Healthy Snacks?

Question

Does anybody have any healthy snack ideas for 2 year olds?
Thanks!

Answer 1

2 year olds are notoriously picky eaters, and it often gets worse as they proceed further into toddlerhood. The important thing to remember is that there are few restrictions on diet at this age! Anything that is healthy for you, is most likely healthy for her as well! (Do avoid artificial sweeteners, including Splenda (it isn't really made from sugar like they say), and diet sodas and such. Also be sure your child does not have any allergies, like to nuts).

The following website offers healthy suggestions for kids of all ages, and tells how to make them fun and entertaining. The most important thing is to make sure that her diet is varied and that she has plenty of choices. Giving a child 2 or more things to eat will increase the likelihood that she will eat at least one of the healthy choices offered. If you give her only grapes, she may refuse to eat them, simply because she wants to exert her independance. But if you give her grapes and sliced strawberries, she will likely eat one or the other, if not both!

Also, when giving grains, do offer whole grains instead of refined white flours. Whole wheat bread, cheerios, and oatmeal cookies are much better than white bread, fruit loops, and sugar cookies!

http://familyfun.go.com/recipes/kids/feature/famf19snack/

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Apple Sauce, String Cheese, Yogurt, Sugar free normal snack foods

Answer 4

My kids love yogurt raisins, diced dates, grapes of all kinds, and many dried fruits. For a crunchy snack, they love banana chips, graham crackers, popcorn (made in air popper, no butter and lightly salted) and all kinds of nuts. Use your imagination for snack time. Sometimes letting child help "clean" the fruit or help prepare the snack is what will help them WANT to eat the healthy stuff!

Answer 5

Lots of good ideas here - but watch for choking hazards! Grapes (frozen or fresh) should be sliced or quartered for any kids under four or five. Raisins also need to be supervised... actually, all eating by kids under four of five needs to be supervised! Carrots are good, but slice them into thin sticks or "coins". Hope this helps!

Answer 6

For a munchies try cheerios, or apple slices dip them in lemon juice and they won't turn brown...teddy grams are good also cheese it crackers...can put a little peanut butter on them mm mm. healthy choices will guide him or her on a healthy road good luck!

Answer 7

carrots with dip/ peanut butter/ ranch /or blue cheese
crackers and cheeses, raisins, dried fruit, tortilla roll up with fruit and peanut butter, muffins, homemade trail mix, (cherrios,chex mix,cheez its, raisins, pretzel sticks, goldfish crackers, anything you can throw together) apple slices with peanut butter. The peanut butter is really high in protein and very filling...

Answer 8

low-sugar breakfast cereals
fresh fruit thinly sliced or cut into small pieces
whole-grain crackers and mini-muffins
cheese cut into thin slices or shredded
quick cheese quesadilla
fruit smoothie
yogurt tubes
veggies and dip
organic air popped popcorn....try pirate's booty..kids love them
lunchables

Answer 9

Carrot sticks dipped in peant butter is good. (be careful though they just found salmenilla in penut butter i saw it on the news)
yogart is good and raisins.

Answer 10

Any kind of fruit is good, yogurt, and quakes.