A 14 month old and protein
My daughter is 14 months old and eats more fruit, bread and cereal than anything else. I am concerned that she is not getting enough protein. She does not like meat, eggs, cottage cheese, peanut butter and so on. She will eat some cheese. Any suggestions? She does have milk with her cereal and I am still breast-feeding three times a day. Is that enough?
There are a few ways you can help boost the protein content of her diet. Make her bread or muffins with added dry powdered milk. Make muffins with an extra egg. Serve foods that contain high-protein ingredients; for example, egg custard, rice pudding, pancakes made with milk and eggs, macaroni cheese, fruit shakes made with yoghurt and so on. Have you tried serving her fish or tofu? Both are great foods for children and are high in protein.
You can make fritters out of some of her favourite vegetables by grating them (e.g. potatoes, carrots), mixing them with eggs, grated cheese and a little seasoning, forming them into small, round, flat cakes (the right size for little hands to pick up) and then cooking them in hot vegetable oil or melted butter, turning often until they are browned on both sides. Let them cool to a safe temperature before serving.
Use your imagination to find ways to incorporate high-protein foods into her already good diet. You are lucky to have a baby who enjoys fruit and vegetables.
Thank you for writing.
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