WHAT ALI EATS

hi ! while i was on my insta holiday, i wrote a piece on portion sizes for toddlers & kiddos for my friends ☺️🥄. the gist of it is - there are guidelines out there for feeding younger children and best practices for serving sizes but at the end of the day, there’s no one-size-fits-all recommendation bc all kiddos are different !! link in my bio to read the whole thing 🤍

we are back with ✨ ✨ as always, these posts are meant for meal inspiration and to show normal fluctuations in toddler appetite - not for comparison. all kiddos are different, and intake often fluctuates from meal to meal !
7:30am: banana coins w/ PB and h**p seed “sprinkles” + orange slices + plain greek yogurt. ate all the banana/PB and orange, none of the yogurt. (i offer fortified soy milk with breakfast if she asks for it, otherwise she drinks water with her meals - not all toddlers need to drink milk, it depends on their diet as a whole).
9:30am: had some leftover fruit salad and part of her nanny’s muffin, had maybe 3/4 of this container.
12:30: beef empanada, roasted cauliflower, avo. ate all the empanada, most of the cauliflower and avo.
3:30: had the rest of the fruit from the morning with the greek yogurt left over from breakfast (yes i know i’m insane with leftovers but i hate waste) - ate all.
6:30: we got for dinner, had chicken thighs with garlic aioli dip, brown rice, roasted sweet potatoes and broccoli. ate most of the rice, 1 bite of chicken, 2 helpings of sweet potato, and no broccoli. normally one of her favorite veggies but she wasn’t into it tonight ! no biggie.
what are your littles eating today ? @ Greenpoint

hellooooo !! i wrote a little piece on how to encourage our kids to eat a varied diet and prevent “picky eating” ⭐️ spoiler alert: it might take 20+ times before your kiddo tastes a new food and that’s NORMAL !!
check it out on the *is this normal* blog by 😋 - isthisnormal.littlespoon.com (or link in bio!) 💥

sharing another day of for my little foodie. as always, these posts are meant as meal inspiration and to show normal fluctuations in appetite. please don’t compare intake as all kiddos are different 💞
7:30am: 1 scrambled egg in butter + leftover multigrain french toast sticks + watermelon. ate several portions of 🍉 - the first of the season, very exciting for her 😂. had a few bites of eggs and 1 bite of french toast. she also had ~6oz of whole milk (i can talk about milk separately as i don’t think there’s one size fits all advice).
10:00am: more 🍉 and some Os cereal (she was out, i was wfh).
12:30pm: hummus on multigrain pita bread + 1 slice cheddar cheese + avocado + quartered cherry tomatoes. ate 2 small pieces of sandwich, most of the cheese, half of the avo, 1 bite of tomato.
3:30: gave her 2 more pieces of sandwich & blackberries. ate everything.
6:15: made farro & white bean burgers, served with roasted SP & avo. i also gave her a little BBQ sauce to dip and she had fun dipping the sweet potatoes (and her fingers). tried 1 bite of veggie burger (spit out), 2 helpings of SP, 2 bites of avo.
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what are your kiddos eating this week ? @ Greenpoint

this week❣️sharing a day of meals i served to my 2 year old ! still blows my mind that she’s 2 🤯. as always, these posts are meant for inspiration and not for comparison — with kids (and toddlers especially) appetite and preferences can change from day to day and meal to meal 😉

7:00am: 5oz unsweetened fortified soy milk with vitamin D drops.
7:45am: banana muffin baked by aunt + full fat yogurt + blueberries. ate the full muffin and a few blueberries.
11:30am: leftover turkey brown rice veggie bake + avocado, roasted sweet potato + apple slices. ate about 1/3 of the turkey/rice/veg bake, all the apple & avo, didn’t touch the sweet potato.
3:30: leftover blueberries & yogurt from breakfast. ate about half of this.
6:00pm: peanut tofu + roasted mini potatoes + more avo. ate almost everything, didn’t want more.
6:30: shared a chocolate chip cookie with daddy, the real life cookie monster 💙.