Making Healthy Snacks For Kids

05/30/2011 | By Richard Huard - Slave Driver | Reply More

Making Healthy Snacks For Kids

Article by George Roy

Our image of snack time is forever ingrained as cookies and milk after a long day at school. No more sugar, no more crash, healthy snacks for kids may be simpler than you think. With so many other things to do, making a snack for the kids should be simple and quick, not long and drawn out. Premade snacks are a life saver for any busy mom or dad looking to implement healthy snacks for kids, and are delicious to boot! These snacks must also be portable, and above all, healthy!

With the perfect dip, any vegetable stick becomes an irresistible treat. Cinnamon bread made with minimal sugar and an added dash of raisins is a filling treat, and a little fix for a sweet tooth. An added bonus of serving a platter of sliced local, in season fruit is that you’re supporting local farmers. Most types of berries are portable and low sugar, low carb, and provide huge boosts of vitamin C.

Stomachs are filled rapidly when eating peanut butter, which grants extremely rare oils and nutrients, making it an ideal choice as healthy snacks for kids. With less fat than peanut butter, cashew and almond butter are both excellent alternatives. Nuts are some of the most filling and nutritious food items for you, and snacking kids will love the salty taste. A fantastic alternative to the cookie is the yoghurt covered pretzel. These are relatively simple to make, using only pretzels, yoghurt, and an efficiently cold freezer.

Organic juices are famous for great taste and nutritional value compared to other boxed juices, and make healthy snacks for kids even more appealing. Offering great portability, thermoses can be filled with a variety of delicious homemade beverages for your child to enjoy, such as fruit smoothies or tea.

A great alternative to those other cheesy snacks is unbuttered popcorn sprinkled with cheddar or a cheese of your choice. If being absolutely pressured for baked goods, you can shrink the size of the individual snacks into petite sizes, and using minimal sugar they become less harmful to the healthy snacking child. Carrot pulp blends seamlessly into any baked good, and gives it a shot of intrinsically healthy nutritional value. Boiled eggs with toppings of the child’s choice are always fun and filling.

The tasty sweet graham cracker is the king of healthy snacking for kids, and should be a staple in any family’s arsenal. Healthy snacking for kids is made fun with graham crackers that can be topped with any of the nut butters we mentioned earlier for a delicious combo sure to please the crowd. Banana bread, when not slathered in butter or other condiments, becomes a great, healthy snack accessible to all and easily made.

Yoghurt cups with toppings such as fresh fruit, honey, or nuts, is a heart-healthy option, and can be made in cups or as a pretty parfait. When offered many different varieties of snack foods, a child on the path of healthy snacking will feel empowered by making the decision themself, and you’ll feel good knowing they’re eating right.

About the Author

George is an avid collector and connoisseur of all things nautical- nautical decor, model boats, historical artifacts, etc. He has written articles for several large manufacturers and retailers of model ships, and he is a master ship builder himself. He brings a unique perspective from both the retail and the consumer side of the nautical decorating and model boat building markets.