Munchkin Meals {Link Up!}

Brittany had a great idea to round up the food that bloggers are feeding their babies in order to give ideas to other mamas. Feeding Caroline is one of my favorite activities and I am having a lot of fun coming up with new and fun food combinations for her to try.  So far I’ve told you about how we started Caroline on solids and  our approach to feeding her now.  I also gave you my recipe for a frozen smoothie for babies.  Here’s a look at what Caroline eats in a day!

Since I’m a working mom, I pack Caroline’s breakfast and lunch for her nanny to feed to her every day.  The picture below is what I sent for two days.

Breakfast

The lower container on the right contains frozen peaches that I pureed to be mixed in with oatmeal for breakfast {not pictured}.  She also eats some yogurt melts.

Lunch

For lunch, I packed frozen mashed blueberries to be mixed with Greek yogurt as well as roasted butternut squash and frozen vegetable medley that I boiled in the microwave.  Caroline usually has some puffs with her lunch.

Dinner

I typically cook large {large for a baby} batches of food at the beginning of the week for Caroline to eat throughout the week—this week it was roasted butternut squash and frozen mixed vegetables.  So she had these for lunch and dinner as well as puffs, some shredded deli turkey, cheddar cheese and organic grape tomatoes.  It seems like a lot of food but sometimes she’s still hungry, in which case I’ll give her some fruit to finish off her meal.

Caroline drinks water with all meals.

I try to keep a lot of food on hand that can be made quickly for Caroline’s meals.  This list does not include everything, but it covers a good amount:

sweet potatoes
yogurt
frozen mixed vegetables
frozen organic berries
sliced turkey
shredded chicken
sliced cheddar cheese
pickles {she loves them—just like her mama!}
frozen peas
black beans
lentils
chickpeas
tomatoes
frozen broccoli
frozen green beans
bananas
puffs
vegetable rice cakes
freeze dried yogurt bites
carrots
egg yolks {hard boiled or scrambled}

Now that Caroline is approaching 11 months, I’m more comfortable introducing different foods at a faster rate.  We have been waiting three days between new foods but we’ve started to relax a bit on that.  Especially when we go out to eat, we’ll often let Caroline taste some of the things we’ve ordered {within reason—she’s not ready for buffalo wings just yet }.

So! What are your favorite meals for babies? 

Do you do a mix of purees and solids like us? What’s your approach?

Thanks to Brittany for hosting the link up—I’m excited to find some new foods for Caroline!

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