Finger Foods Ideas
Face plant!
A reader Lea wrote in asking what other good finger foods are out there besides puffs and cheerios. She has an 8 month old. Here is a list of some foods that I have used. Anyone else have some favorites to share?
- I love cutting up bits of tofu and sauteing them in a pan with sesame oil, soy sauce and tamari. Get the Extra Firm tofu so they pieces stay chunky and don’t fall apart.
- Laughing Cow cheese (the original flavor has full fat) and let him/her suck on that.
- Cooked carrots cut into pieces
- Sweet potato that I cut up and put on a cookie sheet with olive oil and a teensy bit of salt to make sweet potato fries
- Broccoli florets (well-cooked and torn into little pieces)
- Pieces of pear
- Cheetah Chomps by EnviroKidz
- Rigatoni whole wheat pasta
- Healthy Times teething biscuits
- chunks of banana
- bits of pancake or french toast (minus the maple syrup- too messy!)
- frozen peas cooked to be very soft
- blueberries
- cooked bits of chicken
- frozen waffles
- Minestrone soup drained to make it less messy
- Kidney beans, white beans
- String cheese- I like Trader Joe’s mozarella brand. It is inexpensive and yummy.
- cooked black beans
- pitted olives cut in halves
In general, a lot of parents just cut up or mash what they make for themselves. I know that forced me to eat better and a wider variety!
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HI RK
The general rule is that it takes a child an average of 25 times to try something before they actually will eat it! It seems outrageous- but that seems to be the norm.
However, I would consult your pediatrician- some babies don’t eat anything for various other reasons and it’s best to eliminate those first. Otherwise, perhaps your baby is just working on becoming a gormand!
These are great ideas! Our friends feed their daughter Just tomato dried fruit and veggies for snacks as well. She loves them!
I love to do
little pieces of cheese (mine loves cheddar and manchego)
hard boiled egg (yolks if avoiding white) or little omelets with pureed veggies
toast or pita or bagel in little pieces with hummus or cream cheese
little bites of melon
avocado
any beans, esp black and chickpeas cooked until soft and smooshed
and pretty much anything we eat in little pieces!
I have a baby that’s nearly 10 months old and he won’t eat *any* finger foods. Is this normal? What are the best introductory finger foods? He just gags if he has to chew anything. thanks!