Sample Meal Planner (11-12 months)

Alicia started eating quite a bit of food in these 2 months but she only takes 2 big meals mainly rather than 3 because she started taking longer naps in the afternoon and by the time she wakes up, it’s time for dinner most of the time. Anyway, here’s an idea of how I plan her meals for her (for most of the recipes of dishes stated here, please refer to Feeding at 11 months and Feeding at 12 months):

Mon
Lunch
Earth’s Best Instant Oatmeal
Steamed cod served with applesauce
Sauteed vegetables* with a bit of garlic and simmered in stock (click here for details of this dish)

Snack (if she’s awake)
Yogurt

Dinner
Heinz Beef Casserole
Sweet potato**
Fruits***

Tue
Lunch
Scrambled egg with breast milk, peas and carrots
Wholemeal bread
Pan-fried cod served with applesauce

Snack (if she’s awake)
Eggless apple muffins

Dinner
Pasta with meat, veggies and tomato sauce (unsalted)
Fruits***

Wed
Lunch
Heinz Apple and Muesli Cereal with a bit of wheatgerm and some applesauce stirred in
Sauteed vegetables* with a bit of garlic and simmered in stock
Steamed cod served with applesauce

Snack (if she’s awake)
Healthy Times Teddy Puffs in breast milk

Dinner
Brown rice lentil porridge
Sweet potatoes**
Fruits***

Thu
Lunch
French toast combi meal (spread some yogurt on the toast and sprinkle some finely minced pan-fried chicken on top)
Sauteed vegetables* with a bit of garlic and simmered in stock

Snack (if she’s awake)
Eggless apple muffins

Dinner
Only’s lamb and mediterranean vegetables
Sweet potatoes**
Pan-fried cod served with applesauce
Fruits***

Fri
Lunch
Baby oats with mango puree and cubes
Steamed cod served with applesauce
Sauteed vegetables* with a bit of garlic and simmered in stock

Snack (if she’s awake)
Healthy Times Teddy Puffs

Dinner
Sweet potato chicken porridge
Fruits***

Sat
Lunch
Baked macaroni with chicken, cheese and vegetables

Snack (if she’s awake)
Eggless apple muffins

Dinner
Brown rice lentil porridge
Egg yolk
Pan-fried cod with applesauce
Fruits***

Sun
Lunch
Wholewheat pancake with pea and chicken puree served with mango and papaya cubes

Snack (if she’s awake)
Healthy Times Teddy Puffs

Dinner
Sweet potato pork porridge
Pan-fried cod served with applesauce
Egg yolk
Fruits***


* You can vary the veggies for each meal/day. She has a mixture of veggies like broccoli, french beans, cauliflower, baby asparagus and baby corn from time to time but because she loves broccoli best, she gets that every day! 🙂

**A combination of different coloured sweet pototoes are served almost every day (choose from orange, yellow and purple!) because I feel that sweet potatoes are really jam-packed with nutrients.

***She eats a variety of fruits with us at night when we take our fruits.

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Sample Meal Planner (8 – 10 months)

Here’s a sample of Alicia’s meal planner when she was 8-10 months old (based on 3 meals a day):

Mon
Lunch
Brown rice porridge*
Broccoli puree (cooked and added into the porridge just before serving)
Steamed cod with wolfberries (served as a side dish)

Snack
Mixed grain cereal with sweet potato and minced pork

Dinner
Macaroni shells with mango cubes
Fruits**

Tue
Lunch
Whole wheat pancake (with chicken and pea puree added in batter) served with applesauce

Snack
Egg yolk

Dinner
Red date pork porridge (short-grained rice) with minced french beans
Fruits**


Wed
Lunch
Wholemeal bread
Steamed cod with sweet potato puree topped with wolfberries

Snack
Bellamy’s toothie peg

Dinner
Minced chicken brown rice porridge with cauliflower puree (cooked and added into the porridge just before serving)
Fruits**

Thu
Lunch
Sweet potato minced chicken brown rice porridge
Steamed cod with wolfberries

Snack
Egg yolk

Dinner
Mashed potato with minced pork, carrots and peas
Fruits**

Fri
Lunch
Cereal with applesauce

Snack
Wholewheat pancake with mashed banana

Dinner
Red date minced pork porridge with french beans
Steamed cod with wolfberries
Fruits**


Sat
Lunch
Pumpkin and spinach brown rice porridge
Steamed cod with wolfberries

Snack
Wholemeal bread
Applesauce

Dinner
Cereal with mashed banana
Fruits**

Sun
Lunch
Macaroni shells filled with applesauce

Snack
Gerber’s stars
Yogurt

Dinner
Sweet potato minced chicken porridge (short-grained rice)
Cod with mango sauce (puree till liquid form) and cubes
Fruits**


*Her porridge is cooked with stock. See Feeding at 8 months for the recipe for the stock.
**She takes a variety of fruits with us at the end of the day when we eat our fruits.

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