I recently had a reader ask about healthy snack and lunch ideas for kids not attending school yet. So this seemed like a good time to link to an article I wrote about Healthy Snack Ideas.
Here are a couple of the ideas:
* Ants on a log (celery with peanut butter and raisins)
* Carrots, celery, and pita triangles with Hummus dipping sauce
* Banana Pops (dip in yogurt, roll in crushed grains, and freeze)
* Frozen grapes
Also, you might try a really fun pita sandwich that is a hit in our house…The Rainbow PB&J. This is fun and easy to make. Just put your PB& J in a whole wheat pita pocket, spread some peanut butter on the top and then layer some colorful fruit.
For more information about this lunch visit my NEW Bento Lunch Box blog!
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Hey Tiffany, thanks for the nice blogger award! Cool beans!
I put up a bento post about a week ago with an ants-on-a-log snack bento that I thought your readers might want to have a gander at — http://www.bentoyum.com/?p=169. My mom used to make those for us all the time when my sister and I were young and they are so yummy!
That is an amazing lunch. And I think all the colors and textures makes it all the more inviting and satisfying. In a way junk food can never be. I’m impressed.
Cheers!
I checked out your new Bento blog and it’s great! Thanks for all the great ideas. I purchased a laptop lunchbox after reading about it on your blog and now I’m happy to see ideas about what to put in it.
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