The first thing both girls tell me the second they get home from school is that they are “starving” and they head straight for the pantry. Nothing frustrates me more than the endless afterschool snacking resulting in no appetite for their dinner.
Having structured and balanced snacks help your kiddos feel satisfied and tied over until dinner. Having a healthy and ba;an end after school snack also ensures they are properly mourished if they are headed to a sports practice or needing to focus to work on homework.
Here are 15 healthy and balanced after school snack ideas for your kids:
- Chomps or Chomplings (mini version) + apple slices
- Lesser Evil popcorn + cuties
- Apple or pear slices + nut butter
- Simple Mills crackers (and/or raw veggies) + hummus and/or guacamole packets (I get the individual packets from Trader Joe’s)
- Siete tortilla + avocado and turkey roll up
- Celery (or carrot sticks) + nut butter
- Too Good smoothie (I find these at Target) + Kid’s Go Macro bar
- String cheese + banana
- Trader Joe’s individual olive packets + salami slices + cheese stick
- Quinn’s Snacks peanut butter filled pretzels + Stoneyfield Yogurt tube
- Crunchy roasted edamame packet
- Made Good cheese crackers + grapes
- Seaweed packets + Too Good smoothie drink
- Homemade smoothie: I use OJ as base, Greek yogurt, frozen strawberries, frozen spinach, ground flax or chia seeds, frozen banana.
- Frozen waffle + peanut butter + sliced banana
xx, A
