What do you give children to snack on that's low in sugar?

Question

I've recently been inspired to buy and make healthy foods for my family. The problem is that I was raised on junk food. What can we snack on that is low in sugar (that's also not fatty. like Cheetos or chips)?

Answer 1

Fresh fruit, mixed nuts, dried fruits, apples with peanut butter, celery sticks with peanut butter or ranch dressing, mini carrot sticks, cucumber slices, yogurt, Jello, cherry or grape tomatoes, the list goes on and on. Try a mix of them to see what your kids like.

Answer 2

Read the South Beach diet book. You will quit with sugar based candy and sweets. You will also give up bread based, corn and potato based snacks. Even cereals are bogus. You will be DONE with soda, sweet ice teas and such.

You will read the label. You will totally eliminate Trans-fats and saturated fats. You will avoid food with high sugar content, and learn to look for food that is high in fiber.

But you have to re-learn everything that you know. There is no quick answer since you have to learn from SCRATCH.

Answer 3

All fruit will have sugar that is natural but it isn't always the best thing to eat a lot of at once.

Celery and Peanut Butter is great! Ants on a log!!!

Answer 4

Grapes are a great snack, any fruit will do. That is if one must snack at all. Stomach needs down time, or one may end up with stomach issues later.

Answer 5

Fruit is a good alternative...the fiber in it helps to absorb the the sugar and the sugar is natural not processed which makes the difference.

Answer 6

well i understand the reason for this ... fatty foods and junk food just put calories on and does not give you really any nutrition... i would think lots of fruit, grapes , bananas, jello,...fruit popsickles and yogurt is also good snacks...cheese and crackers is also a good snack for children...or peanut butter and crackers... and they get nutrition out of those snacks...

Answer 7

Sugar free jello and puddings with the sugar free/fat free cool whip. It doesn't taste quite as good as the real thing, but it's a great treat and the kids don't realize that it's healthier.

Answer 8

Fruit, whole grain crackers with cheese, Sun Chips, Fruit Roll-Ups, and yogurt.

Answer 9

good for you to try a healthy diet!!! here are some of the things that my kids like:

fruits: bananas, fresh berries, cherries, plums, apple slices. oranges. you can't have too much fruit. just don't add sugar to it. if you keep white flour out of your diets (stick to whole-wheat breads and brown rice), the fructose in fruit won't be a problem.

veggies: baby carrots are my kids' favorite! you can buy them pre-washed. and some kids (like my daughter) like to snack on parsley. celery sticks. zucchini sticks. cucumber rounds.

protein foods: cheese, low-fat ham, low-fat chicken slices, celery with peanut butter if no peanut allergy, nuts such as almonds, cashews and peanuts. and in some places you can get flavoured tofus (teriyaki, etc.0 too that you can cube-up and serve as a finger food.

note: there are "good fats" and "bad fats". the fats in nuts are "good fats" for the most part. cheese is okay in moderation, especially if you look for skim-milk mozzeralla (my daughter's favourite), but even cheddar is good for kids.

sushi also, if they like it. my daughter will eat inari (sushi rice in tofu-pouches) for 3 meals a day if i let her. and the japanese green soy beans called edamame -- you boil them in the shell and shell them to eat them as a finger-food.

Answer 10

Why the hell do you want to snack. That's why people are obese, constantly eating. Eat three decent meals a day and leave it at that. Nobody needs snacks.