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Children’s super snack ideas!

July 2000

 

 

Carbohydrate based snacks between meals and at bedtime are essential for good blood glucose control.  However, they can be a major headache for parents who are on a constant search for new ideas, so that snacks don’t become monotonous.  You do need to be imaginative and obviously work within the child’s own likes and dislikes.  Snack choice will also depend on lots of things such as the child’s age (younger children don’t need to worry so much about their fat intake), weight, blood glucose levels and take into account any activity planned for the day.  Hopefully this list will give you some new ideas.  If you are unsure whether they are suitable for your child check with your own State Registered Dietitian.

 

·        Fruit.  Make the most of seasonal fruit or new innovations such as the mini fruit now available in some supermarkets.  Venture into the exotic with fruits such as kiwi fruit or mango.

·        Individual tins of fruit in natural juice (with a ring pull) such as Fruitini.

·        Dried fruit.  Available in individual packets e.g. raisins, apricots, tropical mix.

·        Sweet biscuits.  Some are lower in fat than others e.g. garibaldi, ginger nuts rather than digestives!  Individual size packets of cookies and biscuits are now available.

·        Savoury biscuits e.g. Cheddars, Tuc sandwich biscuits.  Individual packets are now available.

·        Cereals with milk and fruit.

·        Toast or bread.  Don’t just stick to the same old types of bread or the same toppings for that matter.  Experiment! For example stuff a warm pitta bread with all the goodies you can find in the fridge like ham, chicken, cheese, salad cream or even peanut butter and lettuce.  Make mini pizzas on halved rolls or muffins.

·        Toasted crumpets or English muffins for a change, with a savoury topping such as low fat cream cheese.

·        Toasted teacakes or currant buns.

·        Savoury or fruit scones.

·        Cereal bars – chewy or crunchy.

Crisps - French fries, Quavers and Twiglets are lower in fat.

¨      Fruit wedges, raw vegetable sticks, breadsticks or tortilla chips with dips.  Salsas or reduced fat dips are a lower fat choice.  Use fruit yogurt as a sweet dip.

¨      Fruit yogurts or fromage frais.  Low fat and diet varieties can be found in abundance for those who need them.

¨      Home made milk shakes made with semi-skimmed milk, low fat yogurt and fruit whizzed up in the liquidiser.  Add some ice cream for a summer treat.

¨      Individual cake bars or portions of fruitcake or sponge.

¨      Mini buns or American style muffins.

¨      Popcorn.  Home popped corn can be sprinkled with a little sweetener or salt or flavoured with some chilli powder, paprika or celery salt.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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