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Farm Kitchen:  Easy Snacks for the Kidlets?  |
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coconutcakes
True Blue Farmgirl
52 Posts
Emily
Summerfield
NC
USA
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 Posted - Mar 16 2009 : 10:03:12 AM
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I am trying to steer clear of store-bought pre-packaged goodies for the kids for afterschool/afternoon snacks. I'm looking for ideas beyond bowls of popcorn or ice cream or cheese/crackers. Anyone have ideas to pass on to me?
Thank you!
Emily
"After a long period abroad nothing could make me more homesick or emotional than an American magazine ad of a luscious layer cake, except one, and that was a pictured lemon pie." Irma Rombauer, Joy of Cooking (1943) |
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K-Falls Farmgirl
Chapter Leader
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Cheryl
Klamath Falls
Oregon
USA
2096 Posts |
Posted - Mar 16 2009 : 10:09:03 AM
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Emily, My grand kids love sliced apples with peanutbutter or carmel, dried fruit (apricots,raisins,) frozen grapes. Fruit smoothies. Cheese sticks. Celery & Carrots sticks with ranch dip. They love all fruit.
Cheryl
Farmgirl #309
Klamath Falls "Charming Chicks Chapter" Mother Hen
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catscharm74
True Blue Farmgirl
4687 Posts
Heather
Texas
USA
4687 Posts |
Posted - Mar 16 2009 : 10:23:01 AM
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Fruit, cut up with something dippable like organic peanut butter or yogurt. Charlie also like pretzels this way. Golden raisins are a big hit too. Miniture "pizzas" on ritz crackers or any type of healthy cracker.
Heather
Yee-Haw, I am a cowgirl!!!
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gramadinah
True Blue Farmgirl
3557 Posts
Diana
Orofino
ID
USA
3557 Posts |
Posted - Mar 16 2009 : 10:49:06 AM
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Frozen yogurt. Gogurt has one that I freeze and they eat like a popsicle.
Fruit juice pops.
Diana
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KJD
True Blue Farmgirl
402 Posts
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Posted - Mar 16 2009 : 8:22:51 PM
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hummus and pita chips
pt. salut cheese on water crackers
red grapes, cheddar cheese
french bread w/dipping oil - olive oil, minced garlic, red pepper flakes, salt, pepper, grated parmesan
sliced apples or pears with peanut butter and nutella
chips and salsa
whole wheat quesedillas (just skillet toasted w/cheeses)
deviled eggs
These are my youngest son's snacks of choice - |
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NatureNymph
True Blue Farmgirl
73 Posts
Tracy
Barrie
Ontario
Canada
73 Posts |
Posted - Mar 17 2009 : 05:54:11 AM
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cracker with peanut butter... yum!
Muffins are an all day fave here as well. I also have a fat-free granola bar recipe I could send if you like.
Tracy
"Everybody likes to go their own way--to choose their own time and manner of devotion." Jane Austen, Mansfield Park
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Gaelic Gardener
True Blue Farmgirl
61 Posts
Kelly
Providence
Rhode Island
USA
61 Posts |
Posted - Mar 17 2009 : 08:38:30 AM
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cut a banana in half
stick a popsicle stick in the cut end
freeze the banana
children can dip it in yogurt or chocolate pudding
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or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.”
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City Chick
True Blue Farmgirl
1402 Posts
Deb
Chattanooga
TN
USA
1402 Posts |
Posted - Mar 18 2009 : 04:06:42 AM
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I keep a veggie tray ready for them. (dip too) As well as a wide variety of fruit to snack on. They like to have sliced apples with caramel. Yummy!
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Lanna
True Blue Farmgirl
330 Posts
Lanna
A little town in Idaho
330 Posts |
Posted - Mar 18 2009 : 09:58:27 AM
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Besides everybody else's ideas...
Yogurt. Banana bread. Zucchini bread. Pretty much any fruit in the house is fair game - fresh or canned. Jerky. Homemade herby crackers? I've been known to make fresh biscuits and throw some (homemade strawberry) jam on them as well....
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Lanna, mama to three little monkeys |
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amberjsquirrel
Farmgirl in Training
27 Posts
Amber
Norfolk
VA
USA
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Posted - Mar 19 2009 : 4:37:49 PM
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Tracy, I would love to have the fat-free granola recipe. I'm always on the lookout for one.
Great topic, Emily! I need ideas, too. :) I'm sorry I can't add anything new to the list. Oh, except for red pepper strips. Those are nice and juicy and an acceptable color (to my little one, at least).
Amber
Farmgirl #505
"One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries." --A.A. Milne |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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Posted - Mar 19 2009 : 9:00:21 PM
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I keep washed, cut up fruit on the bottom shelf of the frige. Nora is learning to open it herself to get in there.
I also liked as a kid, rice cakes with a little butter and honey, or tortillas with a little butter and cinnamon sugar. Warm it up until the butter melts a bit and the tortilla is warm.
I have a couple cook books geared for feeding kids, let me pull some out and post some of their ideas.
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
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MandyC
Farmgirl in Training
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Mandy
New York
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Posted - Mar 20 2009 : 12:46:45 PM
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MagnoliaWhisper
True Blue Farmgirl
2817 Posts
Heather
Haysville
Kansas
USA
2817 Posts |
Posted - Mar 20 2009 : 3:09:13 PM
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I like just about every thing that has been suggested.
A few more-
Celery stuffed with cheese-soft cheese, like chedder. IF your kids like "sweet". I found adding sugar/some form of sweetner at least, and cinnamon to cream cheese stuffed in celery and raisins added on top, is REALLY sweet. PB in celery with raisins is also good. (bugs on a log!)
Almonds/nuts. My daughter loves the new flavored almonds. I like the dark cocoa ones by Emerald, and my daughter and I both like the cinnamon brown sugar ones by Blue Diamond.
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JoyIowa
True Blue Farmgirl
273 Posts
Joy
273 Posts |
Posted - Mar 20 2009 : 5:44:43 PM
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I love all the ideas. Allow me to add a few of mine as well:
A healthier alternatives to caramel dip for apples:
1/2 c. plain yogurt blended with 1 T dk br. sugar and a drop of vanilla-all the taste of caramel without the calories
Any instant pudding mixed half strength with yogurt. For example use half a pkg of pudding mix (or recipe for pudding) with 2 cups of plain yogurt
All of those little cereal crumbs at the bottom of the box mixed with favorite yogurt-My nephew's very favorite-double crunch.
Other snacks we love are:
Carrots sprinkled with cajun seasoning (we make our own without any salt)
Small baked potatoes with salso
Scrambled eggs cooked in muffin cups with a few drops of worchestershire sauce and a 1/4 teaspoon of mustard stirred in before pouring into muffin cups.
Granola served in ice cream cones
Sandwich fingers
If it's not illegal, unsafe, or immoral, why not try anything once? Who knows? You may come back for a second helping! |
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