Baby Finger Food Chopped Chicken Fingers W Apples Recipes

BABY FINGER FOOD - CHOPPED CHICKEN FINGERS W/ APPLES

Steps:

• Peel and grate the carrot, apple, garlic and onion.
• Place into a mixing bowl, along with the ground chicken.
• Add the beaten egg yolk, breadcrumbs, thyme and black pepper. Mix well.
• Take small balls of the mixture and roll into 8 little "sausages".
• Place on a grill pan (broiler) and heat under the grill for 10 mins on each side.
• Allow to cool.
• Serve, or store some in the freezer for future use (if you haven't already eaten them!).
• Younger babies may need them broken into smaller pieces or even mashed a bit before serving.

ZUCCHINI PEA AND RICE BALLS- BABY FINGER FOOD

Steps:

• cook rice
• steam veggies.
• combine rice, veggies, and formula in food processor and puree.
• Melt butter. Add butter and flour to puree.
• If baking, pre-heat oven to 350. Roll tablespoon size balls and press with a fork a la peanut putter cookies. Bake for 20 minutes, or until bottoms are golden brown. Makes 24 baked "cookies".
• If rolling balls, roll balls slightly larger than a pea (or what your child can handle). The batch will make A LOT of balls, but they can be put in the fridge for four days, or frozen for a month.

SPICE-RUBBED CHICKEN FINGERS W CILANTRO DIPPING SAUCE

Steps:

• Coat a grill rack or broiler-pan rack with cooking spray. Preheat the grill or broiler.
• In a cup, combine the chili powder, cumin, and salt. Cut two 1/2"-deep slashes in each side of the chicken tenders. Rub
• the spice mixture over the chicken, pressing it into the slits. Place the chicken in a baking pan and coat completely with cooking spray. Let stand for 10 minutes.
• In a food processor, combine the cilantro, parsley, almonds, garlic, chile pepper, and salt. Process until chopped. While
• the processor is running, add the lime juice and oil through the feed tube, stopping the machine once or twice to scrape
• down the sides of the container, until the sauce is smooth. Pour the sauce into a bowl. Stir in the water, cover, and chill until ready to serve.
• Place the chicken on the prepared rack and grill or broil 6" from the heat, turning several times, for 15 minutes or until a thermometer inserted in the thickest portion registers 170°F and the juices run clear. Serve with the sauce and garnish
• with the cilantro.

BABY FINGER FOOD - BABY MEATBALLS

Steps:

• Pre-heat the oven to 350 deg F, 180 deg Celsius.
• Combine the ingredients and blend well.
• Roll into 1 inch balls.
• Place on a baking tray and cook for around 20 minutes.
• Drain the fat, then cool and serve.
• Make sure you cut or mash the meatballs into an appropriate serving size for your baby before serving.
• These can also be frozen and reheated in the microwave. Allow plenty of time to cool before serving.

EASY AND HEALTHY BABY FINGER FOOD PATTIES

Steps:

• 1. Put the broccoli (and bread if you started with bread instead of bread crumbs) in the food processor and chop until it is in small pieces-but not mush.
• 2. Add broccoli, cheese and bread crumbs to bowl and then add yogurt until the consistency is firm enough to hold together (the measurement is approximate).
• 3. Put on a sprayed baking sheet and bake at 350 until lightly browned (about 20 min).
• 4. Let cool then eat!
• 5. You can freeze these too!

CHICKEN APPLE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Boil potatoes and yam, mash together with milk until creamy. Add salt to taste and set aside. Optional: Add applesauce.
• Cube chicken.
• Crush garlic and chop.
• Combine olive oil, garlic, ginger, onions and sauté in large pan for 3 minutes.
• Add squash, diced carrots, water, and bouillon cube. Continue cooking until chicken and vegetables are tender and done. Approx 20 minutes.
• Peel, core and dice apple.
• Dilute cornstarch in apple juice and add to chicken mixture.
• Add diced apple to pan with chicken. Sauté 5 minutes.
• Pour mixture into a medium baking dish.
• Cover with mashed potato mix and bake at 350°F for about 20 minutes.
• Brown top before removing and serve warm.

CROCK POT CANDIED SWEET POTATOES W/ APPLES

Steps:

• Wash and peel sweet potatoes. Cut into eighths.
• Place sweet potatoes in crock pot.
• Sprinkle brown sugar over potatoes.
• Drizzle syrup over brown sugar.
• Dot with butter.
• Sprinkle cinnamon and nutmeg over top.
• Cover and cook on LOW for 3 hours, stirring once an hour.
• Peel, core and slice the apples into eighths (for smaller apples) or sixteenths (for larger apples). Add to crock pot and stir.
• Cover and cook an additional 2 hours or until sweet potatoes and apples are tender. Stop cooking and remove from crock pot if sweet potatoes seem like they are getting mushy. Sometimes they get done more quickly than others.

HOMEMADE CHINESE FOOD(CHICKEN FINGERS AND RICE)

Steps:

• Chicken:.
• In a bowl mix the flour, salt, and water.
• In a separate bowl mix the baking soda and vinegar.
• Then pour the baking soda and vinegar in the other bowl and mix while pouring. Do not over mix.
• Slice the chicken in half lengthwise (cut the chicken for about ½ square by 2 inch), and then dry the chicken.
• Now put the chicken in the batter and on the pan and fry in oil.
• Rice:.
• Pick, wash and soak the rice in enough water for 10-15 minutes and drain.
• Boil water, add rice and little salt.
• Cook uncovered on low heat till rice is tender.
• Take care not to overcook the rice. Each grain of rice should be separate.
• When rice is done, drain and add soom cold water and drain again using a large seive and set aside.
• Heat oil in a kadhai / large pan and stir fry all the chopped vegetables. Cook for 3-4 minutes. Take care that vegetables are not overdone, they should be crisp.
• Mix salt and pepper to taste.
• Add the cooked rice and mix well. Now mix the soya sauce to it.
• Cook the chinese fried rice for 2-3 minutes and serve hot.

BABY FINGER FOOD - APPLE TURKEY LOAF OR STICKS

Steps:

• Place ground turkey in a large mixing bowl.
• Add the egg/yolk, carrots, applesauce, spices, bread crumbs and bran.
• Mix well - If this mixture appears too dry, add more carrots or applesauce. If this mixture appears too wet, add more bran and/or bread crumbs.
• Place mix into a lightly oiled (olive oil) loaf pan and bake at 350F for approximately 45 minutes or until an inserted knife comes out clean.
• **You may wish to cover with foil to prevent the top from burning.
• When finished baking and cooled, remove loaf from pan and slice as you would for bread.
• Break into small bits for finger feeding or mash or chop gently for younger babies.
• This recipe may also be made into "Turkey Sticks" for Toddlers and older babies who are able to handle more textured/chunky finger foods.