Remember the first time you introduced food to your baby? The magical moment when he opened his mouth eagerly for the first time for the puree or porridge you’d lovingly made or for the fruit and vegetable wedges you have prepared?
Time really flies in a blink of an eye! From that wide-eyed baby who’d eat everything on his plate, you now have a picky toddler in your hands!
To make things easy for those who are looking for recipes for 1-year-old babies (and above!), we have 17 tried-and-tested meal ideas, including Asian toddler recipes like mee sua, yours will be sure to like at least a few!
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You can make these onigiri for your baby or toddler as adorable as you want – think pandas, cats and bears! But at the heart of this is a really simple concept: mix veggies or meat into sushi rice and make them into easy-to-pick-up balls.
Our favourite tip? Cook the rice with a little bit of rice wine vinegar and soya sauce for that little flavour kick. Be sure to use Japanese rice so that the balls hold well together.
Another thing you’d want to do is to wet your hands before shaping the rice balls to help the balls stick tighter. Mix in corn, steamed edamame, carrots, tuna, shredded chicken or salmon to make these a complete meal for little ones. Itadakimasu!
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Perhaps it is named as such because cooking it is really as easy as ABC! This is one of the simplest Cantonese soups you can make at home that even the fussiest of toddlers will eat.
Made from potato, carrot and tomato with pork bones as the soup base, little ones love this for the colour in the soup and sweet taste! Marinade some pork in dark soy for about 15 minutes prior to cooking and pop it into boiling soup just 5 minutes before serving so the meat is tender and soft.
You can also add corn for an even sweeter soup that will be sure to put a smile on your toddler’s face – eating corn right off the cob is one of my kids’ favourite foods! Serve this soup with rice for dinner.
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We all have those days where we have no idea what to cook. But toddlers still need to be fed so thank goodness for fail-proof dishes like fried rice!
Making this Chinese food for my toddlers is also one of my favourite ways to clear out my fridge, for when I have random veggies or meat that need to be eaten before I get anything new.
The secret to making it tasty? Using overnight rice so that the individual grains are dryer! Fry some fragrant shallots and garlic in a hot wok of oil, add the veggies (I liked to use diced French beans and carrots), fold the rice in, and here is the important bit – make a well in the middle of the rice and crack your eggs in there.
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Give the egg time to set before scrambling it up with the rice and other ingredients – and voila, you get a fluffy golden egg in your rice!
As for the meat, shredded chicken or pork is always safe, but sometimes, I slice up some salmon and fry that in my rice, to shake things up a bit.
Honey and soy is a winning combination with kids and adults alike, and glazing this yummy mix over succulent chicken thighs and baking them in the oven is one of the best ways to enjoy this awesome mix of flavours.
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The kids love it when the chicken skin turns golden brown and crispy from the honey soy glaze and will literally fight for every last piece of the skin when we make this for dinner.
I usually complete the meal by making another tray of vegetables (think carrots, broccoli, onion, potato and sweet potato) and sliding both trays into the oven to bake simultaneously. So easy and so yummy!
Many recipes suggest eating this with white rice but our family’s personal favourite is to cook up a pot of couscous and drench the fluffy little grains with the sticky honey soy sauce.
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Important note: Remember that honey is a strict no-no for children below one due to the possibility of botulism, a rare but potentially fatal illness that may affect infants below one if they consume honey. If you have a toddler aged one and below, remember to take the honey out of this Asian food recipe.
Salmon is one of those foods you really want your toddler to eat more of, because of all its reported benefits. Omega-3 fatty acids, EPA and DHA… all good brain food!
Baking salmon in the oven with a gentle dollop of teriyaki sauce for flavour is one of our family’s favourite ways to eat this wholesome fish. I like to spread some minced ginger over the fillets to cut through the sweetness of the teriyaki.
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Steam some asparagus, sweet peas or broccoli, and enjoy this over a bowl of fragrant Japanese rice. Make some extra sauce to drizzle over your rice too! Win-win-win!
This is one of those things you always end up making a big batch of and freezing more than what you actually intend to eat for the meal! Toddlers love helping to wrap these babies up and we say why not!
You can get wonton wrappers from most grocery stores (or you can make them from scratch at home if you wish), and the most prep you’ll have to do is chopping garlic and onions to add them into the meat mixture.
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Mix the meat mixture up with sesame oil and light soy and you’re ready to wrap! Seal the wrappers with a slick of water. Steam or boil those you mean to eat for your day’s meal and freeze the rest for another day!
Our favourite way to enjoy these babies is to slurp them up with a comforting bowl of yellow egg noodles in a clear broth – sooooo comforting!
Hands up if you remember eating this as a kid! This was one of my all-time favourite meals as a kid, and I love it now as comfort food even as an adult. Easy to prepare and even easier to slurp down, your toddler will (hopefully) love this as much as we did!
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Cooking this is simple, with the soup probably needing the most time and work. Make your own chicken broth minus the MSG by boiling whole chicken bones and chicken thighs over the stove in a pot of water (after doing your due diligence and blanching them in hot water prior to this, of course), add celery, carrots and bay leaves, and let simmer for 2 hours.
Shred the chicken meat from the thighs, add some bak choy or xiao bai cai, and ladle over a bowl of cooked elbow macaroni.
The broth freezes wonderfully, so if you intend to do so, sieve the particles out and freeze the broth for the next time you want to serve macaroni again!
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Mee sua, also known as longevity noodles, are wheat vermicelli noodles that many Singaporean children will remember eating in their growing up years. The thin, pale coloured noodles are distinctive in looks and taste, and are a comfort food for many!
Again, the hardest part of cooking this dish is the soup, which is often made from ikan bilis (dried anchovies) as a base. I like adding minced pork meatballs or boiled quail eggs (and omitting the regular egg) to this dish for my kids to make a heartier meal. They love slurping the yummy noodles up (and so do I!)
Making these patties are so easy and toddlers love these for their taste and texture! You can even use the leftover vegetables from your soup from the night before for the veggies in these.
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Chop up carrots, potatoes, onions and basically any vegetable you wish your toddler to eat – and mix in minced meat and grated cheese and form them into little patties. Coat the patties with egg wash and cover them thoroughly in bread crumbs and more grated cheese (panko crumbs are especially yummy!) Pan fry these goodies with some olive oil and serve them up!
Your toddler will love the crunch and you’ll love that they love these. You can freeze any uncooked patties in the freezer for up to a month and simply take them out to cook the next time you want to serve these up.
You can read more about this recipe (the version shared here is meatless, ours has meat for a more complete meal) here.
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These homemade pizza muffins are the answer to that question! All you need is some pizza dough (you can make your own, or you can order ready-made packs from any supermarket), some pizza sauce and the toppings of your choice.
Assemble in mini muffin cups, brush some olive oil over for a nice sheen, and bake these babies. Your own baby will love them!
This is a personal life-saver for many meals here at our home minus the guilt of the jarred sauces readily available at the supermarkets!
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The bolognese sauce is home-made and
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