Can you give me your healthy snack ideas?!
Answers: I am looking for healthy snack ideas for kids age 3-8 years old. Do you have some you could list for me?
there are a few I remember from when I was young...
peanut butter and crackers
celery and peanut butter
hard boiled eggs (sometimes deviled eggs - Mom used to make penguins out of them somehow using olives)
graham crackers and frosting (my favorite was cream
cheese - yummm)
rolled up sandwich meat
or even better
ham with cream cheese spread on it, then rolled and cut into pinwheels
pimento cheese and crackers
WE loved Jello
I just found a recipe for apple volcanos too...They might enjoy that.
Apple Volcanoes
from Chef Jennifer Mraz, The Art Institute of Phoenix
(serves two)
- 2 apples
- 2 large marshmallows
- cup peanut butter
- cup chocolate chips
- cup chopped nuts
- 2 tbsp shredded coconut
Wash apples. Remove stem and core out apple with spoon, enlarging the hole slightly. Press marshmallows in center of cored apple to fill the bottom. Spoon peanut butter into apple to fill to the top. Spread peanut butter over top of apple. Sprinkle with chocolate chips and coconut.
apples with peanut butter
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celery and peanut butter?
apples and peanut butter?
pears and peanut butter?
fruit and vanilla yogurt?
ants on a log: peanut butter and raisons on celery.
popcorn
apples and caramel or peanut butter
bananas
orange slices
nutrigrain bars
frozen fruit
pb and crackers
apples and cheese, bananas, fruits, vegitibles, yogert, sugar free/ fat free jello
A bowl of fresh fruit with yogurt and a sprinkle of granola on top.
Homemade cinnamon sugar chips (made from tortilla chips and baked).
Baked cinnamon apples.
Toasted multi grain bread with peanut butter.
Pretzel sticks.
Frozen yogurt bars or frozen fruit bars.
fruit, it is naturally sweat and good for them. you can also do some vegetables with peanut butter i.e. carrots and celery with peanut butter.
fruits- peeled and cut into slices they can dip in peanut butter or yogurt
vegies dipped in ranch or a mixture of yogurt/ranch
mini muffins
pretzels
raisins if they like them
graham crackers
milk
cheese sticks
just remember kids can choke really easy sometimes, so never leave them alone when they are eating. (not saying you do this - just throwing it out there)
For a healthy snack, make your own Trail Mix using a combination of any or all of the following:
Dried cranberries
Dried cherries
Raisins
Dates
Fancy Mixed Nuts - salted or unsalted, your choice
Dried Mango
Dried Papaya
Coconut flakes
M&Ms
Banana chips
Apple chips
Dried Peaches
Dried Blueberries
Granola
Keep in a sealed container or ZipLock bags to keep fresh.
Spread peanut butter on whole wheat tortilla, roll up and cut into circles. You can add jelly, jam or preserves to this, too. Or use cream cheese and jam, sprinkle shelled sunflower seeds over the peanut butter before rolling up. My kids loved these roll-ups when they were growing up and still do as adults.
Fresh fruits and veggies, sliced apples, pears or peaches with some cinnamon sprinkled on the slices.
Low fat cottage cheese or plain yogurt with fruit such as slice pineapples, peaches, pears, strawberries, blueberries, mixed berries, etc.
Unsalted nuts, grapes, cherries, fruit with dip, ...
"ants on a log" are the best!
celery sticks, w/ peanut butter in the slope thing, and raisons on the peanut butter
yyyuuummm
mixed nuts and dried fruit for just a plain snack.fruit salad with grape,apples,pecans,oranges......with your choice of yogurt.
salad with lettuce,spinich leaves,chopped tomato's,and cheese with your choice of dressing.
and so on,
megan