🍓🧀 Colorful Skewers with Cheese & Fruits
🎯 Difficulty: Easy
⏱️ Time: 10–15 minutes
🍽️ Servings: 2–3
🔥 Estimated Calories: ~60–80 kcal per skewer (depending on ingredients)
🧂 Ingredients
- Mild cheese (cubed): 1/2 cup (~60g, ~200 kcal) — e.g. mozzarella, cheddar
- Fresh fruits (washed, chopped into bite-size):
- Strawberries (~3–4 pcs, ~15 kcal)
- Grapes (~6 pcs, ~20 kcal)
- Kiwi (1 small, peeled, sliced, ~40 kcal)
- Banana (1/2 small, sliced, ~45 kcal)
- Optional: blueberries, melon, or apple slices
- Short wooden skewers or baby-safe food picks
👨🍳 Step-by-step Instructions
Step 1: Prep Ingredients
- Wash, peel (if needed), and chop fruits into baby-friendly pieces.
- Cut cheese into small cubes.
Step 2: Assemble Skewers
- Gently thread fruit and cheese onto skewers in a colorful pattern.
- For babies or toddlers, use soft fruits and safe, blunt-edged sticks or serve deconstructed.
Step 3: Serve
- Serve fresh as a snack, part of a lunchbox, or at playdates/picnics.
- For younger kids, remove fruit and cheese from skewers before serving.
💡 Tips
- Always supervise small children while eating skewers.
- Use steamed fruits (like apple or pear) for babies under 1 year.
- Great for teaching colors, textures, and fun self-feeding!
