Toddler Meal Ideas (Pancakes, Grilled Cheese + Noodle Soup & Kimbap)
Here are some toddler-friendly recipes that are easy to prepare and sure to bring smiles to your little one's face. Let’s dive into a day of fun and simple meals: breakfast, lunch, and dinner!
Ingredients
Buckwheat Pancakes
- 1 cup buckwheat flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- pinch of sea salt
- 1 large egg
- 1/4 cup melted coconut oil
- 1 cup whole milk
- splash of vanilla extract
Apple Pie Pancakes
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
- pinch of ground cinnamon
- 1 cup milk
- 1 large egg
- 2 tablespoons melted coconut oil
- 1 grated small apple
Chicken or Turkey Noodle Soup
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 1 yellow onion diced
- 8 cups chicken broth
- 3 stalks celery chopped
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 tablespoon fresh parsley chopped
- 1 lb chicken breast or ground turkey chopped
- 8 oz egg noodles
- sea salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
Buckwheat Pancakes
- Mix together wet ingredients first – milk, egg, coconut oil and vanilla. Add in dry ingredients to mix until just combined. Cook in a skillet with coconut oil.
Apple Pie Pancakes
- Mix together wet ingredients first – milk, egg andcoconut oil. Add in dry ingredients to mix until just combined. Mix in grated apple. Cook in a skillet with coconut oil.
Chicken or Turkey Noodle Soup
- On your instantpot, turn on sauté mode. add oil, garlic and onions to cook until softened. Add in broth, carrots, celery, bay leaves, parsley and ground turkey. Stir to mix up ingredients, then cover with lid making sure the nozzle is on sealing.
- Cook on soup mode high pressure for 10 minutes. When done, release to venting. Allow all pressure to release, then open lid and remove bay leaves. Take out chicken and turn to sauté mode again.
- Shred chicken, then place back in. When soup is at a light simmer, add in egg noodles to cook for another 6-7 minutes until noodles are cooked. Serve warm!