Finger Food Ideas - Quick and Easy!

try frozen mixed veggies. they are already bite size, so you just need to steam them for a couple of minutes and they are ready to go. Grilled cheese sandwiches are a good one too.

I recently posted a list of 10 creative healthful snack ideas on my blog. www.nosickvisits.com

L.

Have a 10 month old myself. Here are some things he likes in addition to what you have listed:
meatballs, mixed veggies (peas, corn, greenbeans), cauliflower, fish, grilled cheese, veggie burgers, pancakes, tofu pieces...good luck!

Hey J.,
I'll add tofu to the ever-growing list of great ideas here!
There are also a couple of adult snacks I found that aren't so bad - ricecakes, "pirate's booty" and "veggie straws" are enjoyed well by my little girl. You can also find prepackaged finger foods in the baby food aisle (gerber's, happy baby, etc make snack puffs, vienna sausages, even little tv dinners! - talk about easy!)

here are a few more:
boiled egg or omlette with cheese tomatoes, mushrooms or whatever he likes
you can make waffles, french toast, crepes in advance and freeze them and just warm up for him
if you have access to good fresh fruits and veggies stick to those while they are in season, and give him the cooked stuff when fruits are not so good and fresh in winter.

You can try soft meatballs - turkey, veggie burgers, chicken sausage without the skin. Dr. Praegers makes great spinach pancakes that my daughter loves as well as kid versions of these little broccoli bites. They only take a short time to heat up in the toaster oven. Earth's best also makes a baked chicken nuggets. When I am short on time I use those since they only take 30 seconds or so to heat up a few. There are different kinds of ravioli some with chicken or spinach if you want to boost the protein or veggies. Its hard but just keep trying different things to see what he likes. My daughter is a really good eater so I pretty much can give her anything that she can pick up. After she was a year old I also started giving her some of our fish if we were having a white fish such as tilapia or something.

Hi J., I understand the tired thing. My daughter is 11 months and I too usually eat my dinner after she goes to bed because it seems to be the only time I have to make something for myself. What I like to do is to simply boil slices of potato, green beans, zuccini or whatever veggies I have from the garden. I cut them all into cubes and portion them into old babyfood jars. Just pop on the lid and stack them up in the fridge. They keep for several days in the fridge. My daugher likes them cold, but sometimes I pour a little hot water in the jar to warm them up. I only have to cook every few days. Homemade meatballs are another good idea.

To add to what has already been listed.

Soft pasta, blue berries, raspberries because they are soft and shouldn't be a choking hazard. I would throw in perhaps some seedless grapes but it may be better to wait on this because they can choke on them if not swallowed. We used to cut my son's grapes in half which helped alot. Crackers and/or pretzels are great too they get very soft and don't really require teeth.

Hi J., I have a 9 1/2 month old who does not want to feed himself yet but I will try all of your ideas and maybe will also add scrambled yolks (to what you and the first Mom wrote). We try having dinner at the same time my baby eats (does not always work, we both work...), we put the highchair next to our table. Soon I am planning on giving him what we eat, just with no salt, sugar or other "bad things" that we like so much ;) I do know how difficult it is to be a working Mom and have no time...
Good luck, and thank you for that post. I'll keep checking what other Moms write :)
Magda

blueberries. chick peas. regular potatoes. veggie burgers cut up. Corn.