Finger Food Ideas

Finger food/Snack ideas

Have a fussy baby who just doesn't want to be fed? Here are some great finger food ideas for the independent baby! As always make sure your baby is never left alone while eating and ensure the finger food you give is of an appropriate size and texture for your baby to avoid choking. Don't give finger food if you feel your baby isn't ready.

Also included in this list are snack ideas, because some days it seems my son just wants to eat, eat, eat.

• Tuna/salmon mini rissoles
• Mini pikelets
• Grated or steamed sticks/cubes of vegetables or fruit (e.g. apple, pear, broccoli, corn, potato, sweet potato, pumpkin, cauliflower, carrot)
• Sausages cut up (although limit sausages due to preservatives and salt)
• Peices of cooled cooked pasta - add some cheese and avocado on top melted for an even tastier snack - Angela's twins love these!
• Ravioli
• Fish fingers
• Cheese sticks
• Pita bread or mountain bread cut or torn up
• Sushi
• Mini pizza fingers
• Polenta fingers in sauce
• Mini sandwiches - some great spreads include avocado, cream cheese, cheese, baby vegemite, hummous, tuna with cottage cheese, boiled egg with shell removed
• Cruskits with spread on them
• Hard boiled eggs peeled and quartered
• Scrambled eggs
• Omelette
• Baked beans 
• Dried apricots, prunes or sultanas (make sure they are cut up to avoid choking)
• Mini rice cakes, mum mum rice rusks
• Jelly
• Crepes cut up into strips 
• Hummous with bread or crackers (like cruskits)
• Fried rice
• Tofu ( I use firm tofu) cut up into cubes and cooked with a little bit of soy sauce
• Yoghurt
• Zucchini slice
• Frozen berries
• Fresh fruit cut up or enjoy whole like a banana
• Stewed fruit - apples, pears
• Crumpets
• Smoothie 
• Chicken nuggets
• Meat balls/chicken balls
• Cooked potato topped with cheese
• Corn on the cob
• Banana yoghurt muffins