Healthy Snack Tips and Ideas
Snacking Tips for Parents
- Plan ahead and buy healthy snacks when you shop. You will save money and make healthier choices than if you or your kids are buying snacks on the go.
- Provide kids with choices and make those choices nutritious.
- Pre-portion you child's snacks into small plastic bags to grab on the go.
- Combine snacks from at least two food groups to pack more nutrients into your child's diet... it will be more filling and it will hold them over to the next meal.
Healthy Fruit and Veggie Snack Ideas
- Raw Vegetables with low-fat yogurt dip, cottage cheese or humus
- Baby Carrots
- Celery Sticks
- Cucumber Slices
- Apples and cheese - pears and other fruits are good too!
- Frozen fruit bars
- Trail mix with nuts and dried fruit
- 100% Fruit Juice box
Healthy Grain Snack Ideas
- Whole-grain crackers with cheese or peanut butter
- Whole-grain cereal with milk
- Flavored rice cakes (like caramel or apple cinnamon) with peanut butter
- Baked potato chips, or tortilla chips with salsa
- Popcorn - Air popped or low-fat microwave
- Pretzel sticks with hummus and a glass of milk
- Vanilla wafers, gingersnaps, graham crackers, animal crackers, fig bar or raisins, and a glass of milk
Healthy Dairy Snack Ideas
- String Cheese + Fruit
- Low fat or nonfat Milk or Yogurt Smoothies with 100% fruit juice and sliced bananas or strawberries
- Cottage Cheese or Yogurt with fruit (fresh or canned) or whole wheat crackers
- Fat-Free or 1% White, Chocolate or Flavored Milk = perfect sports recovery drink, too!
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