Easy Food Ideas for 14 Month Old

Well since its in home I assume they have a microwave? My son loves breakfast sausage links anytime of day. Rice is great too. You can buy the rice cups or make the flavored Lipton rice the night before and put in fridge. Kraft Macaroni cups are good. Canned veggies. Crackers,sliced turkey and sliced cheese. Mine LOVES the rotisserie chicken from Boston Market. Meatloaf tastes great heated up too. YOu can make it or buy it from Lubys or Boston Market. A kids plate is $4 and it comes with 2 sides and drink. You can buy it the night before so the daycare can heat up at lunch. PBJ's. They have the frozen kind that are to be thawed out before eating. I think they're called Crustables or something like that. Lunchables.
Mini Ravioli. Chicken salad made with basic shredded chicken and mayo. Fruit cups. Sliced hot dog weiners(make sure she slices them longwise)...you van buy the bag of frozen nuggets and fishsticks for her to put in micro or oven for him. Pizza is good heated up too. You can cook it(or order it) the night before as well. Or you can even cook it in the morning...buy the packaged kind, put in oven for 15 min and package up a slice or 2 cut up in little bitseize pieces.
If there is no microwave and you have to take only cold foods then I guess you're pretty limited. :/

I sometimes buy chunky soup for my daughter and then drain the broth, she really enjoyed it when she was younger. It was flavorful like adult food, soft for the baby, but still quick and affordable. As a matter of fact she ate some Goldfish Chicken Noodle Soup today for lunch. I also buy Turkey sausage for her (not breakfast kind but the links) she absolutely loves them and they are easy to just heat up (and healthy). Jr. Lunchables are another fav, and sometimes I cut raviolis in half for her and take out the majority of the sauce. Corn dogs!!

Cut up a healthy choice weiner in microwave container; put about a tablespoon bar-b-que sauce and tablespoon water with it and microwave for about 45 seconds and you have child's version of bar-b-que. Pick the meat out of the sauce when sending it to school and it will be easy to pick up; also I put bab-b-que in green beans and cook in microwave; leave in frig for a while and it will "marinate." Put a few of those with lunch; easy to pick up and eat. Turkey roll ups: deli turkey with cheese melted on a tortilla, roll it up and cut it in bite size pieces; same with deli chicken. Also chicken nuggets are a staple in this house and make great lunch treats. Fruit cups and veggies cut up are great. Once he can use spoon, I used to cheat and take babyfood and transfer it into a container for lunch bag - sweet potatoes were always appreciated. Chips, crackers.

My 16-month old is a "fruit-a-holic" so I find that cutting up any of grapes/strawberries/bananas/blueberries/ cantaloupe works for her. Apples are a bit hard, but we slice one up, sprinkle on some cinnamon, and warm it in the microwave for about 3 minute and she loves it. Also cheese and turkey/chicken or ham, all which can be gotten at the deli counter and are easy to break up into bite-size pieces. Pasta is great, something like elbow macaroni or penne, which can be cut into easily picked-up pieces. Just add a bit of butter and cheese for flavor (or maybe a dollop of sauce, so it's not too messy). How about macaroni & cheese? She also loves bread, so I try to give her whole wheat/whole grain. She likes corn, peas, green beans (frozen, not canned - ugh!), all of which she can easily pick up and feed herself. For breakfast, she loves pancakes and french toast (she also likes my cereal but it usually has to soak in milk so it not really a finger food).

Warm items can be put in a thermos so they retain their warmth until lunchtime.