Low Carb Kids: Yet Another Toddler Lunch

The toddler is obsessed with hot dogs and cottage cheese, so those were her favorite parts of this meal.

The broccoli slaw has about a 30% chance of being eaten at any given meal. On this day, she fed it to the dogs.

Sigh.

Low Carb Kids: Another Toddler Lunch

The toddler had scrambled eggs with cheese, salsa and kiwi for lunch. She really enjoyed spooning the salsa onto her eggs.

The only drawback to this lunch was, I should have made more eggs!

Low Carb Kids: The Lunch the Toddler Made for Herself

This is what my toddler choose to have for lunch the other day. Not too shabby.

-Greek yogurt with some reduced sugar strawberry jam and vanilla mixed in

-Kiwi

-Lettuce with ranch dressing and 1tbsp shredded cheese

She ate every bite.

MTM: Quesadilla Lunch for Toddlers (and Adults!) Plus How to Make Guacomole

Here's our lunch today. A low glycemic fiesta with a low carb cheese quesadilla, homemade guacomole and fresh salsa (from the store).

Also, blueberries!!!! Squeeee! We love blueberries around these parts.

Not too much sugar. 10+ grams of fiber for the entire lunch and two servings of veggies.

If you haven't made guacomole before, it's super simple and a wonderful, fresh addition to your meals.

It's also something that's fun to do with toddlers. I let mine squeeze the lime while I prepped all the ingredients. She also got to stir and mash the avocado as well as add the salt. That passes for High Excitement in our house.

Ingredients for 2 servings:

• 1 avocado
• 1 garlic clove put through a presss
• 1/2 a lime
• Salt to taste
  
• Cilantro to taste

Instructions

1.Take a knife and run it in a circle around the avocado. Twist to pull apart from the large pit in the middle. With a spoon, scoop the avocado into a bowl.

2.Mash the avocado with a fork.

3.Squeeze lime over avocado.

4.Add some dashes of salt, the garlic and cilantro.

5.Taste and add more salt, lime or garlic as necessary.

Low Carb Kids: Lunch with Vegetables that Were Actually Consumed! By Actual Children!

Here's the lunch I made my toddler today and it was a major SCORE! I am a very happy momma.

The menu?

• Low Carb Swedish meatballs (recipe forthcoming)
• Kiwi
• Veggie stacker crackers
• Water

The veggie stacker crackers were a divine inspiration. I used a garden veggie cream cheese as glue for a lettuce-cheese-lettuce stack.

Yes there were crackers. The highest fiber ones I could find. Small ones and I'm okay with some carbs in the toddler's diet.

The toddler helped assemble the crackers which helped pique her interest in actually eating them. I also promised her she wouldn't even taste the lettuce, which was true.

I have lots of ideas on how to expand on this idea. Finally a Good Idea when it comes to getting toddlers to eat their veggies.

By the way, here's my lunch. Which was equally delish. Swedish meatballs and sliced green pepper with some garden ranch dip.

Low Carb Kids

Low carb quesadilla lunch with homemade guacomole

Veggie Cracker Stackers

Swedish Meatballs lunch

Scrambled eggs, salsa and fruit lunch

Greek yogurt, salad and fruit lunch