What my 1 Year Old & I Eat in a Day | Feeding my Picky Toddler + Easy Meal Ideas

I'm not pretty. No. Are we going to school? No. I'm teaching you. No. Smoothie bowls. Banana. I don't like blue. I like that idea. Oakley's in a don't put me down mode today. Oakley, you're getting too heavy. Okay, are your kids also obsessed with frozen fruit? This is actually a recipe from the toddler cookbook. I'm just adding a couple of extra things to it. Kind of like acai bowls. But with no acai. Too much. Too much. My thoughts exactly. Who doesn't love peanut butter? Got everything in the blender. Let's blend it up. Thank you. Opening that banana for mommy. Hang on. Mommy's got to put toppings on. Okay, and I got some granola I made. Just put that on top. There you go, Oakley. He likes toppings. Sage does not. Granola. You like it just without anything on it, right? I like it with chocolate chips and sprinkles. Yes, but what did mommy say? No. I said not for breakfast. This is what Oakley ate. He did ask for refills of banana and granola. Just packed up Sage's lunch. We have camomile wraps with turkey and cheddar. A little mayonnaise and mustard. Olives, cucumber, ranch sauce, raspberries, little cheddar bunnies, apples, cucumbers. Another half. They do like two small lunches. And then I just have some extra snacks that I'm going to put up here. That's what's going in here, in case you're wondering. I also add in a little card, which I'm going to get. It's that kind of day. Okay, mommy's turn for breakfast. Thank you. Want to hit it here? Good job, Oakley. We're saving that egg. Good thing we're doing scrambled eggs today. More? I think that's it for right now. Mommy already dropped an egg. Oh my goodness. Thank you. Want to put that back up? Can I take this? Careful, it's glass. I'm going to eat this, and then we're going to go for a walk in some sunshine. It's kind of an overcast day, so the sun's poking out. I know if I don't do it now, I'm not going to do it later. It's probably going to rain. If you find it hard to eat three eggs a day for protein, scrambled is an easier way, because I find it just kind of shrinks up, but you still get the same amount of protein. I've been trying not to have toast every morning. If I do, it's either sprouted or sourdough, but honestly, the avocado and the raspberries, lots of fiber, and it's delicious, and if I'm hungry, I'll just have a snack later. How not to get sick as a mom, because honestly, being sick as a parent is the worst feeling ever. Water, herbal coffee. Walk? No? Give Mommy a kiss? No. Do you love Mommy? No. Mommy loves you. Yeah? Yeah, I do. Okay, can I have a kiss? No. Hug? No. High five? No. Handshake? No. Potato fries? No. Potato. Potato fries? Hug. He knows to give a hug when he hurts. I'm packing a little morning snack for Oakley for the walk. I have these granola bars I made. I'm gonna put them in there. An apple. He's been really into big apples, not cut. A water, and I like these little grab cups because it just makes it easy. I can even strap it on the stroller so it doesn't fall, and he can just reach in there and grab it. Apple. Apple? There you go, apple. Here you go. Thank you. You're welcome. There you go. Thank you. Oakley's having his little snack in his stroller. It's actually a lot colder than I thought. It's a little windy. Yesterday I was wearing flip-flops. Today, puffer vest. All right, it's Oakley's lunchtime, so I'm actually just gonna warm up some leftovers. He's been in a picky phase. I say this, and then people think I'm lying because he's eating stuff, and I'm like, no, it's because I'm trying all the strategies to get him to actually eat his food, and it's totally normal. Like, you didn't do something wrong if you have a picky toddler. It's like a normal instinct that happens. I usually find it's like when they turn one, and it's really just about navigating it so that you're still introducing foods and not giving up because they've said no to something twice. It's so normal. This happened with my first, and we're in it again, and honestly, I can already see my hard work working because he's doing so much better. Not every mealtime is a good mealtime, but hopefully this one will be. He ate this the other day for lunch. I did some air fryer salmon, and we did these little hand rolls with toasted seaweed. He ate like eight of these chunks of salmon and just kept wanting me to make him them and feed them to him. Like, he was in sushi