Snacks for kids

[sunshinet47]

I know the other thread has a lot of this stuff on, but I am struggling for some snacks for my kiddos. We are lacto-vegetarian and are stuck on the same snacks! Here's some of what we eat for snacks:

nuts
fruit
celery w/pb
yogurt
crackers w/cheese
veggies w/hummus or salad dressing
healthy chips with hummus
cheese

I need ideas please!!! Thanks! :)

Edited to add that we eat 3 snacks a day; midmorning, midafternoon, and before bedtime.

[rincaro]

We're big on the following:

fruit leather
soy yogurt
apples w/pb
popcorn
homemade popsicles/"gogurts"

[Cissy]

I don't have kids (I'm only 16 :eek:) but my favourite snacks are/were:

-cereal w/ ~milk
-graham crackers w/ ~milk
-banana w/ ~yogurt and favourite toppings (nuts, etc)
-banana w/ PB
-soup
-granola bars (some are pretty bad for you though ^^)
-tortilla w/ fillings (salsa, beans, PBJ, whatever :p)
-pita w/ fillings (see above)
-half a sandwich
-smoothies
-fruits and veggies (if they're sick of the same old stuff, maybe try new kinds?)

Hope I could help :) I tried to make them fairly healthy.

[lijahbaby]

My son loves dates(sometimes stuffed with nutbutter), dried pineapple rings, cashews, english muffin pizza, tofu pups, soft pretzals, apple and peanut butter, baked beans and fruit leather. That is all I can think of right now. I also give him leftovers from dinner for snack the next day.

[misq17]

Graham crackers with peanut butter are the greatest...
So are cracker with peanut butter...
So are carrots with peanut butter...
Come to think of it, just about anything is good with peanut butter :p

[MollyGoat]

Baked tofu sticks are good and snacky....

[FalafelsRule]

Raisins!

[Cissy]

^^^

Make sure your kids brush their teeth well after raisins though. They get really sticky in the teeth, and can cause cavities :(

[pickletatertot]

My kids like all of the above things. My four year old has recently started loving "ants on a log:" celery with peanut butter and raisins.

Let's see, other ideas:
animal crackers
dry cereal
fresh fruit salad
homemade muffins (you can make muffins out of almost anything!)
bananas and chocolate soy milk
apples with peanut butter
pretzels with peanut butter or mustard for dipping
chips and salsa

My kids love to dip things!

[bstutzma]

Anything in a tortilla kids love. PB&J stuffed in a tortilla is one of MY favorite snacks ;-) I must admit to a similar peanut butter addiction, misq17! Bananas with peanut butter, or PB on celery are my favorites.

Other favorite snacks: pasta salads made with nayonaise, black bean couscous salad, trail mix with lots of dried fruits.

Since you are lacto/ovo, I would consider cottage cheese as well (you can add pineapple and other flavors too! you can also buy cottage cheese that is fortified with extra calcium nowadays) Cottage cheese is good dippin' for baby carrots ;-) Also, string cheese (from horizons) is high in protein and calcium for it's caloric value.

[Raquelle]

I don't have any children but here is what I like to snack on :hungry: :

Dried fruit (apricots, pineapple, apple, banana chips, prunes)
Homemade cookies
Crumpets
Pretzels
Toasted fruit roll w/jam or chocolate spread - yum!
Crackers w/cheese
Yoghurt
Bread sticks with various dips
Granola bars

[bettyspaghetti]

I buy the ripe bananas off the shelf that they bag for $1 that are nice and soft and make triple batches of banana berry muffins and individually bag them for snacks throughout the next 2 weeks(they freeze great). I also make Cheerios bars they are sweet with peanut butter and maple syrup boiled down and mixed together and then refrigerated. The kids really like those. I buy the bags of prewashed organic baby carrots and split them into individual servings in baggies for snacks to. The individual string cheese is a hit as well. My kids both like hard boiled eggs as snacks so I boil a half dozen once a week and let them have 1 every other day.I buy Horizon organic brown eggs.They like the junk food to unfortunately...I hate to admit but I do buy a bag of chips , pretzels, and tortilla strips once a week. They do dip it in cottage cheese though..calcium at least....you can get some brands without gelatin in them. Hope that helps :)

[smedley]

i think that kristadb had posted this in a similar thread...but...

banana sweet potato pudding

puree cooked sweet potatoes with ripe bananas and, i add a ton of alspice and some PB and they love it and think it is pudding. i add raisins and ground flax seeds, and you have a dish that can be eaten hot or cold!!!!!

[bad]

hmm well this is what works for me i eat whem ever i'm hungry and all i do is just open the fridge grab anything and everything and chow down!:hungry::lick::chef::vebo: but then again i am 16, so maybe its just some teenager thing. :surprised

[frenchie]

My son is 17 months, and I try to feed him a variety of snacks too. This is a list of his favorites:

GoGo Grahams with organic almond butter
celery sticks
raw green beans
string cheese
organic whole milk yogurt with toasted wheat germ
blueberries
Annie's Cheddar Bunnies are his *most* favorite snack of all
Earth's Best granola bars
veg*n anumal cookies
Healthy Times apple-cinnamon cereal (dry)
apple slices
grapes
hummus w/ tortilla chips
baba ganouj w/ tortilla chips

Kai loves to snack, he doesn't really eat meals much. He is still breastfeeding, and prefers that to anything else......but he does like to eat.

[lollypop]

i think its fun to give them names like the "ants on a log"

when i was little my mum always gave food names for some reason i loved it!

i love celery with soy cream cheese uuum :chef:

hummous is always good

i eat peppers uncooked but maybe i am crazy for kids you could try cut a pepper into strips all the different colours that could be fun.

oh and vegetable crisps :chef: :vebo:

[colorful]

sounds weird but I tried this the other night (it was shopping time and we only had weird odds and ends in the fridge):

spread hummus on a flour tortilla, then sprinkle canned sweet corn over it, roll, and eat whole or cut into sections (for kids). My baby gobbled it up and I tried it, liked it so much I made another for myself! :)

[sweetashoney]

granola bars-
grilled cheeze w/tomato
pb & j
chips
waffles
french toast sticks from toaster (jay loves these)
grapes
apples w/ peanut butter
bananas
mac and cheese
canned veggies are easy-green beans.sweet peas, carrots, corn- I just cut a piece of a veggie boullion cube and add it to the veggies while cooking.
yogurt
apple sauce
oatmeal
vegetarian jello