Saw an article in Parenting magazine (or something similar) about what children from around the world eat. They listed three C’s that American kids live on: Cheerios, Chicken nuggets and Cheese. Ashwini being an American kid, likes these things, but she also eats a lot of different things.

Breakfast:

  • Cereals: Cheerios, Kix, Froot loops, Mini Wheaties, Chex
  • Pancakes and waffles
  • Buttered toast, english muffin, bagel
  • Donuts and muffins
  • Yes, poptarts, too.

Lunch/Dinner:

  • Pasta
  • Jam sandwiches (No peanut butter due to allergies)
  • Meat sandwiches
  • Chicken nuggets and fish sticks
  • Grilled Salmon
  • Grilled cheese sandwiches
  • Quesadillas and tacos
  • Soups and chilli
  • Veggieburgers
  • All kinds of veggies: green beans, broccoli, cauliflower, soybeans, corn, black-eyed peas, carrots, roasted peppers
  • All kinds of fruits: apples, bananas, oranges, pears, peaches, nectarines, grapes, mango, cherries, lychees, strawberries, blueberries, raspberries

Snacks:

  • Various salty crackers, graham crackers and animal crackers
  • Various dry fruits: raisins, apricots and dates
  • Jello, Ice cream and fruit popsickles
  • Indian snacks like chakali, papad and bhakarwadi

Ashwini likes to eat several Indian dishes and asks for them to be made: Khichadi, Pohe, Upama and Toop-Sakhar-Poli are her favorite.

She likes to drink her milk without addiing anything to it. Loves to eat plain as well as flavoured yogurts. Likes to eat cheeses. She wants to go to Whole Foods for grocery shopping to taste all different kinds of cheeses that they have out for tasting. :) Due to her nut allergies, we kept her away from chocolate and candies as much as possible. She is getting interested in candies like Starburst, Skittles and malted chocolate balls recently, especially after Halloween.

We have been really fortunate to have a kid who eats a good variety of foods and is willing to try new things. Hopefully, she will influence Adit and he will be a good eater like his sister too.