foodie: lunches with a one year old

When Ada is in bed Olive and I eat lunch together. Olive has already had a sammy and some fruit with her sister at about 11am and a feed from me at about 12pm. Then we eat lunch about 1pm. Somedays she eats loads and others very little but she always wants to be up the table with me. It is often a bit messy...

This is a sample menu from a good week. There is always a leftover day and in a typical week I would repeat a lunch rather than having 5 different meals.

Monday: Hummus and Pita.

We make our own hummus with lemon juice, rinsed tinned chickpeas, olive oil and some grated garlic. Olive loves it! You can add peanut butter or tahini for depth but we don't miss it. Pita bread is a bit of a treat at my house but they are $3 for 8 at Countdown on price lock down so I keep them in the freezer now, Olive seems to eat pita more readily than sandwich bread. It is delicious.

Let me do it!

Tuesday: Tuna Sandwich.

I mix tinned sandwich tuna with mayo, lemon and diced gherkin, I usually have this on an open sandwich with rocket. Yums. Olive eats the tuna with her fingers!

Wednesday: Egg sandwich or on toast.

There used to be fears about babies and eggs but Plunket says from about 8 months... Olive loves the yolk. So do I.

Thursday: Vege chips and Baked Beans.

I had the oven on for muffins so I made some kumara chips and gave Olive some beans straight from the tin with them for a bit of protein.

Friday: Crunchy Omelette

Everyone eating the same thing is kind of my pet project at the moment. What do you do for lunches? What about for your babies/toddlers?