Keto-friendly Finger Foods for Kids

It can be challenging to find keto-friendly finger foods for your little one, so in today’s post, we’re sharing some of our favorite bite-sized recipes.

Savory Cheese Crackers (3:1 ratio or MAD)

Almond Coconut Cookies (3:1 ratio or 4:1 ratio)

You can also make many recipes into finger foods by cooking them in bite-sized portions.

For example, you can make Bite-sized Pancakes by preparing our KetoCal Pancake Recipe (3:1 ratio, 4:1 ratio or MAD) as you normally would, but pouring into tiny pancakes when cooking.  You can also find mini pancake makers to make things easier. Serve pancakes alone or with carb-free pancake syrup for dipping!

For a savory snack, you can apply the same concept to make Cheesy Tomato Bites by preparing our KetoCal Cheesy Tomato Wrap Recipe (4:1 ratio, 3:1 ratio, or MAD) as you normally would, but shaping into bite-size circles to cook (you could try the mini pancake maker here too!). Serve alone or with a savory dipping sauce!

What are your child’s favorite finger foods? Have you been able to come up with keto variations for them? If you could find a keto-version of any kid’s food, what would it be? (Maybe our keto chef can help!)

KetoCal is a medical food and is intended for use under medical supervision. KetoCal 3:1 and 4:1 are indicated for individuals age 1 and up. KetoCal 2.5:1 is indicated for individuals age 8 and up. 

Holiday Tips and Recipes Roundup

Today’s KetoConnect post is a collection of posts from around the web with helpful tips and recipe ideas for celebrating the holidays with a child on the ketogenic diet. Please comment if you know of any other helpful posts that we should add to the list. Best wishes for a happy, healthy, keto-friendly holiday!

Tips for Celebrating Winter Holidays (Epilepsy Foundation)

Christmas:

Tips for Managing Your Child’s Ketogenic Diet over the Holidays (KetoConnect)

Christmas Survival Guide (Matthew’s Friends)

KetoCal Christmas Recipe Ideas (KetoConnect)

Holiday Baking (KetoCook)

Hanukkah:

Celebrating Chanukah on the Ketogenic Diet (KetoConnect guest blog post)

KetoCal Hanukkah Recipe Ideas (KetoConnect)

KetoCal Christmas Recipe Ideas

Earlier this week we posted tips for celebrating the holidays with a child on the ketogenic diet. If you missed it, be sure to check it out! To go along with these tips, today we have some KetoCal recipes for making keto-friendly Christmas treats and Christmas morning breakfast ideas. If your family celebrates Hanukkah, be sure to check out our previous blog posts on celebrating Hanukkah with a child on the ketogenic diet and KetoCal Hanukkah Recipe Ideas.

As always, consult with your child’s health care provider to adjust these recipes to meet your child’s ketogenic ratio and calorie requirements.  The ketogenic diet for epilepsy should only be used under medical supervision.

Making cookies at christmas time

Favorite Christmas Treat Recipe Ideas:

KetoCal Christmas Cookies:

Make Christmas cookies using our KetoCal Almond Coconut Cookie recipe. These are your keto-version of basic “sugar” cookies (sans sugar of course). They are easy to make and a favorite around the office (people often describe them as tasting like shortbread cookies). You can make these cookies festive by adding carb-free food coloring to the batter before cooking. I like to divide the recipe in half and add red carb-free food coloring to one batch and green carb-free food coloring to the other. Another idea is to add red or green “sprinkles” to your cookies by mixing a small amount of carb-free food coloring into the Truvia before adding it on top of the cookies. You could also use small, Christmas-themed cookie cutters to make different shapes.

KetoCal Gingerbread Cookies

KetoCal Hot Chocolate

Our KetoCal Chocolate Smoothie Recipe can be used to make tasty hot chocolate by simply omitting the ice and serving it warm. This easy recipe uses 3 simple ingredients: KetoCal LQ Vanilla, unsweetened cocoa powder, and vegetable oil. Optional carb-free sweetener can be added to taste. We like to use KetoCal LQ Vanilla for this recipe but you could also use KetoCal LQ Unflavored with additional carb-free sweetener.

Other Christmas dessert ideas:

KetoCal Blackberry Crumble

KetoCal Crème Brulee

Christmas morning breakfast ideas:

KetoCal Cinnamon and Blueberry Toast

KetoCal Pancakes

KetoCal Chocolate Muffins

KetoCal Bacon & Cheese Muffins

KetoCal Blueberry Muffins

KetoCal Cheesy Ham Tart

KetoCal Cheesy Tomato Tart

 

Merry Christmas and happy holidays everyone!

-Mallory