Toddler friendly snacks

[racs]

Does anyone have ideas for healthy snacks that toddlers can and will eat?

[Diane]

Fresh Fruit-type Snacks or canned fruit packed in light syrup. Be sure it is cut into small slices, not small circles.

Apples Peaches Frozen fruit cubes (Freeze pureed applesauce, crushed peaches, Pears Apricots fruit juice, or any fruit into cubes.)

Bananas/Melons

Jello with canned or fresh fruit (be sure to cut fruit in small pieces no larger than ¼ inch cubes for infants and no larger than ½ inch cubes for toddlers

Fresh Vegetable-type Snacks Frozen vegetables or canned vegetables stating no added sodium or salt are good.

Soft-cooked vegetables such as carrots, asparagus tips, greenbeans, etc., served with a cottage cheese or yogurt-blended dried buttermilk dressing dip.

Raw vegetable strips served with small amounts of creamy peanut butter or cream cheese. Try to avoid raw celery and carrots because they are a choking hazard for children in this age range.

Dairy-type Snacks...

Yogurt with applesauce or pureed fruit. Orange Creamsicles made from orange juice, yogurt and water.

Yogurt dip with bananas

Yogurt Frost (Combine yogurt and fruit juice and add pureed or very soft fruit, if desired.)

Fruit Shake (Blend milk with bananas or a peach and add a dash of cinnamon and nutmeg. Be sure to blend very well.)

Bread-type Snacks

Bagels with various soft cream spreads (Avoid nut-type spreads.)

Flour or corn tortillas with refried beans, canned chili and sprinkled with grated cheese, possibly topped with yogurt or sour cream

Potato skins sprinkled with shredded cheese, broiled and topped with either yogurt or sour cream

English muffins or pita bread topped with spaghetti sauce, grated cheese and lean cuts of turkey or other lean meats, broiled or baked and cut into fourths

Quick breads or muffins made with carrots, zucchini, pumpkin, bananas, dates and squash (Other fruits and vegetables could also be used.)

Pita bread with lean sliced meat such as chicken or turkey, cheese, lettuce and tomato in an open pocket

Combination- type Snacks

Kabobs made with any combination of cheese, fruit, vegetables and sliced or cubed cooked meat (remove the toothpicks before serving).

Parfait made with yogurt and pureed or chopped fruit

[netmechwife]

All of those snacks sound great... I will have to write them down.

My ds and my preschool sunday school class love no bake banana cookies...

I let them help me cut the bananas. Then I have each child help me crush grahm crackers in plastic bags. Then they shake their banana slices in the bag of graham cracker crumbs until coated. They loved it and it was pretty healthy too.