Baby Gourmande: AND WE'RE BACK! A Catch up and some meal ideas

I've been struggling with a Babe who all of a sudden decided that the fantastic nap routine she FINALLY got on was NO GOOD and that she much rather nap on the go, which has meant that between that and 2 trips to Canada in the last couple of months I haven't had much time to sit down and post anything here.

Over the past couple of months (from 10-12 months) I can't say that I have noticed any big changes in MiniMe's approach to eating, her likes and dislikes, or her appetite. She is still excited by food more often than not and even on the days when she isn't feeling well she will still eat most of what we are offering her.

At 10.5 months her bottom 2 teeth FINALLY came through and we have noticed that she is trying to rip stuff like bread into smaller bites using them, but without the top guys it is still pretty difficult. She definitely prefers her food in smaller bite-sized pieces. Every day I will offer her something in a bigger piece but she leaves it until I cut it up smaller (strips of chicken, toast, banana...anything). The bite sized pieces I offer her are still large enough that she needs to gum them though.

While we were away visiting family in Canada we ate out a lot and most places were very accommodating making us veggies without salt, sweet potato fries without salt, bringing a side of toast and peanut butter, or an extra scrambled egg. She helped things, of course, with her big smiles and goo goo eyes. I often ordered something that we could share and then a side of something else to share because the KIDS menus just weren't appealing.

We are back home now, trying to get over the 2nd lot of jet lag and resume normal service. Here are a few things we have had over the past couple of weeks to offer some inspiration.