Fruit finger food for babies

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

Use this list of safe, nutritious, and easy to eat finger foods for baby to help you know exactly what (and how) to offer at meals and snacks. Plus, find the best first finger foods, troubleshooting tips, and visuals of foods broken down by food group to keep things easy!

Finger Foods for Baby

After baby starts solids and is ready to move onto finger foods, you may feel a little confused by exactly what to serve and how to serve it. Which is totally normal because it can be scary to let baby feed themselves this way and we may not have any experience doing this—or we may have totally forgotten from our last kiddo!

This list of finger foods for baby will cover some great first finger foods to start with, then set you up with plenty of healthy options from each food group.

TIP: Find more info on starting solids here and the best foods to start with if doing baby led weaning or purees with baby.

Healthy Baby Food

I love sharing these ideas for baby food since they are easy to prepare and serve and because I know how hard it can be to continue to come up with flavorful and healthy meals and snacks for our little ones. Let me tell you, I’m on my third kiddo and it can be such a challenge to feed him during the chaos of parenting the rest of my crew! These foods are wholesome and nutritious—perfect for your baby.

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Best First Finger Foods

When baby is around 9 months, you’ll notice that they’re able to pick up smaller pieces of food with two fingers. This is known as the “pincer grasp” and is a sign that they’re ready to start finger foods. To be clear, when I say “finger foods” I mean small pieces of food that a baby (or toddler) can feed themselves.

Here are some of my favorite ones to start with that are all super soft, safe to eat, and easy to pick up.

Scrambled egg, broken up into small pieces
Roasted sweet potato mashed and broken up into small pieces
Fresh raspberries, broken up into smaller pieces
Oatmeal, cooked according to package directions and allowed to cool
Tofu, diced and sauteed lightly or steamed
Ground beef, chicken, or turkey, broken up into small pieces or lightly mashed meatballs
Shredded cheese or crumbled goat cheese
Mashed sweet potato, in little pieces
Peanut butter puffs

TIP: You can serve the tofu, ground meat, or meatballs in veggie puree from a pouch or a simple marinara sauce for extra moisture and flavor. Learn more about how and why to introduce peanut butter.

Finger Foods for Baby: Fruits and Veggies

Some of my favorite early fruits and veggies to serve babies are:

Mashed roasted sweet potato, broken up into small pieces
Warmed frozen peas, slightly mashed if desired
Roasted Zucchini
Diced Roasted Sweet Potato or Butternut Squash
Fresh blueberries, cut in half or quarters
Fresh raspberries, broken into small pieces
Banana, broken into small segments (they are less slippery this way versus slicing them)
Avocado, diced and mashed slightly (be sure it’s ripe and very soft)

TIP: A good rule of thumb is to serve pieces of food that are about the size of a pea to start and soft enough that they are easy to squish between your fingers. This will be easy for baby to pick up and eat and will also reduce chances of choking.

Finger Food Ideas: Carbohydrates

Offering complex carbohydrates can provide fiber, a variety of textures, B vitamins, and more. Try these with your baby.

Spinach pancakes (moisten with applesauce or plain yogurt if needed; this recipe is particularly moist and great for babies)
Oatmeal, cooked according to package directions and allowed to cool
Baby Puffs
Peanut Butter Puffs
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)
Baby Banana Muffin
O cereal (soften in nondairy unsweetened milk or yogurt as needed)
Baked Oatmeal, diced

Finger Food Ideas: Proteins

Offering proteins will continue to expose baby to a range of nutrients. These are my go-tos for babies newer to finger foods—and toddlers too.

Shredded cheese (thicker cuts are a little easier to pick up)
Tofu, diced and sauteed lightly or steamed
Flaked cooked wild salmon
Lightly mashed meatballs
Shredded chicken, cut up finely (we love this Butter Chicken to share with baby)
Ground beef, turkey, or chicken, broken into smaller pieces
Lightly mashed beans
Scrambled eggs, broken up into small pieces
Diced egg muffins

I’d love to hear any questions you may have, or if you have foods that your babies enjoy that I didn’t include here.

Chime in below in the comments!

