10-12 months Add finger foods including well cooked vegetable strips or slices and peeled soft fruit. 1 year Add soft food from the family table, cooked egg whites and cow's milk. Wait until age 2 to introduce fat free milk. If your child will not be drinking cow's milk, use soy formula or fortified soy milk. Cut raw vegetables into interesting shapes.
Raw vegetables are often more appealing than cooked ones.
Try stuffing celery with peanut butter or serving broccoli and cauliflower with a yogurt or tofu dip. Choose colorful vegetables and don't overcook them so that colors remain bright. Nutritious lunches and snacks Sandwich Fillers Peanut butter with raisins, sliced apple or banana, shredded carrots chopped prunes. Cheese with lettuce and tomato, sprouts. Baked beans mashed with pickle relish and chopped onion.