I pack my three year old’s daycare lunch five days a week, which means I have made a lot of toddler lunches at this point. And if there is one thing I have learned, it is that daycare lunch does not need to be complicated. I am not cutting sandwiches into shapes. I am not coming up with a brand new combination every day. And I am definitely not spending 30 minutes making a toddler lunch at 7:30 in the morning. Most mornings, I can pack his entire lunch in about five minutes w

Egg bites are one of those toddler breakfasts that I keep coming back to because they’re easy, filling, and incredibly customizable. My son loves them, and I can usually make them with ingredients I already have in the fridge. I make mine in a regular muffin tin instead of making mini egg bites. If I’m going through the trouble of making them, I want him to actually eat a decent amount, and the regular size works really well for us. The best part is that you really don’t need

These broccoli cheese tots are one of those toddler recipes I come back to again and again. They're easy, cheesy, and a simple way to get some broccoli into my toddler's meals without making an entirely separate dish. I've simplified the recipe over time, and now I use equal parts broccoli and cheese. My three-year-old loves them, and I've recently started packing them cold in his preschool lunchbox. He eats them that way, too! No food processor. No elaborate prep. Just an ea