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 5 minutes

Total Time 10 minutes

Author Amy Palanjian

Cuisine American

Course Baby Food

Calories 124kcal

Servings 1

First Finger Foods (choose 1-3 per meal)

▢ 1 Scrambled egg (broken up into small pieces)
▢ 1/4 cup Roasted sweet potato, mashed and broken up into small pieces
▢ 1/4 cup Fresh raspberries (broken up into smaller pieces)
▢ 1/4 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
▢ 1/4 cup Mashed sweet potato (broken into little pieces)
▢ 1/4 cup Peanut butter puffs

Fruits and Veggies

▢ 1/4 cup mashed roasted sweet potato (broken up into small pieces)
▢ 1/4 cup warmed frozen peas
▢ 1/4 cup Roasted Zucchini
▢ 1/4 cup diced Roasted Sweet Potato or Butternut Squash
▢ 1/4 cup blueberries (cut in half or quarters)
▢ 1/4 cup raspberries (broken into small pieces)
▢ 1/4 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)
▢ 1/4 cup Oatmeal (cooked according to package directions and allowed to cool)
▢ 1/4 cup Baby Puffs
▢ 1/4 cup Peanut Butter Puffs
▢ 1/4 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
▢ 1/4 cup O cereal (soften in nondairy unsweetened milk or yogurt as needed)
▢ 1/4 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 Egg muffins

For each meal or snack, choose 2-3 foods from a mix of food groups. Aim to include some fat in most meals and protein in many too.
Prepare the food, cutting into small pieces and/or mashing as needed to make the food easy to eat.
Start with small portions and allow more as baby indicates according to their hunger.

Store leftovers in an airtight container for 3-5 days in the fridge.
Many foods you cook for your family will work as baby finger foods—just be sure they are easy to squish between your fingers and the pieces are small and easy to chew.
Babies very normally make a lot of faces when they eat, so don't assume they don't like something just because they scrunch their nose!
Flavors and textures can take time to learn to eat, so continue offering foods in small portions even if baby hasn't liked them in the past—and make sure they taste good to you!

Calories: 124kcal, Carbohydrates: 14g, Protein: 7g, Fat: 4g, Saturated Fat: 1g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g, Monounsaturated Fat: 2g, Trans Fat: 1g, Cholesterol: 164mg, Sodium: 81mg, Potassium: 344mg, Fiber: 4g, Sugar: 5g, Vitamin A: 9857IU, Vitamin C: 18mg, Calcium: 51mg, Iron: 1mg

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Ultimate Guide to Starting Solids

With the advice on starting solids varying depending on who you ask, it can be hard to know when the milestone should happen for your baby. We go through the research on when to start solids—at 4 months or at 6 months—to help you make the best decision possible.

Starting Solids

Starting solids is one of the most fun and exciting milestones that we get to experience with our babies during the first year. But when to actually start a baby on solid foods, and which foods to go with, can be a little controversial.

And the advice can seem to change depending on who you ask. Many families start at 4 months, and many wait until 6. There’s no one right answer, but there are some factors to consider.

We’ll cover them below to help you make an informed decision that works for your family.

Starting Solids at 4 Months

The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends waiting to start solids until a baby is 6 months, and to go with wide variety of foods, introduced one at a time. But many pediatricians still say it’s okay to start rice cereal at 4 months.

If your pediatrician recommends this at the 4 month check up, ask their thoughts on the recommendation from the AAP.

Newer research, as written about in the book First Bite, also suggests starting closer to 4 months, but with a wider range of flavors to take advantage of a window of greater flavor acceptability in younger babies. It’s thought that by introducing a lot of flavors early on, you might be able to ward off picky eating in toddlerhood.

I am not convinced that there’s that direct of a correlation since most kids go through a very normal phase called neophobia when they are more fearful of new foods during the ages between 2-6. And that happens to kids no matter how they were introduced to food.

But, it is interesting to know that the thoughts on exactly when to start solids is a little more fluid than many of us might have assumed.

TIP: Read more on the phase of neophobia for the full information.

Starting Solids at 6 Months

Megan McNamee MPH, RDN, CLT is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist specializing in pediatric nutrition and runs Feeding Littles. She’s also an expert in helping parents start solids and she gives such helpful advice for how to know when your baby is ready to start solids.

She recommends that we pay attention to these readiness signs:

How well they can sit up on their own.
How good their head control is.
Whether they show interest in food when sitting at the table.
How they sit when they’re in the highchair—can they sit upright without being extensively propped up?

TIP: These markers look at a broader context of the child’s development than just age, and can give you more information when deciding when to start.

Which are the best foods for starting solids?

