When I was anemic in pregnancy I researched high iron foods aside from meat, which I couldn’t keep down. Blueberries! I almost turned blue from blueberries. The tiny frozen ones make a great snack - my kid treats them like ice cream.

This is OP. She’s anemic and a supplement hasn’t raised her iron enough to make her not anemic. So her doctor suggested high iron meals in addition to supplement for the next 3 months and then recheck. I do appreciate the suggestions but every time I ask something on DCUM it drives me nuts that multiple folks won’t just answer the question and instead second guess the premise of the question.

Thanks to folks who offered suggestions!

Cherrios

High Iron? Just do an iron supplement.

Mac and cheese, nuggets in a thermos.

Hummus and veggies is a good meal/snack.

Anonymous wrote:Bean, chick peas, hard boiled eggs…all combined into a quick cold salad

Edamame too

Bean, chick peas, hard boiled eggs…all combined into a quick cold salad

Anonymous wrote:Is your kid anemic? Why do you need high iron? You can get more than enough from fortified foods. Even for vegetarians, iron isn't usually an issue.

Iron can be an issue for kids who get too much dairy, which generally is because of too much cow milk.

Is your kid anemic? Why do you need high iron? You can get more than enough from fortified foods. Even for vegetarians, iron isn't usually an issue.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just a snack? Hummus is my go-to for my meat averse toddler.

This is OP. Not a snack, dinner. But if you give me the high iron ideas, I can fill in with other things.

For the person who said meatballs, do I cook them and then put them in the fridge and keep them cold until I give them to her? I don’t eat meat so meat safety is an iffy subject for me.

I am the meatball person, and also the trail mix person.

There are lots of people who will heat a food and put it in a thermos. I don’t do that, due to sheer laziness and the fact that my kids will eat things cold.

I would bake them, put them in the fridge, and then cut them into quarters or eighths before taking them to the pool in a little container. If I was going to be there a while before we ate, I’d put them in a lunch box with something frozen, like a container of frozen peas or edamame (let it melt and then it’s fine) or a frozen oj juice box.

Could you make some bran muffins with dark chocolate, and dried apricot, maybe stir some seed butter in?

Or trail mix with fortified cereal, pumpkin seeds, dried fruit and dark chocolate chips? Plus some orange juice?

I would look at getting some heme iron in too, but these would make a good dessert.

Anonymous wrote:Just a snack? Hummus is my go-to for my meat averse toddler.

This is OP. Not a snack, dinner. But if you give me the high iron ideas, I can fill in with other things.

For the person who said meatballs, do I cook them and then put them in the fridge and keep them cold until I give them to her? I don’t eat meat so meat safety is an iffy subject for me.

Im a vegetarian

Raisins or grapes
Black beans in bean and rice salad
Chickpeas
Edamame

Just a snack? Hummus is my go-to for my meat averse toddler.

Will she eat beef in other forms? My kids will happily eat meatballs cold. They like Italian ones and bulgogi ones.

For a 5 year old who doesn’t eat lunch meat. She likes tofu, so I can do that sometimes. I’m having a mental block on what else I can pack that has high iron but doesn’t need to be heated. She won’t eat spinach. I need to pack this just after work before I pick her up at school and then she will eat it later at the pool.