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Paper Bag Lunches

Do you run out of ideas for snacks for your children's lunches or perhaps your own? Here is a list of snacks for hunger or thirst.

Thirst

Apple Juice	Kiwis	Plums
Apples	Mangos	Raspberries
Blackberries	Melons	Strawberries
Blueberries	Milk-plain or chocolate	Tangerines
Cantaloupe	Nectarines	Tomato Juice
Cherries*	Orange Juice	Tropical Fruit Juice
Cherry Tomatoes*	Oranges	Vegetable Juice
Cucumber	Papaya	Water
Grapefruit	Peaches	Watermelon
Grapefruit Juice	Pears	Yoghurt Beverages
Grapes*	Pineapple

Hunger

Apple Sauce	Apricots	Bagel
Banana	Bread and Buns	Bread Sticks
Cereal	Cheese	Cottage Cheese
Crackers	Egg Roll	Eggs-Hard Cooked or Deviled
Hummus	Ice Cream/Ice Milk	Milk Pudding
Muffins-whole grain	Nuts and seeds*	Peanut Butter
Pita Bread	Pizza	Popcorn*
Sandwich- Cheese;Egg Salad; Ham;Peanut Butter; Salmon; Tuna.	Vegetables- Raw: Anise; Broccoli Pieces; Carrots*; Cauliflower Pieces; Celery; Kohlrabi; Peppers; Radishes; Rutabaga/ Turnip strips; Snowpeas; Zucchini	Yoghurt

* Nuts; Seeds: Popcorn; Some raw fruits such as grapes; Some raw vegetables especially carrots are good snacks but may cause choking in children under age three. Always supervise young children when they are eating.

 Healthy Snack Ideas

• Snack size yoghurts, milk puddings and fruit cups....don't forget a spoon
• Milk and milk shakes in a drinking box....keep some cold and ready to go
• Any fruit ...grapes, orange wedges, cantaloupe slices, canned pineapple spears or chunks
• Vegetable sticks mixed with chunks of cheese
• Celery sticks filled with soft cheese or peanut butter; add a few crackers
• Crackers...bag them yourself or buy small portion packs
• Cheese
• Peanut butter and crackers
• Snack pack cheese and crackers or peanut butter and crackers
• Handful of wholegrain cereal......add a few grapes or small chunks of cheese
• Whole grain muffin
• Sandwich with a few slices of fruit
• Cold pizza slices
• Half bagel with cheese or peanut butter
• Popcorn or nuts for older children

Snack Lists made by Nutrition Communications, The Ontario Milk Marketing Board