Snack Ideas

Cold snacks:

  • Apple Wedges - with raisins, peanut butter or cottage cheese.
  • Applesauce Cup - unsweetened.
  • Avocado on Bread - 1/2 an avocado spread on a slice of whole grain bread.
  • Baby Carrots & Nuts - try different nuts on different days; Almond, Brazil, Cashew, Hazelnut, Pumpkin Seeds, Walnuts.
  • Banana and 3 dates or 2 dried figs
  • Cheese & Crackers
  • Cherry Tomatoes - handful of Cherubs. (Taste so good!)
  • Cookies & Milk - home baked whole grain cookie like Oatmeal Raisin.
  • Fresh Fruit - a piece of fruit in season; apple, pear, peach, nectarine, couple of apricots, grapes, cherries, orange, tangerine, mango, figs, plum, slice of watermelon, wedge of pineapple.
  • Fruit Cup/Pouch - with no sugar added and no food coloring.
  • Frozen Yogurt
  • Granola or Energy bar - stick with the natural food company versions.
  • Hardboiled Egg
  • Hummus & Pita - or on crackers.
  • Melon Cubes - cantaloupe or honeydew.
  • Muffin- small home baked (half the size of commercial ones) with tea or a glass of milk. Common flavors; banana-walnut, blueberry, carrot-apple, corn, lemon-poppy seed, pumpkin, raisin bran.
  • Peanut Butter & Crackers
  • Quick Bread - a slice of home baked bread with tea or milk; banana, Cornbread, cranberry-nut, Pumpkin, Zucchini.
  • Rice Crackers
  • Smoothie
  • Soy Nuts or Edamame - for a quick thaw, place frozen shelled edamame in a strainer and run under some hot water.
  • String Cheese or Babybel
  • Tortilla Chips - with bean dip, guacamole or salsa.
  • Trail mix
  • Veggie Chips
  • Yogurt Cup - if a cup is not filling enough, include some fruit with it.

Hot snacks:

  • Bruschetta
  • English Muffin - whole wheat toasted with fruit preserve or nut butter spread.
  • Instant Soup - dry soup mixes in a paper cup. Just add boiling water.
  • Jalapeno Poppers - available at Costco.
  • Mini Pizza - English muffin, pizza sauce and shredded mozzarella.
  • Nachos - corn chips with melted cheese and a salsa or guacamole dip.
  • Pakora - veggies dipped in a gram (garbanzo bean) flour batter and fried. For an occasional special treat at tea time.
  • Popcorn - air popping is preferred. Some season it with cinnamon, parmesan cheese, garlic powder, or other non-salt spices (coriander & cumin).
  • Quesadilla - whole grain tortilla with melted cheese. Spread some Spicy Bean to add some flavor or "Stuffed" varieties include some veggies.
  • Samosa - curried potato and peas stuffed pastry. For an occasional special treat at tea time.
  • Sour Dough Toast & Milk - Don't ask me why. My kids liked it.

For more information, see an excellent article at Center for Science in the Public Interest Healthy School Snacks.

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