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.

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.