Posts Tagged ‘Finger Food Recipes’

Breaded Protein Slices

Breaded Protein Slices

There are many creative and fun recipes to attempt when introducing baby to the new and exciting world of solid food. Finger food is important to serve baby at this critical stage of development in order for him or her to practice the finger pincer grasp skill and to gain a little independence experimenting with feeding him or herself.

Finger Food for Babies – Frittata

Finger Food for Babies – Frittata

My 15 month old son loves eggs. Egg yolks were one of the first finger foods he discovered and he continues to eat eggs in many different ways, with gusto. Finger food recipes for babies are generally plain and bland, but it is important to remember that you are not only introducing solid food to your children but also flavor, texture and colors as well. There is no reason why finger food for babies has to be boring, provided it is nutritious and safe.

Finger Food for Babies

Finger Food for Babies

There are many recipes for finger foods for babies and most are simple variations on the recipes we would make for ourselves, limiting salt and sugar additions and keeping in mind the vitamins and nutrients a growing and developing body and mind need. Cooking and creating finger food for babies is a fun and exciting challenge, watching your child gain independence and the desire to practice newly learned skills such as grasping and holding, and bring food into his or her mouth.

Mixed Nuts Butter Cookies

Mixed Nuts Butter Cookies

There are unlimited home made finger food recipes ideas ranging from salty snacks to desserts, dipping sauces to smoothies, deep fry recipes to fat free salad sandwiches. Mixed Nuts Butter Cookies is also an excellent bite size finger food snack. This finger food recipe is very easy to follow and takes very less efforts and time. Especially you can treat your kids with these tasty cookies as an evening snack or while traveling.

Finger Food for Babies – Banana Muffins

Banana Muffins

Once babies begin to show interest in solid foods by reaching for the food on your plate and perhaps seeming hungry and unsatisfied after feeding at the bottle or breast, it is time to start to introduce solid foods with nutritious easy to swallow finger foods. Most babies around the age of 9 months begin to utilize the ‘pincer’ grasp, picking things up with their index finger and thumb. This is a perfect time to perfect that skill by the introduction of finger foods.