Daily menu plan for 1 to 2 years old

Sanmithra · Feb 9, 2012

Hi Santu,
And also please let me know the propotion of par-boiled rice, bengal gram and sago for the porridage.

magicworld · Feb 9, 2012

hi Sanmitra,
how do you make multigrain kanji? can you please explain.

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Hi All,
Please share you daily menu that you prepare for your kids between 1 to 2 years of age. My second kid is 14 months old and right now I giving the below menu plan on daily basis.
7.30 Am Milk
8.30 Am 1 Dosa/1 idly/Pongal with Chutney
10.30 Am Apple milk shake with badam,dry grapes, fig and dates added to it.
1.00 PM Dhall rice with vegetables
4.30 PM multigrain Kanji
7.00 PM 1 dosa/ 1 idly
8.30 PM rice/fried gram Kanji
10.30 Milk
I am confused between the 7.00 PM and 8.30 PM and wanted to combine and have one meal rather than having two during dinner. The problem is she eats idly/dosa very less some time 1/2 idly 1/2 dosa so I am breaking it to two different timings.
Some times I give her 1 boiled egg before lunch. Working out to make a proper schedule.
Just wanted to hear from all other mummy to share there schedule. This will help me to plan accordingly.
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klniha · Feb 9, 2012

Santu said: ↑

U may try chapathis or paratas for dinner...U can boil sprouts
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santu, those are some useful tips thank you. I will be trying all these.

Hi all,
My son is 15 months old and his plan is as follows

7.30am - milk with junior horlicks
10am - oatmeal with sugar
1pm- rice with veggies and toor dal and little jaggery,tamarind,salt
4.30pm - Oreo cookies with gerber cereal and milk and sugar
7pm - milkshake or goldfish / gerber snacks
9pm - rice with veggies

During sleep at 1am -milk with junior horlicks and sugar

I think I'm using too much sugar, even with idli and dosa which is very rare coz he eats only a quarter of it, he has it with sugar, we don't get honey here.. Ny other substitutes for sugar? Also I realize I don't give him as much variety as u all r givin ur kids, I shud modify this but is quarter idli/ dose enuf for breakfast, e doesn't eat more than that.. How abt ur kids?

writeme · Feb 9, 2012

klniha said: ↑

we don't get honey here.. Ny other substitutes for sugar?
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Do you live in US? You get honey in most of the stores like walgreens or walmart or any super stores. Check with the grocery stores in your city.

klniha · Feb 10, 2012

writeme said: ↑

Do you live in US? You get honey in most of the stores like walgreens or walmart or any super stores. Check with the grocery stores in your city.
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Oh ok. Yes we r in US. I tried only in the Indian stores. Any particular brand? Also where o we get dates?

Thank yu

anurachana · Feb 10, 2012

hello everyone
so nice to see such an informative thread. well i give my 3yr and 1 yr old these as meals:
7:30a.m. milk
9:00a.m. wholemeal bread and butter/cheese
12:15p.m. fruit(generally pear because of throat problem
1:15p.m. lunch(rice,daal,ghee and boiled vegetables mixed)
5p.m. oats in milk/biscuits and milk/wheat halwa/maggi
8p.m. dinner(paratha with butter)
10p.m. milk

my son who is 3yr dont want to eat vegetables at all so in lunch i can mix in rice but in night how to give.he is a very picky eater and so he dont want to try new foods.another problem is i am trying to remove his bottles so giving milk in cup so he has reduced drinking milk to a very low quantity(just max.300ml).dont know how to make him eat more healthy foods and milk from a cup .

Sanmithra · Feb 10, 2012

Hi Magicworld,

Here is the method to prepare Multigrain Kanji

Samba Wheat - 1/4 kg
Jowar/Kambu - 1/4 kg
Ragi - 1/4 kg
Fried gram - 100 g
Roasted and skin removed ground nuts - 100g
Green gram - 50 G
dry roasted badam - 25g
Dry roasted cashew - 25g
elachi - 10 to 15 nos
Optional - You can also add little amount of corn/barley/red rice

Clean and grind them all in mill and make fine powder out of it and store it in air tight container.

To prepare Kanji take required quantity of this powder. I use 3 tbsp powder and add 1 1/2 cups of water and 1/2 cup of milk and mix it well before keeping it in stove. After mixing keep it in stove and cook until it boils for 2 to 3 minutes. You can adjust the quantity of water and milk as per your requirement. I mean you can add 1 cup water and 1 cup milk.

Sanmithra · Feb 10, 2012

Hi Anurachana,
Don't worry my elder one who is 4 yrs now is also picky eater. All that he doesn't eat I used to introduce it indirectly in his food.

Sprouts - I make a fine paste of sprouts by running it in mixy and add it in the dosa batter and make dosa out of it. I used to beat carrot/beetroot and mix it in Dosa batter and give that to him. He likes it as it is colorful and there is not huge different in taste. He like wheat dosa rather than rice dosa. So it is very easy to mix all these veg juices in wheat flour and make wheat dosa. You can also prepare your chappati dough out of these vegetable juices and make chappathi. I grate amla and in pan add oil and saute it mustard, cumin seeds and add grated amla and saute for 3 minutes and mix this in wheat flour and make wheat dosa out of it. The sour taste of amla is not felt very much in making such dosa's. I sometimes add grated carrot also to it. I prepare chutney out of vegetables which is also healthy side dish for breakfast.

Don't worry about the milk intake. 300ml should be fine for 3 yrs. He should slowly improve on his cup habit. YOu can give him curd which will also meet his calcium requirement.

Hope this helps.