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Toddler-Approved Meals in Minutes: Quick & Easy Ideas for Busy Parents

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Short on time but need to feed a hungry toddler? This list is packed with quick, easy, and toddler-approved meal ideas that take the stress out of mealtime. Whether you’re dealing with picky eaters or just need fast options for busy days, these meals...
 
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This quick, easy, and well-balanced quesadilla uses whole grain tortillas, beans, cheese, and bell pepper.
kid-friendly: bean, veggie & cheese quesadilla
 
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This quick recipe uses carrots, celery, onion, garlic, oregano, butter, and capers.
Simple Tomato Spaghetti for Kids
 
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This simple recipe mixes cooked macaroni with cream cheese, heavy cream, cheddar cheese, Dijon mustard, and smoked paprika, and can be customized with your child's favorite add-ins.
Easy Kids Mac & Cheese
 
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This recipe includes a variety of veggies, cheddar cheese, and milk.
Extreme Veggie Scrambled Eggs
 
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This quick recipe uses whole wheat bread, honey, and milk.
Peanut Butter Banana Toast Recipe - Food.com
 
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This recipe can be adjusted for toddlers and uses whole milk yogurt, crunchy toppings, and fruit.
Quick Yogurt Parfaits
 
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This customizable recipe suggests using a banana, nondairy milk, fruit, and veggies.
Favorite Toddler Smoothie (with Veggies!) Bid Kids Will Love Too!
 
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This Pasta with Peas is fast, simple, and so yummy. And with just a few ingredients, you can make a satisfying vegetarian meal to share with the kids.
Quick Pasta with Peas
 
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With just four ingredients and an easy method that takes just minutes, this Veggie Grilled Cheese Sandwich is a favorite kids meal—whether as an easy lunch or dinner!—that adults can dig into too. So good!
Veggie Grilled Cheese Sandwich
 
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Blend up a fruit or veggie with an egg for the fluffiest, easiest, healthy baby pancakes. These use just 2 ingredients, have four flavor options, and are a perfect texture for both babies and toddlers.
2-Ingredient Pancakes
 
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Banana Sushi is a seriously fun and fast lunch for kids—or meal for any time of the day—that’s filling and satisfying, too. Plus: You need only three nutritious ingredients to make this for the kids and they take less than 5 minutes to make Win, win!
Banana Sushi (3 Ingredient Kids Lunch)
 
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Scalloped potatoes and ham is a filling meat-and-potato casserole everyone will love. It’s quite possibly the perfect way to use up leftover ham.
Scalloped Potatoes and Ham
 
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This dish is loaded with savory goodness and hearty enough to be a full meal, as it's packed with protein, thanks to the ground beef and cottage cheese. Dig in!
Sloppy Joe Pasta
 
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These savory sausage muffins are a perfect grab-and-go breakfast option. Packed with sausage, eggs and cheese, they're precisely what you want for an easy breakfast when there's little time to make one.
Sausage Muffins
 
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Who doesn't love a classic sloppy joe recipe? Customize your homemade sloppy joes by mixing in veggies or melting cheese on top.
Sloppy Joe Recipe
 
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You can prepare this snackable pizza in just 10 minutes! It's a fun way to sneak in those daily servings of fruit.
Chocolate-Hazelnut Fruit Pizza
 
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Loved the sage in this! It took these delicious strips to another level! I also made half of the strips in the air-fryer with great results!
Crispy Sage Chicken Tenders