Healthy Kids Snacks
Kids are always looking for something to munch on - especially after school. But don’t we all want to give them something healthy? After all, health is wealth and it should start from a young age. Let’s not forget that obesity is the major cause of many illnesses in many developed countries like the US. I certainly don’t want my kids to be grabbing cookies and chips all the time - it’s ok to indulge once in a while. So if you are looking for some great ideas for healthy kids snacks, you’re at the right place at the right time.
Here are five snack recipes for kids that were developed by students from Frisco.
1. FRUIT SHISH-K-BOBS
by Jordan Molder, 17, and Alessandra Bernd, 17, Wakeland High School
Recipe: Cut 1/3 small banana into small pieces, cut the green leaves off the top of 3 strawberries. Take a skewer and stick the banana, strawberries and 3 grapes on it, alternating fruit. Put 2 teaspoons Nutella in a zip-top bag. Mash it around until it’s soft and push it all to one of the corners at the bottom. Once most of it is in a corner, take your scissors and cut a small piece of the corner so you can squeeze it out on the fruit.
PER SERVING: Calories 113 Fat 4 g (1 g sat) No cholesterol Sodium 6 mg Fiber 2 g Carbohydrates 20 g Protein 1 g
2. MOON PIE
by Amanda Schneider, 17, Teresa Medrano, 18 and Nataly Mora, 17, Frisco High School
Recipe: Spread 1 tablespoon of crunchy peanut butter thinly enough just to cover 1/2 slice of very thin bread. Spread just enough marshmallow crème thinly enough to cover the second 1/2 slice of bread. Cut up 1/4 extra small banana into little circles and place on the marshmallow crème. Top with the slice of bread with peanut butter.
PER SERVING: Calories 241 Fat 9 g No cholesterol Sodium 125 mg Fiber 3 g Carbohydrates 37 g Protein 6 g
3. Ants in a Boat
by Don Nichols, 17, Frisco High School
Recipe: Take an apple slice (about 1/8 of an apple) and stand it up on its peel. Spread 1 teaspoon peanut butter on top. Put 4 raisins on top of the peanut butter.
PER SERVING: Calories 47 Fat 3 g (1 g sat) No cholesterol Sodium 25 mg Fiber 1 g Carbohydrates 5 g Protein 1 g
4. BEAR ESSENTIALS
by Everardo Zamarron, 18, and Alex Munoz, 17, Centennial High School
Recipe: Use a bear cookie cutter to cut two bear shapes out of 2 slices bread. Cut a bear shape out of a yellow pepper . Put the bear-shaped yellow pepper on one slice of bread. Drizzle honey on it. Put 2 banana slices on the yellow pepper. Put two squirts of honey on it. Cover with second bear-shaped slice. Put two dots of honey on the bear. Put a chocolate chip on each dot. Use a straw to cut out two banana circles for the eyes and attach with honey.
PER SERVING: Calories 229 Fat 5 g (3 g sat) Cholesterol mg Sodium 176 mg Fiber 8 g Carbohydrates 46 g Protein 6 g
5. APPLE CINNAMON GRAHAM CRISP
by Kendall Reding, 17, Madison Pritchett, 18 and Brandon Teplansky, 16, Liberty High School
Recipe: Mix 1 tablespoon peanut butter and 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon in a bowl with a spoon. Spread half on top of 2 graham crackers. Use 2 more graham crackers to make 2 sandwiches. Spread the peanut butter-cinnamon mix on top of the sandwiches. Cut an apple in 6 slices and remove the seeds. Dip apples in 1/4 teaspoon lemon juice. Layer the apples on top of the spread and sprinkle with cinnamon.
PER SERVING: Calories 203 Fat x 20 (10 g sat) No cholesterol Sodium 171 mg Fiber 4 g Carbohydrates 25 g Protein 50 g
These recipes were developed by kids for kids and I’m pretty sure that they will be delicious. I’m yet to try them but I know what’s my project for this weekend! I just need to find my chef’s hat!
Ok, so this isn’t snack exactly…but they have to drink something and what they usually want is juice, which opens up a whole can of worms. There are so many options out there for a kids’ drink, but when I stumbled on one called First Juice I thought I had died and gone to drink heaven. It contains 50% less sugar then the leading 100% fruit juice. It’s organic, kosher and gluten free. It’s also packaged in a re-usable sippy bottle. It makes me the hero anyway you look at it—from my wife (no mess), to my kids (tastes great) to my pediatrician (healthy).
Go figure-it was created by a dad!
Looks like a very interesting names for the snacks you got that makes kids curious about the snack of the day. hehehe.. Lovely blog! I’ll be back again next time. Thanks for sharing!
One can even go for some innovative ideas like Ice cream cone can be filled with cheese, veggie and tomato chopped or a tuna fish salad which a great snack, involve the child in building their own meals from sandwiches, cheese cubes, and dried fruit or serve the meal in innovative plates and cups. Try to avoid pre-packaged snacks because its unhealthy. One can go for milk-based drinks because it rich in proteins, calcium, iron, also fruit juice will be good. To know more on tactics on healthy snacks for kids, refer http://www.zippy-health.com/smart-tactics-for-fun-healthy-kids-snacks-food/