heaven, so I'm gonna warm that up. I'm also gonna do a side of avocado, a little mango. We'll see what he eats. And normally, he says no to the broccoli. What I did is I actually crumbled up the broccoli into the rice, and he didn't complain about it, so I'm gonna do that again. He's hard on his veggies. He loves his fruit, but the veggies, it's a struggle, guys. And then I gotta figure out what I'm having because there's not enough for Matt and I. Shred some of this up, but honestly, the salmon's so flaky, he was eating them whole, so I'm not gonna break up too much. That's the thing about toddlers. They don't want tiny little pieces of puree anymore. They're like, give me the stuff I can sink my gums and teeth into. And so a lot of times, if you're still giving them like mushed up baby food, they're gonna not be as interested versus actual food. So just be mindful of the texture you're serving it to them. Switch it up. Also, give them flavor. Don't be serving them plain white rice. If you're not gonna eat it, why do you expect them to eat it? So I like to flavor it up a little bit. I don't wanna do too much salt and get them used to that, but this is just coconut aminos. I'm just gonna add a tiny little bit to give it some flavor. And then also, I made like a healthier version of a yum yum sauce. This is a non-spicy one that I made for the kids. They both loved it. Some toasted seaweed. I'm gonna put some on the side. Also, my kids love, I call these just sprinkles, they're black sesame seeds. They love shaking it onto their food. I also find just bringing in an interactive element, the fact that they can make their own little hand rolls, they can add on their toppings or their sauce. Kids love this and it makes them feel more involved in like their playing with their food. This is how I show my love and honestly, I feel like he's gonna like it. We'll see. Guys, I just brought him up and he saw the plate and he's asking for it. Does that look yummy? Honestly, I'm so happy that he's eating it again. You do it. Is it good? Thumbs up? Yay! Thumbs up. More? Okay. Oh, we need more. We need more. Give me your hands. Good job. That makes mommy so happy that you're enjoying it. Also, just know if your toddler is sick or teething or their snacks are too close to their mealtimes, they're definitely not gonna be hungry for mealtime. So, don't be discouraged if your kid is just like refusing to eat at every mealtime because like that was like a couple weeks ago with Oakley and now he's been doing so good and just, you can't give up. Don't give in to the chicken nuggets and fries. Okay? It seems easy in the moment. It will make your life harder in the long run because you're never gonna know what to feed your kid because they're only gonna eat like five things. Little butt is so good. I know. Okay. Little chew, chew, chew. Chew, chew, chew. Ah! All done? Wow, Oakley. You smashed that. Thank you. Wow, guys. I don't know. Usually he throws it on the floor. I don't know where that came from. Wow. That was compliments to the chef. That's what that was. Before I put Oakley down for his nap, I'm gonna quickly meal prep some crackers for him. These are actually the Super Seed Flax Crackers from my new e-book, The Allergy Friendly Cookbook. It's a cookbook made for kids with allergies and even adults can enjoy it as well but it's free from the top nine food allergies If you are looking for even school safe snacks that don't have nuts and peanut butter and stuff like that, this is a great e-book for you. It has so many recipes. It's kind of like a guide for parents navigating this world for the first time or they've been in it for a while and they just need a refresh, new recipes to try out. This is the book for you. I'm pretty sure by the time this video goes live, it has officially launched so check it out. I'm gonna link it down below for you guys. Oakley loves the lamb koftas and he also loves these crackers too so both my kids can enjoy these as like a little after school snack. Right now, until the end of the month, you'll also get a freebie recipe. My Go Go Chewy granola bars will be sent to you right away too when you order the e-book. I really hope this helps you and your family out on just enjoying meals that are healthy, taste delicious and are not just full of sugar and additives like a lot of the options at the grocery store. Just gonna mix it all together and then we're gonna add in our water to bind