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Porridge Fingers - 3 Ways

Porridge fingers are a great finger food baby oatmeal option. An easy and nutritious baby-led weaning breakfast
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Course: Baby Led Weaning
Cuisine: New Zealand
Keyword: baby lead weaning breakfast, baby oatmeal, baby porridge, oats for babies, porridge fingers
Servings: 6 Fingers
Calories: 112kcal

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Ingredients

  • ½ cup oats
  • 3 tablespoon milk 45 ml
  • Dash of vanilla optional

Blueberry Porridge Fingers

  • ¼ cup fresh or frozen blueberries

Banana

  • ¼ banana mashed

Apple & Cinnamon

  • ½ apple grated
  • ½ teaspoon cinnamon

Instructions

  • Plain Porridge Fingers
  • Mix oats, milk and optional vanilla together, if you have time, let them soak for a few minutes as you will get a better result in the end.
  • Press into the bottom of a small microwave-proof dish
  • Microwave on high for 40 seconds, check to see if they are cooked (they are cooked when the mixture is firm to the touch and pulling away from the edges of the dish) if the mix has not reached this stage microwave for a further 20 seconds or until cooked
  • Cool in the dish for a few minutes, remove from dish and slice into fingers
  • Check they are a safe temperature before giving them to your baby


  • Blueberry Porridge Fingers
  • Blend the blueberries, milk and optional vanilla together
  • Mix this with the oats
  • (Continue from step 2 of the Plain Porridge Finger recipe)
  • blueberries milk and vanilla blended together

  • Banana Porridge Fingers
  • Follow the steps for the plain porridge fingers, adding the mashed banana at step 1
  • Apple Cinnamon Porridge Fingers
  • Follow the steps for the plain porridge fingers, adding the grated apple and cinnamon at step 1

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Notes

I use my babies silicon divided plate to cook these as it is a good size
See information above about what sort of oats are best for these porridge finger

Nutrition

Serving: 3g | Calories: 112kcal | Carbohydrates: 23g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 2mg | Sodium: 14mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 8g