What are the best easy lunches for one-year-olds?

Best easy lunches for most one-year-olds are soft, low-salt meals with a protein, a fruit or vegetable, and an easy carbohydrate. Good picks:

1. Mini turkey or chicken meatballs + soft pasta + peas
2. Scrambled egg + avocado toast strips + berries cut safely
3. Hummus spread thinly on pita + cucumber sticks steamed or peeled thin + fruit
4. Mac and cheese with peas or broccoli mixed in
5. Bean-and-cheese quesadilla strips + avocado + soft fruit
6. Yogurt bowl with plain whole-milk yogurt, soft fruit, and crushed cereal
7. Tuna or salmon salad on toast strips + steamed carrots
8. Leftover rice bowl with shredded chicken, soft beans, and diced cooked vegetables
9. Lentil soup or thick dal + soft bread pieces
10. Cottage cheese + soft sweet potato cubes + fruit

Keep portions small and textures soft. Cut round foods like grapes, cherry tomatoes, and blueberries into quarters; cook hard vegetables until soft; spread nut butters very thinly; and avoid whole nuts, popcorn, hard raw vegetables, large chunks of meat or cheese, and spoonfuls of sticky nut butter. Also keep added salt and sugar low.