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!