Mary Ann Dames, M.S., R.D.

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Recipe Wednesday - Parmesan Cheese Toast Fingers

January 13, 2010

Tags: Kid Friendly Recipe, Bread, Gluten Free Recipe, Recipe Wednesday, Gluten Free Recipe, To Think About, Vegetarian Recipe (or can be)

Keep little fingers busy making Parmesan Cheese Toast Fingers. Then snuggle up to read Busy Fingers by C.W. Bowie. C.W. Bowie is a team of writers made up of Wendie Old, Mary Bowman-Kruhm, and Claudine Wirths.

Parmesan Cheese Toast Fingers
Ingredients
1 slice of sandwich bread or gluten free bread
Soft tub margarine
Grated Parmesan cheese

Toast the bread. Let it stand until it is cool enough for a child to handle. Let the child spread a thin layer of tub margarine on the bread using a table knife or a plastic picnic knife. Shake, shake, shake some grated Parmesan cheese over the top. Then gently pat, pat, pat the cheese onto the toast so it doesn’t fall off.

Using a table knife or a plastic picnic knife, an adult or a child under adult supervision can cut the toast into “fingers.”

© Mary Ann Dames, MS, RD 2010

To Think About for Kids of All Ages
When would you eat these? They would be yummy as a snack. I dip them into Vegetable Soup. What kind of soup would you dip them into? What else would these taste good with?

Comments

  1. January 13, 2010 4:19 PM EST
    Thanks for posting this recipe. You are so creative! I haven't heard "cut into fingers" used in years, but my grandmother, mother, and now my children and grandchildren all cut cinnamon toast into those "fingers."
    - Mary Bowman-Kruhm
  2. January 13, 2010 7:00 PM EST
    Fingers is such a great word to use, isn't it.
    - Mary Ann Dames
  3. January 15, 2010 12:23 PM EST
    The teachers at my school love the books "Busy Fingers" and "Busy Toes". The recipe for toast fingers is an added treat. Thank you!
    - Bonnie Redmond
  4. January 15, 2010 1:52 PM EST
    Bonnie,
    Here's an idea. Cut the fingers in half and call them "Busy Toes!"
    - Mary Ann Dames