For most babies, and according to the American Academy of Pediatrics, it doesn’t really matter which foods you start with as long as they’re whole foods without added salt or sugar.

You can start with single-grain baby cereals like Baby Rice Cereal or Baby Oatmeal, or go with fruits or vegetables, either as purees or BLW style foods.

Babies are born with a preference for sweet foods, but that doesn’t mean you need to avoid fruits or just offer veggies to start. Aim to do a mix of flavors! We like banana, avocado, sweet potato, pureed peas, butternut squash, and pureed fruits.

And you can introduce meat, which is a great source of iron and zinc and are more readily absorbed than from plant-based sources.

TIP: This baby food introduction chart is a great month-by-month resource on which foods are great to offer during baby’s first year.

Starting Solids: Purees

Purees are an easy, nutritious option to start solids. You can use store-bought baby food or go with homemade purees. There are so many No-Cook Baby Food options that are fast and simple, and each stores well in the freezer, too.

Typically, you would start with one meal a day, then gradually work up to two meals, then three with the goal of being at at least three meals by the time baby turns one. (Many kids are having three meals and two snacks by age one, but it may depend on how many bottles or breastfeeding sessions, and generally their unique hunger level. )

Babies vary widely in their eagerness to eat solids and may or may not be interested. Offer food when baby is rested and has a full tummy from their milk feeding as it will take them time to connect the dots between this new solid food and its ability to satisfy their hunger.

Let baby take the lead on the amount of food they eat and stop the meal when they close their mouth, turn away from the spoon, or start to fuss. You can even put some of the puree onto a spoon and offer it to baby to feed themselves.

First Puree Recipes to Try

Here are some simple purees that work well to start solids.

Favorite Sweet Potato Baby Food

You can serve this as wedges, a thick mash, or a thinner puree to your baby or toddler. (Adults will love the wedges, too!)

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Banana Puree Baby Food

Use a ripe banana with at least some brown spots for the best flavor in this puree.

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Best Apple Puree (with Flavor Combinations + Storage Tips))

There’s no one right serving size for every child, so start with a smaller amount and offer more as indicated by baby. When they turn their head or close their mouth, end the meal—it’s usually pretty obvious when they want to be done!

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Easy Pear Puree (Plus Easy Storage Tips)

Use ripe pears—they should give just a little to the touch and smell like a pear—for the best flavor in this puree. Some babies may want a few spoonful, some a bowlful. Follow baby’s cues to determine the right amount for them.

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Quinoa Baby Food (Easy Baby Cereal)

Transform nutrient-rich quinoa into a delicious baby food—with options for older kids and parents to share it—using this simple method. (Find flavor variations and storage tips too.)

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Easy Carrot Baby Food (Puree and BLW-Syle)

Turn fresh carrots into a simple, nourishing baby food for baby with this easy method to make Carrot Puree. Read the Notes for additional flavor options and storage information.

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Starting Solids: Baby Led Weaning

The feeding approach known as “baby led weaning” or “BLW” for short, is a style of feeding infants that has become increasingly popular over the past decade. It allows babies to feed themselves right from the start with food that is easy to hold in their hands—or foods offered on preloaded spoons.

The food is typically offered in thick finger-size pieces so baby’s little hand can hold it securely. And the foods are soft and easy to squish between your fingers for a low risk of choking.

This option has the benefit of allowing you to, very often, share the food that you’re making for the rest of the family with baby with simple modifications.

(I love this method, but want to add that there can be so much shaming online if a family decides not to go with BLW. There is no one right way to feed a family. You can do purees and BLW-style foods. BLW is not magic and it can be incredibly stressful for some people. Every family has a unique set of circumstances and we all need to judge each other a little less.)

My full Guide to Baby Led Weaning has the complete information on using this approach.

First BLW-Foods to Try

Here are some easy and nutritious options to start baby-led weaning.

Ultimate Guide to Baby Led Weaning (and Best First Foods)

Below are some of the best first foods to start baby led weaning. Choose one at a time to offer and make sure that the fruits are ripe so that they are soft and taste good. (Nutrition will vary based on the specific foods you offer.)

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Easy Egg Yolk Puree (with BLW option)

This is an easy method to introduce eggs to baby, whether they’re starting solids on purees or with the baby led weaning approach. Adjust the number of eggs up or down as you like.

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Best Broccoli for Babies (Puree and BLW-Style)

Learn how to make nutritious Broccoli Puree and a super easy method for baby led weaning style broccoli. Both start with the same technique, so you can do either (or both!).

