Finger foods suggestion

Vegetables:

    Steam little chunky fingers of:

•             Carrot
•             Courgette
•             Cauliflower
•             Broccoli
•             Parsnip
•             Turnip
•             Green Bea

Fruit:

•             Banana (frozen great for teething!)
•             Apple (steam slightly – but not too much so falls apart)
•             Pear (Steam slightly if not soft)                 
  
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    • They often love the whole pear if nice n juicy!

•             Kiwi
•             Mango
•             Strawberries (quartered)
•             Halved grapes (peel them as less likely to make them gag)

Dried fruits

•             Apricots (unsulphured – dark brown in colour, not orange ones)
•                         “butterfly” them by peeling them almost in halves
•             Prunes (Crazy Jack do lovely soft ones – available in S’quinn)
•             Figs (Crazy jack lovely too)

Fingers of toast/ pitta bread, rice cakes

•             Beware as some of these have lots of salt eg. white pitta – get brown!

Mini sandwiches cut into little shapes (stars and flowers easy to hold)

•             Teddy bear shapes for your toddler always a hit!
•             Spread with a little cream cheese/ salt and sugar free peanut butte

Cheese sticks/ cubes/ shapes (cut them yourself)

Cooked pasta shapes

•             Spiral/ twists etc easy to hold in little hands

•             Small pieces of chicken/ turkey/ soft cooked meat from your plate! 

Mini home made meatballs