I am a huge fan of dinner foods where cutlery is optional. Actually, even when I make food that SHOULD be eaten with cutlery, my children tend to prefer to use their fingers… rice, spaghetti…
Anyway, here are some dinner ideas where cutlery is definitely optional. Why does food taste better when we use our fingers? Because fingers are nature’s cutlery, that’s why.
Yes, some of it ends up on their clothes and on the floor but that happens when forks and knives are used as well, at least it does in my house.
The brilliant thing about dinner finger foods is that they make EXCELLENT school lunches the following day.
Monday finger food: Mozzarella Puff Pizzas
These delicious pizzas make an excellent dinner for everyone and because they use puff pastry you can roll them, make them large, small. Also, the pastry on top stops all the topping from falling out so you can cram extra vegetables in there.
Get the recipe here.
Tuesday finger food: Middle Eastern Kebabs
Kids love food on a stick. Actually, so do I. Introduce some new flavours to their little pallets with these delicious traditional kebabs. Serve with salad or pull the meat off and wrap it in bread. Delicious.
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These aren't the most balanced meals I've seen...
For anyone interested, I have a naughty version of the tomato bruschetta - you get one of the La Famiglia garlic bread loaves, the one that separates into two halves. Take off the paper, pile your tomato mixture on each half and bake for approx 10 mins at 200. Beyond yum....and vaguely good for you.
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