This menu is intended as a guide for food choice, with ideas for foods to try. A five-year-old will eat considerably more than a one-year-old and so the menu does not give portion sizes.
Give your toddler water throughout the day as required.
Breakfast
Porridge with milk
Satsuma
Water
Mid-morning
Banana
Water
Lunch
Lentil soup with a wholemeal roll
Peach
Water
Mid afternoon snack
Rice cakes
Mini mozzarella balls and cherry tomatoes (quartered)
Water
Tea/dinner
Minced beef and vegetables with mashed potato (mashed with milk)
Plain whole milk yogurt with strawberries
Water
Evening Drink
Water if requested
Breakfast
Wheat bisk with milk and kiwi
Water
Mid-morning
Sliced pear
Milk
Lunch
Mushroom and cheese omelette. Baby boiled potatoes. Cucumber sticks
Rice pudding
Water
Mid afternoon snack
Crackers with houmous
Carrot sticks
Water
Tea/dinner
Tuna and sweetcorn pasta salad. Broccoli
Fresh fruit salad
Water
Evening Drink
Water if requested
Breakfast
Scrambled egg with tomatoes and toasted buttered muffin
Milk
Mid-morning
Red pepper sticks
Water
Lunch
Baked potato with baked beans (reduced sugar). Green salad
Apple slices. Fromage frais
Water
Mid afternoon snack
Oatcake with cottage cheese
Grapes
Water
Tea/dinner
Chicken curry with rice and a chickpea and spinach dahl
Stewed plum with homemade custard
Water
Evening Drink
Water if requested
Avoid adding salt to your little one’s food. Flavour foods with herbs and spices instead of salt when cooking.