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Favorite Zucchini Baby Food

Learn the easiest way to make flavorful Zucchini Baby Food—with options for baby-led weaning zucchini and also zucchini puree—with one simple method. Plus: Find storage and serving tips.

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Easy Roasted Carrot “Fries”

These baked carrot fries are a simple side to go with burgers or chicken and pair perfectly with ketchup.

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The Best 2-Ingredient Pancakes (Baby and Toddler Approved)

This recipe makes one small batch of super tender 2-Ingredient Pancakes. It usually makes 1-2 little-kid-size servings. To make more, simply double the recipe. These are delicate pancakes with a texture that's sort of custardy like French toast, so be gentle when flipping them. See the NOTES at the bottom for the flavor variations.

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How many meals should I offer baby each day?

You can start with one meal a day, then gradually increase as baby becomes more interested in food and it works naturally with your schedule. There’s no one right way for every family, but generally aim to reach 3 meals (and possibly even two snacks if it works with your schedule) by the first birthday.

Refer to baby feeding schedules for more information and options.

I’m worried about choking—what should I do?

The best thing would be to take an infant CPR course so you feel armed with information. You can also read this post on Toddler Choking Hazards, which will give you all of the info you need about foods to watch out for an avoid to keep mealtimes safe and enjoyable.

Generally, if the food you offer is soft and easy to squish between your fingers, baby is sitting down and has water to drink throughout a meal, you can lower choking risks.

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When can baby have peanut butter?

Experts advise introducing it soon after you start solids—assuming there is no history of severe food allergies in the family and baby has not had eczema. Read more about introducing peanut butter here and find my favorite peanut butter puree!

When can baby have milk?

Babies should have formula and breastmilk as their primary food and water with meals once they start solids. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that we wait to introduce cow’s milk until baby has turned one since, unlike the proteins in dairy like yogurt and cheese, the ones in cow’s milk are harder to digest.

Cow’s milk also contains a large amount of proteins and minerals, which can stress a baby’s kidneys or cause iron-deficiency anemia if given in large quantities. This is in the context of potential issues if you were to put cow’s milk to a baby bottle or sippy cup.

You can use an unsweetened nondairy milk in the meantime.

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When can baby have water?

When you start offering foods, you can offer a little water along with it to help baby get into the habit of drinking water and to make foods easier to eat. Read more about babies and water—and why we want to wait until 6 months to start it.

Babies and Salt

It’s a good idea to review the recommendations on avoiding salt for babies—and how to do it without making yourself crazy. You can read my full post on babies and salt here.

When can baby have honey?

Honey is a no-go for kids under age one because it can cause a very rare, but serious, condition called infant botulism. While most foods not recommended for babies are due to choking hazards or allergy concerns, the deal with honey is completely different. And we need to avoid it raw and cooked.

Learn more about babies and honey and know that you can add a lot of flavor to foods using fruit purees like applesauce or mashed banana.

Best Early Finger Foods for Babies

Once a baby reaches around 9 months of age, they will have the ability to pick up smaller pieces of foods with their fingers. At that point, you can start offering more finger foods. Aim for them to be very easy to chew—you should be able to squish them between your fingers easily.

TIP: Find my full list of the best Early Finger Foods for easy reference.

Which highchair is best for a baby?

You’ll want a highchair that allows a baby to sit upright, rather than slouched back in a reclining position which could be a choking hazard. It’s also a good idea to choose a highchair that has a food rest which can promote proper body positioning while sitting.

Two of our favorites are the Stokke Tripp Trapp, which I’ve had for 7 years now and can say that it’s incredibly durable and easy to clean. We also love that it transforms into a stool once the kids are too big for the highchair components. It’s totally worth the price!

Another highchair that’s great for babies is Keekaroo Height Right Kids Chair that has nice cushions for added support.

TIP: Find my full list of favorite Highchairs for Babies and Toddlers for more information.

Learn More About Starting Solids

For my full information on starting solids. check out my Yummy Baby Food ebook. It takes you through the first year, with step-by-step advice, recipes, and tips in an easy to use digital format.

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This post was first published October 2018.

