Monday, September 20, 2010

Food chart for my 23 months old

My daughter is 23 months old now. She is the first and only child we have. Raising her has been an experience for us, which I would like to share with others. Today I had been looking for a mealplan for her. I could get the following one from babycenter india.



A week's sample non-vegetarian meal plan for a two year old 

Monday • Tuesday • Wednesday • Thursday • Friday • Saturday • Sunday 

Monday
Early Morning: 1 cup milk and 2 almonds soaked overnight and peeled.

Breakfast:
 1 boiled egg with a slice of buttered toast.

Mid morning:
 1 fresh fruit cubed into small pieces or 1 cup of fruit or vegetable juice or 1 cup of tomato or vegetable soup. 

Lunch (Curd optional):
 ½ cup chicken kofta curry, 1 chapatti or ½ cup rice.

Evening snack:
 Fruit milkshake. 

Dinner:
 ½ cup moong dal, ¼ cup seasonal vegetables like methi, carrots, cauliflower, pumpkin and 1 chapatti or ½ cup rice.

Tuesday
Early Morning: 1 cup milk.

Breakfast:
 ½ cup cereal such as ragi (nachni) or dalia cooked in whole cream milk with chopped nuts such as almonds, walnuts, raisins and pistachios. 

Mid morning:
 1 fresh fruit cubed into small pieces or 1 cup of fruit or vegetable juice or 1 cup of tomato or vegetable soup.

Lunch (Curd optional):
 ¼ cup dal, ¼ cup palak paneer, 1 chapatti or ½ cup rice.

Evening snack:
 1-2 whole grain crackers with a small cube/slice of cheese.

Dinner:
 1 cup pasta in tomato sauce with vegetables such as cabbage, peas and cauliflower and ¼ cup fresh green salad with tomatoes, onions and carrots.

Wednesday
Early Morning: 1 cup milk and 2 almonds soaked overnight and peeled.

Breakfast:
 1-2 idlis with sambhar with vegetables such as drumsticks, carrots and bottle gourd or lauki and coconut or tomato chutney.

Mid morning:
 1 fresh fruit cubed into small pieces or 1 cup of fruit or vegetable juice or 1 cup of tomato or vegetable soup. 

Lunch (Curd optional):
 ¼ cup egg curry (1 whole boiled egg), ½ cup rice or 1 roti. 

Evening snack:
 1 banana muffin with ½ cup milk

Dinner:
 ½ cup mutton stew with vegetables like beans and peas and 1 appam (cooked without oil).

Thursday
Early Morning: 1 cup milk.

Breakfast:
 ½ cup suji upma / rice poha with vegetables such as beans, peas, carrots and coconut. 

Mid morning:
 1 fresh fruit cubed into small pieces or 1 cup of fruit or vegetable juice or 1 cup of tomato or vegetable soup.

Lunch (Curd optional):
 ½ cup rajma with ½ cup rice or 1 chapatti;

Evening snack:
 A whole wheat bread sandwich with coriander or tomato chutney. 

Dinner:
 ¼ cup tomato fish curry, ½ cup rice, 1-2 tablespoons of vegetables such as lauki or pumpkin or kadoo.


Friday
Early Morning: 1 cup milk and 2 almonds soaked overnight and peeled.

Breakfast:
 1 moong dal cheela (Moong dal dosa) / or a plain ghee dosa with coriander chutney.

Mid morning:
 1 fresh fruit cubed into small pieces or 1 cup of fruit or vegetable juice or 1 cup of tomato or vegetable soup. 

Lunch (Curd optional):
 ½ cup chicken biryani with raita and a few slices of cucumber, carrots as salad to accompany. 

Evening snack:
 Corn chaat or fruit chaat.

Dinner:
 ½ cup baked vegetables with cheese and 1 slice whole wheat bread.

Saturday
Early Morning: 1 cup milk.

Breakfast:
 Parantha stuffed with egg bhurji or scrambled, hard boiled or poached eggs with toast.

Mid morning:
 1 fresh fruit cubed into small pieces or 1 cup of fruit or vegetable juice or 1 cup of tomato or vegetable soup. 

Lunch (Curd optional):
 ½ cup khichri, ½ cup curd, ½ cup seasonal vegetables like methi, palak, or lauki.

Evening snack:
 1 slice fruit/walnut bread with ½ cup milk. 

Dinner:
 ¼ cup butter chicken or chicken curry with 1 chapatti or ½ cup rice.



Sunday
Early Morning: 1 cup milk.

Breakfast:
 Grilled chicken sandwich (1-2 slices whole wheat.

Mid morning:
 1 fresh fruit cubed into small pieces or 1 cup of fruit or vegetable juice or 1 cup of tomato or vegetable soup. 

Lunch:
 Baby vegetable pizza with paneer, tomatoes, capsicum and cheese topping.

Evening snack:
 ½ cup moong sprouts salad with tomatoes, onions, coriander and lemon juice.

Dinner:
 2-3 tablespoons of de-boned and mashed fish and potato curry with ½ parantha.

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