Best Early Finger Foods for Baby (With Tips, Visuals, and Recipes)

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First Finger Foods (choose 1 to 3 per meal)

1 Scrambled egg (broken up into small pieces)

¼ cup Roasted sweet potato, mashed and broken up into small pieces

¼ cup Fresh raspberries (broken up into smaller pieces)

¼ cup Oatmeal (cooked according to package directions and allowed to cool)

2 tbsp Tofu (diced and sauteed lightly or steamed)

2 tbsp ground beef, chicken, or turkey, broken up into small pieces or lightly mashed meatballs

2 tbsp shredded cheese or crumbled goat cheese

¼ cup Mashed sweet potato (broken into little pieces)

¼ cup Peanut butter puffs

Fruits and Veggies

¼ cup mashed roasted sweet potato (broken up into small pieces)

¼ cup warmed frozen peas

¼ cup Roasted Zucchini

¼ cup diced Roasted Sweet Potato or Butternut Squash

¼ cup blueberries (cut in half or quarters)

¼ cup raspberries (broken into small pieces)

¼ cup banana slices (broken into small segments-they are less slippery this way versus slicing them)

2 tbsp avocado (diced and mashed slightly-be sure it's ripe and very soft)

Whole Grains and Carbohydrates

1 Spinach pancakes (moisten with applesauce or plain yogurt if needed; this recipe is particularly moist and great for babies)

¼ cup Oatmeal (cooked according to package directions and allowed to cool)

¼ cup Baby Puffs

¼ cup Peanut Butter Puffs

¼ cup fully cooked rice (it's easiest if it's in little clumps so baby can pick it up; this Coconut Rice or this Cheesy Rice are both good options)

1 Baby Banana Muffin

¼ cup O cereal (soften in nondairy unsweetened milk or yogurt as needed)

¼ cup Baked Oatmeal (diced or regular oatmeal broken into little pieces)

Dairy

2 tbsp Shredded cheese (such as mozzarella)

2 tbsp Tofu (diced and sauteed lightly or steamed)

2 tbsp flaked cooked wild salmon

1 lightly mashed meatballs

2 tbsp finely shredded chicken (we love this Butter Chicken to share with baby)

2 tbsp ground beef, turkey, or chicken (broken into smaller pieces)

2 tbsp lightly mashed beans

1 Scrambled egg (broken up into small pieces)

1 Diced E gg muffins

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