Fruit canapes on skewers for children and adults: step by step recipes with photos

Colorful fruit canapes will be in place at any feast. They will make a romantic dinner more refined, delight the kids at a children's party, and help impress colleagues with a spectacular mini-buffet without much effort. They are interesting, varied, allow you to "create" with taste and form from the heart. In a word, not a single housewife will hurt to master a couple of recipes for making fruit snacks on skewers. Believe me, they will come in handy more than once.

Contents

1 Fruit canape - the highlight of the festive table
2 How to cut fruit nicely
3 Step by Step Fruit Canape Recipes
- 3.1 For adults
  - 3.1.1 With grapes and cheese
  - 3.1.2 With melon and Parma ham
  - 3.1.3 With pear and Dor Blue cheese
  - 3.1.4 Lemon with marmalade and cheese
- 3.2 For children and older sweet tooth
  - 3.2.1 Chocolate covered bananas, strawberries and marshmallows
  - 3. 2.2 Jelly skewers
  - 3.2.3 Fruit platter
  - 3.2.4 Fruit canape for lunch - video
4 Options for serving fruit canapés in photo

Fruit canape - the highlight of the festive table

It is currently impossible to establish the exact time and place of the birth of appetizing baby sandwiches, and even more so to find out whose smart head guessed to string not only meat and cheese, but also fragrant fruits on a wooden skewer. According to linguists, the very word "canape" came to us from ancient Greece, where it sounded like "konops" and served to refer to small insects - like a mosquito or mosquito. The Egyptians, and after them the Romans, adopted the Greek term, modified it to "conopeum" and began to call so beds with a net from uninvited blood-sucking guests. Over time, the word traveler moved from Latin to European languages and firmly settled in French, for some unknown reason, clinging no longer to a bed with a canopy, but to a miniature sofa with a curved back. And then…

And then all the secrets. Whether the French remembered the original meaning of the term "canapes" and called snack sandwiches "mosquitoes" for their small size. Whether the cook, with a particularly violent imagination, saw in the pieces of appetizing food, folded in a pile, a resemblance to his favorite piece of furniture. Or perhaps the fact is that it was most convenient to absorb an unusual snack just on such sofas, slowly sipping wine from a glass and conducting a leisurely dialogue with your interlocutor.

It is better to remove the stones from cherries when preparing canapés

Whatever the case, one thing is certain: the fun idea caught on, gained popularity and gave rise to dozens of different, but invariably delicious culinary recipes. And there are at least five reasons for this:

Fruit canapes are tasty, juicy and fragrant.
If you do not set out to create some absolutely incredible composition from a dozen different ingredients, you can cook a delicacy in no time. For example, strawberry-banana "canapes" will take a quarter of an hour from a skilled housewife.
It is impossible to find a recipe for a fruit salad or a cake that would please every single guest. But from half a dozen different options for fruit sandwiches, even the most capricious fussy pick up something suitable for himself.
Canapes are universal. They will perfectly play the role of a dessert at a family feast or a buffet table, take pride of place on the children's table, and, on occasion, serve as an exquisite snack for strong drinks. For example, “turrets” with tangerines, kiwi, apricots are suitable for white wine; melon and strawberries are combined with red. Sweet liqueurs are usually eaten with grapes and pears; cognac, in addition to the traditional slice of lemon, loves the company of apples and juicy peach, and the taste of champagne is perfectly set off by pineapple and watermelon.
Making a fruit snack is pure creativity. You can not only use any fruits and berries of your choice, but also boldly combine them with other ingredients: chocolate, marshmallows, mastic, nuts, marmalade. Sometimes even ham and cheese are used. Complete freedom of creativity and no boundaries!

By tradition, it is customary to serve 3-4 varieties of canapés with different fillings. Moreover, it is advisable to calculate in advance the total number of snacks so that each guest has at least 8 miniature sandwiches. Considering that canapés are a bite-sized treat, they can fly off the dish in a few minutes, and no one should be left behind.

How to cut fruits beautifully

The easiest way out is to take a knife and simply chop washed and peeled fruits into cubes or slices. Cheap and cheerful, but inefficient in terms of wasted time. Yes, and the beauty of future “canapes” will suffer, since not everyone will be able to fit hand-cut pieces to the same size, and different-sized slices will greatly spoil the appearance of the snack.

The neater the pieces, the better the result

If you have a special cutting spoon for watermelon and melon in your kitchen, use it. Perfectly smooth multi-colored spheres on skewers always look impressive.

Any large fruit with not too dense pulp can be turned into balls.