it. Just gonna spread them out. The thinner you get them, the crispier they're gonna be. I'm gonna stick this into the oven and go put Mr. Oakley down for bed. While my oven is hot, I'm actually gonna just start cooking the bacon. I like to do my bacon in the oven. I feel like it's the easiest way. You get the best crispy bacon and less cleanup. I'm trying something I've never made before. Protein bagels. Like the cottage cheese bagels. And we're gonna do BLTs because that's like one of my favorite foods. I think a BLT on a bagel is so good. So we're gonna have that. And I'm not even really that hungry right now so I feel like by the time I make all the components, they'll be ready. In case you've been living under a rock, they have been going viral on TikTok and I finally am going to try it myself and see if it's worth the hype. I'm also filming a TikTok on the side so if you see me looking off to the camera, that's what I'm doing. But basically I'm gonna do a gluten-free version and just do almond flour and Greek yogurt and I'm gonna see if it tastes actually like a bagel. Can you even call it a bagel? Is it just like almond flour and yogurt baked? I don't know. Cue the montage. In case anyone is ever wondering what Matt is doing. What are you doing right now? Organizing Sage's crafts. I'm not cleaning up things. Crafts, trying to make some space on there. Go team. On TikTok, we're gonna make it look like I didn't mess up but on here, I'm gonna play around. I mean, I didn't mess up but I'm adjusting as I go. I don't really know what consistency I'm going for but that's the fun part of recipe testing. You just make it up as you go. Are you? What? What are you doing? I've just broken my second egg of the day. Yay! Oh! I was like, where's an egg? Where's the egg? I just took it out. Crunch. Like, I can't make this up. Like, I know. Good thing I asked you to bring extra eggs today. You know what? I'm gonna save it. Cause I just need it for the egg wash. Oh, with my slipper. Yeah. Just on the corner. I didn't go... There's no way on my... It's gonna get cooked. Look at how cute these are. Okay, I'm gonna pop them into the oven. Oh! Those look like bagels! This is crazy if this actually tastes good or if it just tastes like Greek yogurt. Put these on a cooling rack to cool while we prep the rest of the ingredients cause we're making BLTs with our own homemade bagels. I feel like Martha Stewart. What is this meal prep behind me? This is like, we got crackers, we got bacon, we got bagels, we got BLTs. This is a good Wednesday. We have some tomatoes. Matt hates tomatoes. But as I tell Sage, we don't say hate, we say I'm still learning to like tomatoes. I don't think he's ever gonna like tomatoes. Now here's the trick to a good sandwich. It's seasoning your toppings a little bit. Tomato. First off, I love a BLT. I feel like I need to try the bagel by itself. It doesn't have a weird aftertaste. It passes as a bagel. What the heck? This one's yours. I brought Matt in for the taste test. I'm very proud of my bagels. Okay, so they're high protein, gluten free. I put no tomato on yours. Cute bagel. It's good. No weird taste. They fall apart a little bit if you smoosh them too much. I think the kids would eat this for breakfast. It's good. For it not being bread, it's not bad. Okay, what'd you say? I was just saying that they taste good by themselves. When they were in the sandwich, I didn't know if the bagel tasted good, but I'm actually just by itself, I'm like, it's good. I don't need butter or anything. It's just very soft. Matt gives it the approval. It's good. Okay, we just woke up. Matt went to go get Sage from school, so I'm going to do a little snack plate. I'm thinking flax crackers. I'm going to cut up this pomegranate. I got them on sale the other day and some hummus. Anything else? That's it. Did you have a good nap? No? You slept over two hours. High five. No? High five. Where does this attitude come from? So little. From such a little person. Do you want to help mommy? Thank you, Oakley. Okay, mommy's going to cut first and then you can help. Good job helping mommy. Okay, now we're going to watch this. Watch this. Ready? Ow. Thank you. Okay, but I'm going to open it up. It was plastic. Okay, I'm going to remove that one. Oh, that's why they were on sale. They're rotten. I know. I'm just as sad. I know. Okay, let's see if this one's good. I know. Okay. Okay, this one's better. Okay, let me show you my