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Easy, Healthy Ideas for Group Snacks
When it's your turn to bring the snack...
26 Sep 2007

Easy-to-Serve Fruits
•    Grapes
•    Strawberries
•    Peeled kiwi slices
•    Mango chunks
•    Banana halves
•    Easy-peel Clementine Oranges
•    Apple, pear or peach slices
•    Cantaloupe or honeydew melon chunks
•    Unsweetened dried fruit or fruit leather

Favorite Raw Veggies
•    Red or orange pepper slices with dip
•    Baby carrots with dip
•    Sugar Snap Peas with dip
•    Cherry tomatoes
•    Cucumber slices with hummus
•    Celery sticks topped with peanut butter or almond butter*

“Main Course” Ideas
•    Whole-wheat mini-bagels with almond butter*
•    Pepperidge Farm brand Whole-Grain Goldfish
•    Annie’s brand Whole-Wheat Bunnies
•    Half sandwiches on whole-wheat bread (PB&J, turkey & cheese, etc.)
•    Baked potato chips and string cheese
•    Baked corn chips with mild salsa
•    Flavored whole-grain rice cakes or popcorn cakes
•    Popcorn (if labeled “No Trans Fat”)
•    Whole-grain crackers and 2% cheddar cheese slices or cubes
•    Trail mix made from whole-grain cereal, nuts, raisins, pretzels, etc.*
•    Rolls of lean deli turkey, chicken, ham or beef
•    Beef or turkey jerky
•    Edamame in the pod

No-Added-Sugar Drinks
•    Low-fat or nonfat milk
•    100% fruit juice boxes
•    Bubble/seltzer water, possibly mixed with juice
•    Water

*Always check with teachers or parents regarding allergies, especially nut allergies.

These ideas are from book that makes healthy eating do-able and even fun:  Feeding the Kids: The Flexible, No-Battles, Healthy Eating System for the Whole Family.This article can be reprinted with permission. Contact reg@feedingthekids.com.

Pamela Gould

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