Soft Apple Monster Bites with Yogurt

Ingredients

10 preschool portions: 5 cups peeled cooked apple pieces, 2 1/2 cups thick plain yogurt, 10 oz soft mozzarella cut into small thin pieces, 1/2 cup mashed blueberries for decoration. No peanuts, peanut butter, nuts, marshmallows or hard candy.

Preparation

Cook peeled apple pieces until soft, cool completely. Arrange two soft pieces as an open monster mouth with a thin yogurt filling and soft cheese teeth. Add yogurt eye dots with mashed blueberry pupils. Serve deconstructed in small pieces for younger children. Keep chilled; this is a soft fruit-and-dairy adaptation, not the raw-apple/nut/marshmallow version pictured.

Infant adaptation

Individual feeding/readiness plan controls service; provide approved soft deconstructed ingredients without decorations.

Allergy preparation

Check every product label and the protected individual allergy plan. Prepare approved substitutions separately. No nuts, hard candy eyes or toothpicks.

Kitchen quantities

Center preparation totals are pending the current enrollment and ingredient calculation.