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Thursday, June 9, 2011

Homemade healthy finger food

Fruits

  • Cut-up pieces of banana or soft pear/apple (steam first)
  • Baked apple cubes
  • Melon cubes
  • Pieces of avocado
  • Sliced kiwi 
  • Blueberries
  • Pieces of papaya

Vegetables

  • Chunks of cooked sweet potato
  • Peas
  • Cooked & small pieces asparagus
  • Cut-up green beans 
  • Small pieces of cooked broccoli 
  • Cooked carrot cube 
  • Cooked beets (beetroot) cube

Other healthy snacks

  • Lightly toasted bread or bagels
  • Scrambled eggs (yolks are usually fine from 6 months, but speak to your doctor before introducing whole eggs)
  • Bite size pieces of cheese 
  • Pea size pieces of cooked chicken
  • Cereals, such as puffed rice or Cheerios
  • Pieces of pitta bread, naan or chappati
  • Tiny sandwiches, filled with soft cheese or mashed banana
  • Fingers of cheese on toast
  • Cooked pasta, sprinkled with Parmesan cheese
  • Tofu cubes
  • Plain rice cakes
  • Overcooked brown rice/red rice  - it's sticky and will "clump" together

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