Ten Delicious and Nutritious Simple Kids Snacks

When our kids come home from school they are ravenous and need something solid to carry them through the afternoon activities. If it spoils their appetite for dinner? Just have a light vegetable soup and bread ready – no where is it written that we need to prepare a sumptuous supper meal, and around 3:00 p.m. or so is when our kids need a good dose of protein.

1. Smoothies – 1 cup vanilla yogurt, 1/2 cup fruit juice, 1/2 cup frozen fruit and blend!
2. Ants on a log – celery sticks filled with peanut butter and dotted with raisins
3. Cheese/pesto crackers – grated cheese on your kids favorite crackers, microwave for 15 seconds, spread with pesto
4. Turkey roll ups – sliced turkey breast, layer with lettuce and pre-made bacon bits and roll!
5. Plain unsweetened cereal sprinkled with slivered almonds, dried currants or raisins, and chopped dates. Add milk, soy or rice milk, or yogurt.
6. Store bought dip (I recommend Cedars Spinach Dip – kid-approved!) and cut up carrots, pretzels and cheese slivers
7. Popcorn sprinkled with salt, chopped almonds and parmesan cheese
8. Canned pineapple and chunks of turkey or ham served with toothpicks, crystallized ginger
9. Hard boiled eggs and salt!
10. Nutella (hazelnut and cocoa) spread on toast