Kids are notoriously fickle. This week's favorite food may be tossed aside next week with an inexplicable, "I don't like them anymore." Moms on TheHomeSchoolMom in the Kitchen Yahoo Group are familiar with that frustration and have suggested the following snacks to help you find something that will keep the kids happy when last week's favorite is ancient history.
Kid-friendly snack ideas :
- Quesdillas and salsa
- Chopped apples microwaved with a bit of cinnamon and sugar
- Fill graham crackers with whipped cream or pudding and freeze
- Granola
- Apples with peanut butter
- Apples with yogurt
- Jell-O squares
- Mini muffins
- Hummus with pita triangles or tortilla triangles
- Cream cheese spread on tortillas with a little bit of deli-style meat, rolled up and cut into bite-size pieces
- Apples with PB Crackers and cheese slices
- Soft pretzels Cheese and crackers
- Peanut butter crackers
- Vegetables and dip
- Chips and salsa or other dip
- Fruit and homemade fruit dip
- Ants on a log
- Oatmeal cookies
- Bagel or English muffin pizzas
- Trail mix
- Meat and cheese crackers
- Vanilla wafers and peanut butter
- Yogurt-covered raisins
- All kinds of fruit, sliced and ready to eat
- String or shaped chees
- Fruit and yogurt smoothies (use fresh fruit in season or frozen fruit out of season)
- Mini sandwiches (cut off crust and cut into fourths)
- Banana, pumpkin, or zucchini bread (low sugar recipes are best)
- Homemade fruit juice or yogurt popsicles