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View Full Version : Snacks?? Sara 08-09-2007, 06:24 PM I am in a snack rut for the kids and feel like I keep giving them the same things over and over. What are some of your go-to quick snack ideas? For on the go or at home? We usually eat: grapes blueberries apples cheese sticks fish crackers graham crackers snap pea crisps yogurt Luckylove 08-09-2007, 06:29 PM We usually do: yogurt Apples nectarines Whole wheat crackers pear fruit cups watermelon cheese Wheat thins Crazins (sp?) pretzels and as treats whole grain goldfish or the O organic brand baby cookies. colleen&Kail 08-09-2007, 06:38 PM we usually do: gold fish animal crackers tangerines grapes cereal mix rasines banna yogurt graham crackers veggie crackers Mom of 2 08-09-2007, 07:00 PM we do: chex mix whole grain goldfish watermellon apples yogurt bananna wheat crackers cheese raisins pretzels fruit smoothies(Tyler loves them- I usually put three or four different types of fruit, ice , plain yogurt and a small amount of orange juice) small mini bagels with strawberry cream cheese(Patty likes these alot) Thats all I can think about at the moment. I'm sure I will think of more later to post. Kate Mom to Patty and Tyler Lorah 08-09-2007, 08:58 PM WOW I think you all before me covered most of what we do too. I would add: celery carrots jicama pirates booty veggie booty mini bread sticks fruit leather Lynette 08-10-2007, 02:38 AM If you mean quick and bring in the car type stuff, the only thing I would add would be olives which Alaina would eat a whole can of if I let her. Oh and maybe dry cereal when we have it. At home where messes can be cleaned up: cherry tomatoes with/without a little cream cheese apples and peanut butter peanut butter and celery apple sauce (Trader Joe's have a bunch of different kinds that we have been experimenting with) shelled sunflower or pumpkin seeds granola popsicles Lorah 08-10-2007, 12:41 PM YUM! Tomatoes with cream cheese!!!! That sounds really good!!!! jellybeanmichelle 08-10-2007, 09:43 PM Glad you asked Sarah! Looking at the lists is 1) making me hungry and 2) giving me ideas of what to feed Victoria other than: Cherrios, fishies, yogurt, manderin oranges, raisins, apple sauce, Blueberries sound good - she loves them in muffins. Not sure how she would handle celery. Grapes, not sure if I want to peal the skin off and cut each one. We were doing good with the raisins for awhile, then she started gagging on some, so I've stopped them for awhile. Sara 08-10-2007, 10:04 PM Grapes are good, just cut them in half at least, quarters for the big ones. My kids LOVE blueberries. I don't like them plain myself, but they eat them like candy. I forgot about mandarin oranges, they love those too. Its been a while, so I should get some more. justamom 08-10-2007, 10:13 PM We make snack necklaces for the car sometimes. We will cut up some dried fruit such as apricots. Then we take dental floss and string a piece of the dried fruit then alternate with Trader O's (Cheerios). Then we tie them and the kids will wear them out and eat on the go. Granola Bars Trail Mix Bars from Costco Aussie Bites from Costco Fresh Fruits of course Apples or Celery with Peanut Butter Peanut Butter and Banana Slices on Crackers Strawberries, Rasberries or any berries on top of Ice Cream Fresh Fruit Smoothies Bananas dipped in Chocolate on a stick Muffins Applesauce Fruit Salad with cinnamon Nutella spread on toast Jello with fruit popsicles Lorah 08-13-2007, 08:57 PM My kids LOVE blueberries. I don't like them plain myself, but they eat them like candy. . Mav eats them like they were candy too!!!! I know two other little boys who also love them.....I bet its the sweetness and the texture and the color is fun too. :) jellybeanmichelle 08-13-2007, 09:09 PM Where do you get your blueberries? A small pack at Oliver's can be expensive. I almost got some at Costco from the frozen section, but I was not about to pay $10 if V didn't like them. They also had some for $20 that were dried, or something like that, but again, I wasn't going to fork out the $$$. Sara 08-13-2007, 09:26 PM Trader Joes usually have good prices on blueberries. Like $2.99/large pint I think. If I shop safeway, I wait until they are on sale. My kids don't like the dried ones or the frozen ones either. Lynette 08-13-2007, 09:40 PM Trader Joes usually have good prices on blueberries. Like $2.99/large pint I think. If I shop safeway, I wait until they are on sale. My kids don't like the dried ones or the frozen ones either. We were getting them from the farmer's markets for pretty cheap but the season just ended but I was just at Safeway a couple of days ago and they were on sale for $1 a pint which is just a crazy price for Safeway! Some were a little squishy so I just picked them out....I don't like squishy fruit so I assume Alaina doesn't either I guess... meeg124 08-13-2007, 09:41 PM I buy the big baskets from Costco sometimes. Caden loves blueberries and he will that whole container in a couple of days, if I don't watch it. LessasLashes 08-13-2007, 11:28 PM A few other ideas: Kashi-Mighty Bites cereal TJs apple cereal bars TJs oyster crackers TJs cheese or graham birdy crackers fat free fig neutons when on sale pita chips cheez-its TJs low sodium cinnamon raisin bread with cream cheese (Alessa fav) banana cucumber and dressing (as a dip) recently... fruit snacks |