hack. And they just rain right out. How do you get all your anger out? We haven't had pomegranates in a while because they've been five dollars each for the last little bit. These are good. They're good? You're going to be really happy when you see the bowl just seated for him. Can mommy do that one? Okay. Do a little bowl for Sagey. I feel like you're going to eat a lot of this. I made hummus the other day, which if you want to know how I made this, follow me on Instagram. So easy. I don't think I'm ever going to buy store-bought hummus again because this is better. That's all I'm saying. It's so good. And then we have our flax crackers. I feel like a homesteader. Homemade crackers and hummus? Look at mommy go. Okay, let's check what you had for lunch. Did you eat your lunch? Do you want to have a cucumber with your hummus? Wow. Look at that. Wait, what's on your card? My card. Still learning to like the cucumber? Wow. Good job, Sage. High five. So in the meantime, I'm going to prep the chicken for dinner tonight. You don't want chicken? You want pizza? Can't please everyone. Big day at school? Yeah, you look a little tired. Well, the teacher asked how you felt. You still feel sad? Do you want a hug? Do you like the hummus? Did you miss mommy? What's that? No pepper. No, no pepper. What's that? I'm going to put the chicken These are chicken thighs. Maybe it's because my hands smell like lemon. Can I smell it? Can I smell one? Yuck! No, no, no, no, no. Just those ones are broken. Those ones are broken. Okay. Do I look tired? Because I am. It's been a long day. A long day in the kitchen. So I'm just going to quickly put together a little Greek salad. Or a Greek-inspired salad. Sage has been getting into salads so I've been trying to make one more for dinner. So I'm kind of over the kitchen so I'm going to make the salad and then I'm going to switch with Matt and he's going to do the chicken or put the chicken in the oven because it's just marinating and then he's going to do his fries. He has like his famous fries that he always does. I think the pomegranate is going to be good. It's still in the Mediterranean field. I'm going to just slice the olives in half. Okay. Dressing. I guess a little olive oil. Put this aside and then go switch and he'll do the fries and the chicken. Okay. Everybody's crazy and ready for dinner. I'm going to add the dressing to the salad. Kids' dinners are done. Sage is actually already eating a flatbread pizza. She's a good eater so if she requests something once in a while I'll, you know, if we have the stuff I'll make it for her. But she's also going to try a little bit of everything and then for Oakley he's like iffy with chicken so we just warmed up some lamb koftas and I put a little hummus on it but I'm still going to put a little feta and cucumber on there to try to encourage him to try new things. And you got pizza! I'm tired. Ready for dinner and is it bedtime soon yet? Yeah. Originally planned to make homemade naan and tzatziki but expectations reality. Okay. You don't want it anymore? Want your popsicle? Okay. I'm not going to lie I'm feeling really tired but the kids are both sleeping so Matt and I are going to just chill and watch The Last of Us. We're actually re-watching the first season because the second season's out. So good. If you've not watched that I can't remember it. Oh, Severance so good. White Lotus another good one. We're not big TV watchers but if a season is sweet and short and has a really good storyline then I'll watch it here and there but I don't like long things that people get addicted to because they're like watching TV every single night and then you have no time for yourself. I'm going to make a little sweet treat though using dates which I know doesn't sound exciting but it's so good. I have a pan heating up on the stove. I'm going to basically fry some medjool dates in olive oil top it on ice cream with a little flaky sea salt and I know what you're thinking olive oil and ice cream sounds so weird. It's so good. It just works. Trust me. Nice and crispy. I have to give you guys an up close shot of this dessert. Basically the dates caramelize and then harden with the ice cream. So good and the sea salt is just the perfect balance for the sweet. Oh my god. Whoever thought about this is legit genius. It is so good. You have to try it. Don't be fooled by the dates thinking it's like a healthy treat. You're not going to like it. It's so good.