Comments on: Healthy Snacks for Kids

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By: Assaf

Assaf — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 15:10:25 +0000

Laurel,

I’m really glad to see you had the veggies paired with hummus. Not only is it delicious, but nutritious too.

Does it also bother you when you see the Hidden Valley commercials? It’s like the only way we can get kids to each vegetables today is cover them in Ranch dressing.

Thanks for the great blog.

By: Laurel

Laurel — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 13:04:37 +0000

Hi Vera,
Thank you and so glad you liked it!

All the best,
Laurel

By: Vera

Vera — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 02:54:27 +0000

Hi, Laurel! I was taking a break from the kids, and found your site really interesting. I love all the ideas, thank you!

By: laurel

laurel — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 22:02:16 +0000

Thanks so much for your comments everyone! Glad you enjoy it! “Healthy Desserts for Kids” coming up next!

By: Marie

Marie — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 16:40:21 +0000

Great suggestions. I think the problem with obese kids is lack of time to prepare real food and resorting to convience foods. They don’t learn how to eat right and what is sad is that neither will their children.

By: ADRIAN

ADRIAN — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 22:36:48 +0000

Awsome article Lauren. I especially liked the recipe for granola. I generally use raisins and almonds but I’ll have to try your instead this week. It’s been a constant mission of mine to find healthy alternatives for my kids. A blog like yours helps alot. Keep up the good work!

By: Laurel

Laurel — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:58:33 +0000

Hi Jessica!
Thanks so much and I love your snack ideas! The green smoothie sounds perfect and I bet it was fun for St. Patrick’s Day.

Lots of love,
Laurel

By: Jessica Long

Jessica Long — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:42:45 +0000

Great article, Laurel. For us, the biggest part of getting kids to eat well was making a commitment to good nutrition ourselves. We only feed our kids what we eat (I don’t believe in “kids’ foods” or “kids’ meals” – if it’s not healthy for adults, it’s certainly not healthy for kids!), so that help us keep ourselves in check as well.

Our kids also like to snack on:
- Chickpeas roasted with a little sea salt
- Nut butter on celery, apples or ricecakes
- Avocado “bugs” (1/2 avocado sliced I decorated with walnut eyes and legs)
- Green smoothies (yesterday’s was kale, zucchini, banana, strawberries, almond milk & cocoa powder)
- Homemade Lara-type bars (raw nuts & dates) or energy bars (oats, flax, nut butter, cocoa powder)

Keeping a veggie tray in the fridge, as you mentioned, is one of the most helpful hints! I can point the kids in that direction if I don’t have time to make a snack, and it makes preparing salads really easy!

Thanks for some great ideas on a really important topic.