Snack Ideas for Kids and Adults!

Many Healthy ways to eat your fruits and veggies

1. Apple (good with peanut butter)
2. Banana (good with peanut butter)
3. Carrots (good with hummus or ranch dip)
4. Celery (good with peanut butter and raisins a.k.a. “Ants on a Log”)
5. Mango
6. Pear
7. Grapes
8. Strawberries (good with yogurt)
9. Blueberries (good with yogurt)
10. Raspberries (good with yogurt)
11. Oranges
12. Peaches (good with yogurt)
13. Plums
14. Kiwi
15. Grapefruit
16. Avocado (good with soy sauce and brown rice)
17. Pineapple
18. Papaya
19. Star Fruit
20. Figs (good with goat cheese)
21. Honeydew Melon
22. Cantaloupe
23. Watermelon
24. Cherries
25. Edamame (good with soy sauce)
26. Raw Sugar Snap Peas (good with hummus)
27. Cooked Green Beans
28. Mashed Sweet Potato (good with butter and cinnamon)
29. Raw Sliced Bell Peppers (good with hummus or ranch dip)
30. Cucumber Slices (good with ranch dip)
31. Jicama
32. Cherry Tomatoes (good with ranch dip)
33. Cooked Snow Peas
34. Frozen Peas (frozen…no cooking necessary!)
35. Raw Cauliflower
36. Raw Broccoli (good with ranch dip)
37. Applesauce
38. Unsweetened Raisins
39. Fruit Leathers
40. Freeze Dried Fruit (like mango, banana, blueberries or strawberries)
41. Dried Apple Rings
42. Canned Fruit like Mandarin Oranges (Native Forest brand does not use sugary syrups in their cans)
43. Olives
    

    Whole-Grain…

44. Whole Grain Crackers (like Triscuits, Multi-Seed, Ak-Mak, Whole-Wheat Matzos, Brown Rice Crackers/Snaps, Whole-Grain Rye Crackers topped with cheese, peanut butter, or a cream cheese and jelly combo)
45. Popcorn (make it using “The Popcorn Trick”)
46. Oatmeal (served warm in a Thermos if sending to school)
47. Shredded Wheat (look for brands that contain 1-ingredients)
48. Arrowhead Mills Puffed Whole Grain Cereal (corn, brown rice, wheat or millet variety)
49. Brown Rice Cakes
50. Whole-Wheat Pretzels
51. Whole-Grain Toast
52. Small, Cooked Whole-Grain Noodles
    

    Nuts and Seeds…

53. Larabars
54. Peanuts
55. Cashews
56. Almonds
57. Pecans
58. Walnuts
59. Pine Nuts (they are good lightly toasted)
60. Pistachios
61. Sesame Seeds
62. Pumpkin Seeds
63. Nut Trail Mix including Dried Fruit
    

    Other…

64. Hard-Boiled Eggs
65. Garbanzo Beans
66. Cheese (cubes or sticks…with or without crackers)
67. Plain Yogurt (flavored with a little honey or maple syrup and vanilla extract)
68. Organic and/or Local Bacon
    

    Homemade…I got lots of good recipes

69. Homemade Granola Bars
70. Homemade “Larabars”
71. Whole-Wheat Toaster Pastries (a.k.a. Pop Tarts!)
72. Smoothies or Smoothie Pops
73. Whole-Wheat Banana Bread
74. Zucchini Chips
75. Whole-Wheat Zucchini Bread (made into muffins)
76. Whole-Wheat Pumpkin Bread (made into muffins)
77. Whole-Grain Cornbread(made into muffins)
78. Whole-Wheat Berry Muffins
79. Pecan Maple Breakfast Cookies
80. Easy Cheesy Crackers
81. Kale Chips
82. Homemade Powerballs
83. Whole-Wheat Biscuits (good with butter and jelly) or Buttermilk Cheese Biscuits
84. Cinnamon Glazed Popcorn

Cinnamon Glazed Popcorn Mix

 