A real masterpiece in miniature

If you are serious about canapes and are going to regularly treat your guests and family with sweet "kebabs", it does not hurt to purchase a special device for cutting berries and fruits into pieces. In the budget version, it will be replaced by an ordinary egg cutter.

The slices will look identical

The most advanced cooks will be helped by a special syringe for canapés. Sequentially cut with it the pieces of fruit selected for treats, press the piston, and the finished delicacy will be on your plate. It remains only to fasten it with an elegant skewer. Just as easily, the syringe will cope with pieces of biscuit, marshmallow, marmalade and other goodies, if it occurs to you to add them to your creation.

No cooking syringe? Take a regular one, cut off the top of it

Remember that fruit is a perishable product. They quickly release juice, darken and lose their shape, so you need to prepare a delicacy shortly before serving, sprinkling pieces with lemon juice for greater safety.

Step by Step Fruit Canape Recipes

So who are you going to serve? Business partners, old friends, relatives at a family holiday? Then pay attention to the recipes for fruit canapes with cheese and ham. An unusual flavor combination will arouse interest and give your evening a slight touch of aristocracy.

For adults

With grapes and cheese

You will need:

100 g of cheese;
100 g green or blue grapes (try to get a seedless variety).

Preparation:

Remove the grapes from the bunch, remove the remaining dry twigs. Wash the berries, rinse with boiled water and sort through. You need only whole and elastic fruits without specks and bursting peel.
Berries should be like a selection!
Cut the cheese into small cubes.
Cheese pieces should be about the size of grapes
Thread each skewer first with a piece of cheese and then with a berry.
Brevity, as you know, is the sister of talent - nothing superfluous

Hard cheeses go well with grapes: Gouda, Maasdam, Edam, Dutch, Parmesan. However, soft curd cheeses with mold - for example, Brie - will be here in their place. If you want, make a mix of two or three different varieties, shading their taste with walnut halves, almonds, strawberries, slices of exotic mango or thin leaves of fresh tarragon.

The classic version of cheese-grape canpe is far from the only one

With melon and Parma ham

You will need:

0.5 kg of melon;
200 g goat cheese;
100 g Parma ham, sliced;
1 st. l. olive oil;
half a lemon;
salt, pepper to taste.

Preparation:

Cut the melon in half, remove the seeds and cut the flesh into cubes or, using a special spoon, into balls.
In the absence of a cutting spoon, a simple dessert spoon will do
Mix oil, juice of half a lemon, salt and pepper. Pour the marinade over the prepared pieces of melon and leave them alone for a quarter of an hour to let the pulp soak.
The result will be better if the mixture is lightly whipped with a whisk
Goat cheese cut as you like.
If desired, sprinkle the cheese with pieces of finely chopped basil
Randomly thread the melon and cheese slices and the ham slice onto the skewer, then refrigerate the canapés.
The taste of delicacy will be beyond praise
Appetizer should be served chilled, with semi-dry red or white wine.
Another interesting way to serve: melon wrapped in ham

The combination of melon and Parma ham is considered a classic and needs no additions, but if you have a desire to brighten the taste of canapes, add basil leaves, arugula or pieces of kiwi pulp to the indicated ingredients. In addition, the melon itself, on occasion, can easily be “replaced” by a juicy pear.

Pear and Dor Blue

You will need:

1-2 pears;
100 g Dor Blue cheese;
2 tbsp. l. finely chopped walnuts;
a little olive oil;
juice of half a lemon.

Preparation:

Wash the pear and cut into slices, excluding the core area. Drizzle the slices with lemon juice to prevent browning.
You need slices of medium thickness
Break the cheese into pieces, mix with nuts and a few drops of oil.
Dor Blue can be replaced with simpler curd cheese, but the taste will not be the same
Spoon the filling onto the pear slices, thread through each wooden skewer and arrange the canapes nicely on a wide plate.
The combination of cheese and pear will be exquisite and unusual

Lemon with Marmalade and Cheese

Here is an absolutely incredible, but attractive combination:

hard cheese;
the same amount of marmalade;
half a lemon.

Preparation:

Cut the cheese as desired.
Gouda, Cheddar, Maasdam? You decide!
Do the same with marmalade.
In honor of the holiday, choose brighter colors
Cut the lemon into slices, then divide each slice into 5-6 segments.
Lemon peel does not need to be peeled
Assemble the canapés in the following order: cheese - marmalade - lemon wedge - and marmalade again.
An unusual snack will reveal the taste of champagne in a new way
Serve with champagne.

