the kitchen at all costs, but there are moments where I wish I was super organised and had fresh options. My little one does not notice whether I had help from Coles or whether I spent an entire afternoon stocking the freezer, so I spend more time thinking up ways of filling her little belly with yummy meals to make up for those moments I spend wishing I was a super mamma.

Lunch was a mix of egg, diced vegetables, diced frankfurter and grated cheese. Cooked, cooled in the fridge and served in toddler friendly triangles.

Lunch ideas: Salad Rolls

My little one helped prepare lunch today, she dragged a chair up to the kitchen bench and started eating before I even had a chance to put together our salad rolls! I sliced large chunks of tomato, cheese and meat, then finely sliced lettuce and onion. Glued together with a smidge of mayonnaise and Ta-da! Yummy salad rolls!

Rolls are lots of fun for toddlers, they are big enough to easily grab in two hands and eat as a whole thing or a fun finger food dish. My little one decided to taste all her toppings individually then she had a blast putting the last of the toppings back on the bun and finishing up with a traditional roll. I think the bite of diced onion made her eyes pop a little, but she kept going back for more.

Lunch Ideas: Mini Pizza

Oh no! Basically out of all my staple food items for lunch, what to do?!?! I rummaged through the freezer and found a measly two mini pizza bases. Would it even suffice!?!?! Chopping up a tomato, dicing onion, grating cheese and then a minute or so in the oven to warm everything up nicely. Yummy!

Lunch Ideas: Bacon and Mushroom Sandwich

Having a toddler really makes you honest about eating healthier. Grabbing a burger for lunch sounds easy and quick but there is that little part of being a mamma that makes me want to try harder to resist unhealthy fast foods and set a really good example. There are days that peanut butter sandwiches just will not do, it's these days the frypan comes out.

Sandwich Idea: Bacon and Mushroom strips with cheese on a bed of crisp salad, add mayo/tomato sauce to taste.

Lunch Ideas: Finger food

I am often stumped with what to offer my little one for lunches, we tend to get into a slump where we eat the same thing each day. BORING! So, I thought I might add a few fun ideas to the blog every so often to help organise myself.

Finger foods are always fun. Once your little one masters solids, finger foods are great to explore different textures and tastes. Perfect for grazers or to snazz up the old sandwich routine! I usually make two lunches when I am making finger foods, this way I have a lunch prepared for the next day or something I can divvy up for snacks. Everyone loves a time saver, right?

Finger foods on today's menu: 

Grapes

Cheerios spilt down the middle

Sticks of cheese

Cruskit quarters

250mls of milk