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

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