Is this recipe ok for a party I am going to later? Is it bad for baby?

Question

I am going to a cookout this evening and trying to find something somewhat healthy to take so I can have something to eat. I don't want to eat hamburgers or hotdogs so let me know what you think..

Finger sandwiches

6 slices thin cut white bread (recommended: Pepperidge Farm Thin White Sandwich Bread)

1 cup soft, spreadable herb cheese (recommended: Alouette)

8 slices prosciutto di Parma

12 leaves fresh arugula or basil (spicy vs. sweet)

2 plum tomatoes, thinly sliced

Salt

2 radishes, thinly sliced

Toothpicks

If you have any recommendations on recipes, I'd love to know.

Answer 1

Well, white bread, the cheese spread, and prosciutto aren't the healthiest. I wouldn't give Prosciutto to a baby. Why not bring some veggie burgers or chicken to grill? That's way healthier than your sandwiches and you're still coking out.  

Answer 2

Yep, it should be fine. Sounds very yummy, now I am hungry! LoL.

They tell you to be careful of soft cheeses, but the risks are pretty much non-existent. I am pretty sure that women over in europe do not forgo their daily staples of soft cheeses, pasteurized or unpasteurized. Eat up and I will sit here with envy!

Answer 3

only thing I would watch out for is the soft cheese. If it is pasteurized it should be ok but if not leave it out.

Answer 4

The Alouette is fine because it is made in the US and pasturized.  I would watch out for the Prosciutto.  This is a deli meat and it has nitrates in it...the same thing as hot dogs.

Answer 5

as long as the cheese is pasturized andif adding any meat,  the meat (if its cold cuts) needs to be heated to steaming.

Answer 6

I don't see why you couldn't take it, but I'd be a little leary since technically proscuitto is raw ham that has been dry cured.  Cheese, only if pasturized otherwise I wouldn't eat it.

If you meant "baby" as in baby wants to eat this, definitely NO.

Answer 7

I think that sounds delicious...got some bad news though...lots of soft cheeses aren't allowed while pregnant.  And lunch meats have nitrites that are bad for the baby...

See below for a site on foods to avoid.   Then just take off what isn't recommended for pregnant women and substitute something that isn't on the list.

And here's a site that covers meal planning for the pregnant lady... http://nutrition.birthingnaturally.net/m...

Good luck!!  (With your food choices and your sweet baby!)