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By: molly

molly — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 22:39:05 +0000

I try to make combos, too, like a fruit and a protein, but I don’t sweat it too much. I recently tried roasted garbanzo beans with garlic salt and garam masala, which my three year old devoured.

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Feeding Hungry Boys | 400 days until 40 — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 18:49:14 +0000

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By: Today's Parenting News (August 22) » New York Family Magazine

Today's Parenting News (August 22) » New York Family Magazine — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 15:00:50 +0000

[...] that, lunchbox! Small, healthy snacks that give kids a blood sugar and energy level boost. [...]

By: sara

sara — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 04:08:17 +0000

My go-to snacks are fruit (we stalk up on whatever is cheap at the farmer’s market), and we always have assorted cheese sticks in the house. Crackers and peanut butter, chips and salsa, or cheese and crackers. For the portable snacks, we have fruit leather, freeze-dried fruit, no-sugar-added applesauce pouches, and trail mix. I buy trail mix at trader joe’s, then put 1/4 servings in little tupperwares to stock our snack box. My 4-year-old can grab any of these on his own, which is great for me. I like having snacks he can get himself, so I don’t have to stop what I’m doing to get his snack. And, since I control what goes in the snack box, I can make sure it’s reasonably healthy (win for me), but he gets to choose whatever he wants from the box (win for him).

By: RookieMom Heather

RookieMom Heather — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 02:07:03 +0000

Good food suggestions, folks. I’m curious if anyone else is interested in combinations (like protein with starch or fruit with protein) or am I trying too hard?

By: Michelle

Michelle — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 22:20:47 +0000

I am so glad I am not the only person that gets cranky when hungry. I too can throw toddler sized tantrums if I go too long without food. It is like a switch and I go from Mrs Nice to Mrs Nasty. I hate it!

I will be feeding my wee boy regularly in case he has my issues LOL

By: RookieMom Whitney

RookieMom Whitney — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 21:05:12 +0000

My kids refuse sunflower seeds, although our go-to spread is sunflower seed butter.

We also consume a lot of

String cheese
Yogurt
Blueberries or strawberries
Fruit leather (healthy? I don’t know)

As for Nutella (yum!) I was so intrigued by a tv ad claiming it was part of a healthy breakfast, that I googled “Is nutella healthy?” and learned that Nutella, with 21 grams of sugar per serving, settled a class action law suit for misleading parents with this ad campaign. Nutella is apparently a delicious snack, but not a healthy one. Same amount of sugar as a Kit Kat bar.

(@Mothering From Scratch, I’m not at all criticizing you. I’ll totally eat it with sliced bananas on toast. Just thought I’d share my learning.)

By: RookieMom Heather

RookieMom Heather — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 20:40:40 +0000

@CM – Sunflower seeds are the crunch in our nut-free-preschool mix. We add raisins, chocolate chips, and other dried fruit. Guess what the little guy goes for?

@Hillary – Thanks for the other good suggestions. What’s in your trail mix?

By: Hillary

Hillary — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 19:40:24 +0000

At our house it’s 10 and 3 too. I have a 6 and a 9 year old and we ALL get cranky at those times if we don’t fuel up.
We like stove-top popcorn and apples.
Carrots and yogurt
Our own trail mix
goldfish and milk

By: CM

CM — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 19:38:20 +0000

I never think about sunflower seeds! I never really ate them growing up. I should try them with my nut-allergic kid, who I thought would never know the joys of trail mix.

By: RookieMom Heather

RookieMom Heather — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 17:45:38 +0000

Yay @Maribel, let’s hear it for 10 and 3. I find that if it gets past 10:30 and I haven’t had a snack, I’m wondering where lunch is. I’m worse than a toddler some days.