Healthy school snack ideas

[AmandaKDT]

My daughter just started kindergarten last week (yay!) - so begins sending healthy and NUT-FREE food to school. I am looking for some ideas and healthy recipes for snacks for her that are safe to send.

I tried to find nut-free granola bars at the grocery store that also don't have corn syrup and they don't seem to exist - anyone seen any? I also made some homemade granola bars but they were really crumbly.

We made bran muffins last week and banana bread this week, but need some other ideas.

[superfun]

I will be following this thread closely, but I have nothing helpful to add. Sorry.

[5 Little Monkeys]

This week I made zucchini blueberry loaf and the kids LOVE it! http://www.intimateweddings.com/blog...-bread-favors/

I also added cinnamon an shredded zucchini to my pancake mix. Could send a pancake with some applesauce to dip into. French toast cut into strips would be good too.

[AmandaKDT]

This week I made zucchini blueberry loaf and the kids LOVE it! http://www.intimateweddings.com/blog...-bread-favors/

I also added cinnamon an shredded zucchini to my pancake mix. Could send a pancake with some applesauce to dip into. French toast cut into strips would be good too.

I totally forgot I have some gigantic zucchinis from my mom, have to use them! The recipe looks good, though I will alter it to use whole wheat flour and less sugar. I have been cutting sugar back by half in all my baking and it still tastes good.

[Secondtimearound]

My dd loves it when I take a pretzel stick and make it into a kabob with cheese on the end and a grape head !

[Rachael]

I don't know if you use Facebook but if you do, I love this page. I use it all the time for healthy option but also brilliant presentation ideas which appeal to little ones.

https://www.facebook.com/superhealthykids?fref=ts

[5 Little Monkeys]

That's a good idea to cut back on the sugar. I didn't find it too sweet though.

[AmandaKDT]

I made the granola bites recipe on Saturday, had to make them in a square pan then cut them into bars since I didn't have the mini muffin tins. I only used 2 tbsp of brown sugar, used maple syrup instead of honey, and dark chocolate chips instead of raisins. My daughter really liked them, they are a hit! They are abit crumbly, but not as bad as the other granola bar recipe I tried. If I had the mini muffins tins instead it would be better since I wouldn't have to cut them into pieces. I will make them again!

[AmandaKDT]

That's a good idea to cut back on the sugar. I didn't find it too sweet though.

Yeah, you should try cutting back on the sugar next time and see if it tastes much different.

[CrazyEight]

I have a dck with severe peanut and tree-nut allergies, plus the school is nut-free, so I feel your pain! My son used to loooooove peanut butter - he'd probably be happy taking a pb sandwich to school every day if he could!

No store-bought granola bar is going to actually BE healthy, but my kids occasionally get the Quaker chewy fruit ones - they make a raspberry crumble and an apple crumble. I just read the ingredients, and while sugar is listed, corn syrup isn't, and they're nut-free. They have a strawberry-banana yogurt kind too. I don't have that box on hand, so I don't know about the corn syrup, and it's not really healthy, but at least I'm not sending my kids to school with granola bars filled with chocolate chips and marshmallows and covered in more chocolate!

My kids take celery sticks filled with hummus, taziki (ok how the hell do you spell that?), or baba ghanouj a lot, usually with raisins on top. Cheese, meat, and crackers so they can make their own "lunchables," yogurt cups, unsweetened applesauce and fruit cups, and they love homemade muffins! Carrot and oatmeal...I think I found the recipe on pinterest, and they freeze ok too.

Lunches are so hard to keep interesting...