Your toddler menu planner
Wondering what and how much you should be serving at mealtimes? This handy menu planner will make it easy for you to offer your toddler nutritious meals and mini meals that include foods from all the food groups, in age-appropriate serving sizes. Get inspired!
Keep this menu planner handy next time you’re planning your toddler's weekly menu.
Sources
Ramsay SA, Branen LJ, Johnson SL. How much is enough? Tablespoon per year of age approach meets nutrient needs for children. Appetite 2012; 58(1):163-7.
United States Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service. 2016 Child and Adult Care Food Program: Meal Pattern Revisions Related to the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010. http://federalregister.gov/a/2016-09412
USDA Meal pattern infographic
https://fns-prod.azureedge.net/sites/default/files/tn/cacfp-servetasty1… (Accessed December 5 2018)
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