Such an appetizer usually does not stay on the plate

For children and older sweet tooth

But enough exotic! Let's talk about simpler recipes, where there will be no such savory food combinations. For example, what could be more traditional and tastier than strawberries and chocolate?

Chocolate covered bananas, strawberries and marshmallows

You will need:

banana;
handful of strawberries;
colorful marshmallow;
half a bar of dark chocolate.

Preparation:

Peel the banana and cut into slices.
Sprinkle banana with lemon juice to keep it from turning brown
Wash strawberries and remove stems.
Berries must be the same size
If the marshmallow is large, cut it into pieces the size of a strawberry. Leave the small one as it is.
Multi-colored marshmallow looks festive
Melt the chocolate in a water bath.
If you want to make the mass less thick, add a spoon or two of milk to it
Thread prepared pieces of fruit and marshmallows on wooden sticks, drizzle with chocolate and let cool.
Canapes will appeal to both children and adults with a sweet tooth

If the combination of marshmallow and chocolate is too sweet, remove one of the sweet ingredients from the recipe or make two sweetened canapes to suit your taste.

No one leaves the party disappointed

Jelly Skewers

You will need:

a packet of grape jelly;
bag of strawberry jelly;
handful of grapes;
a handful of strawberries;
ice molds.

Preparation:

Dilute the jelly according to package instructions.
Do not deviate from the proportions indicated on the jelly sachet
Place grapes and strawberries in ice cube trays, then pour over jelly berries.
It is not forbidden to put 2-3 berries in a cell - the more, the tastier
Wait for the jelly to harden completely, remove the dessert from the molds, transfer to a dish and stick a toothpick into each serving.
Berries and jelly - the real taste of childhood

Fruit platter

You will need:

apples;
canned pineapples;
kiwi;
grapes;
strawberry;
blueberry.

Preparation:

Wash all fruits. Peel apples, remove seeds. Cut the pulp into small pieces.
Look for sweet varieties of apples on the market, such as Kitayka, Medok, Belarusian apple
Peel and cut the kiwi.
Act fast or the kiwi will lose its juiciness
Sort the berries, remove the tails from the strawberries.
Slightly sour blueberries harmonize wonderfully with sweet strawberries
Pick the grapes from the bunch.
Grape variety can be any, but preferably seedless
Remove the pineapples from the jar, let the juice drain and cut as you like.
Canape with pineapple will turn out sweet and juicy
Thread each piece of fruit onto skewers one at a time and serve to guests as soon as possible.
Treat your loved ones with a fragrant rainbow on a skewer

Fruits in the above recipe can be replaced by others without any loss of taste. For example, use canned peaches instead of pineapple, soft pear instead of apple, or raspberries instead of blueberries.

You should also pay attention to the combinations:

Banana, kiwi and tangerine. The fruits will need to be peeled, cut the banana and kiwi, divide the tangerine into slices, and then, in any order, put all this fragrant company on wooden skewers. All! Sweet, but tinted with a slight sourness, and therefore an even more delicious dessert is ready.
Green grapes, kiwi and pineapple. Here the situation will be reversed: a sweet yellow tropical fruit will soften the sourness of its green neighbors. Those who fail to get a pineapple for the holiday will be replaced by an orange.
Banana, orange and pear.
Strawberry and banana.
Apple, pear, red orange.
Grapes and melons.

Fruit canape for lunch - video

How to serve fruit canapés in the photo

: Canapes can be placed on long skewers

: Semicircular pieces of tangerines can be represented as sails

: So that the skewers do not remain empty, you can offer the guests pieces of fruit separately - let everyone collect their own canape

: The easiest option is to simply fold the canapes in a slide

: Even a minimum of ingredients can be interestingly beaten

: An unusual combination of basil, watermelon and strawberries is perfectly fixed with soft cheese

: Top canapes can be decorated with chocolate

What else can you say about fruit canapés? A lot of. But why waste time on theory when you can start practicing right away? New combinations and flavors are just waiting to be discovered. Choose your favorite fruits and berries, shake out the cabinets in the kitchen in search of marshmallows, powdered sugar, chocolate and other goodies and go ahead - create a unique canapé according to a recipe invented by you personally!

Author: Svetlana Rozhenko
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My name is Svetlana Rozhenko. 33 years old, psychologist by education.

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