INGREDIENTS

• 4 cups plain popcorn (about ¼ cup of kernels)
  Hint: We use “The Popcorn Trick”for easy plain popcorn
• ¾ cup raw cashews
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 2 tablespoons honey
• ½ teaspoon dried cinnamon
• ¼ teaspoon ground ginger
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• Parchment paper recommended for baking

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.
2. In a small pot over low heat melt the butter and honey together. Mix in the cinnamon, ginger, and salt.
3. Put the cashews in an extra large mixing bowl. Coat them with about a tablespoon of the butter/honey mixture.
4. Spread the coated nuts onto a baking sheet covered with parchment paper and bake for 6 minutes.
5. Meanwhile, in the same large bowl evenly coat the plain popcorn – minus any unpopped kernels – with the remaining butter/honey mixture.
6. After the cashews have been in the oven for 6 minutes, take out the tray, add the popcorn to it, and mix it all up together. Stick the tray back in the oven and set the timer for 4 minutes.
7. After 4 minutes open the oven and stir or shake the mixture around on the baking sheet. Set the timer for 2 more minutes.
8. Once again open the oven and stir/shake the mixture so there are no hot spots that could get burnt. Set the timer for 1 more minute at which point the mixture will once again need to be checked/stirred.
9. Repeat the process of checking/stirring the popcorn mixture every minute then take it out of the oven once it turns a dark brown (it can burn easily toward the end!). My total bake time was 6 minutes for the nuts then an additional 7 or 8 minutes once I added the popcorn.
10. The popcorn and nuts will be slightly wet right out of the oven, but will harden as they cool

1.   Whole-Wheat “Baked” Donuts

Think Beyond the Sandwich Bread…

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1. Pinwheels (pictured)

Rolled up whole-wheat tortillas filled with:

• Cream cheese*, thin cucumber slices, and dill
• Goat cheese* and roasted red bell peppers (sold as pimentos)
• Peanut butter* and banana slices
• Sunflower butter* and all-fruit spread (similar to jelly)
• Egg salad
• Hummus, cheese, and grated carrots

*Easiest to spread when the tortilla is warm…don’t forget the fun toothpicks!

2. Apple Sandwiches (pictured)

I got this idea from Williams-Sonoma and all you have to do is slice the apple*, cut out the core with a small round cookie cutter, knife or corer, and fill with:

• Peanut or sunflower butter
• Raisins
• Raw rolled oats (optional)

*Can also squirt apple with a little lemon juice so it doesn’t turn brown

3. Whole Grain Crackers

Top with all the usual sandwich fillings or use two crackers to make little sandwiches.

4. Whole-Wheat Waffles, Banana Bread or Biscuits

Whole-Wheat Zucchini Muffins

Any of these options would be a fun stand-in for the typical sandwich bread. The waffles and banana bread would be especially delicious with some plain or flavored cream cheese in the middle.

5. Whole-Grain Muffins

Forget a sandwich all together and send in some homemade whole-wheat muffins – like zucchini(pictured) or blueberry – in place of bread. Most muffins can be made in advance and pulled out of the freezer the night before school.

Other Lunch Ideas…

6. Whole-Wheat Non-Deep Fried Donuts (pictured at top)

I like my donut maker it saves frying in all that Oil. You can also make an extra big batch of these mini-donuts and freeze the extras for later. If you buy one try this recipe for 28 donuts: 1 cup whole-wheat flour, 3 tsp baking powder, 1 egg, 1/2 cup milk, 1/4 cup pure maple syrup, 1/2 teaspoon vanilla, 4 tablespoons oil (I used coconut oil).

7. Fruit Kabobs
   
   

   Whole-Wheat Pizza Toast

Incorporate fruit and cheese that you know your child likes as well as one new item. Everything is more fun on a stick!

8. Whole-Wheat Pizza Toast

This is much faster than making regular pizza from scratch and just as delicious. Simply top regular whole-wheat sandwich bread with sauce and cheese then pop it in the toaster oven….and voila!

9. Warm Lunch in Thermos

A Thermos is a great way to switch things up when it comes to packing lunch. Trysoups, oatmeal, brown rice or whole-grain pasta dishes, and leftover dinners.

10. Homemade Freezie Pops or “Gogurts” (pictured)
    
    

    Homemade Smoothie Pops