healthy snacks for toddlers

I give izobel mouse traps, (just toast with marmite and grated cheese on top and grilled for a till cheese is melted) and she loves them!

how about vege slices, like carrot slices, or bits of cauliflower and brocolli etc, i give izobel them with a bit of dip, it entertains her because she gets to dip the veges herself, gives me 10mins to clean, ok she gets dirty, but she loves it!

That's all we do Kazzle Cheese and cracker and fruit in the morning and biscuit and fruit in the afternoon... or something along those lines. Easy = best!

energy bars (from the healthy steps diary by sanitarium)

125g margerine
1/2c honey
1/2c sugar
melt this and boil in suacepan for five minutes

4c ricies
1/2c chopped dried apricots (i used raisins instead - still good)
1/2c sunflower seeds
1/2c pumpkin seeds
1/2c sesame seeds (i omited this - forgot to buy at supermarket)

mix these ingrediants together and pour over honey mixture. mix together and press into tin. it says this makes 18 bars, but we cut them into small bite sized pieces and made almost 40 I think!


Muesli and apricot bars
not sure on the taste of these as I can't eat peanuts but everyone seemed to like them
1c ricies
4 wqeetbix - crushed
1 cup rolled oats
2/3 c dired apricots, chopped (forgot these - used raisins)
1/2c coconut
mix these

1/2 cup raw sugar (i used normal)
1/2 c honey
1/2 crunchy peanut butter (I used smnooth)
125g margarine
put in saucepan and boiul for five minutes - pour over ricies mix. mix well and press into tin. this says it makes 20 bars and we made double that almost by cutting them into toddler sized pieces. apparently nice but we have to keep ours in the fridge because of ants, which makes them extra chewy.

thanks guys...i will definitely try the muesli bars

Baby food and beyone by simon and Alison holst is FANTASTIC and $18 at the shops, but I could get you one for $12 (our Parent centre sells them as fundraiser)

Jake LOVES Rice crackers and will choose them over choc bikkies or chips everytime, and he LOVES hummus as well, the pumpkin and kumera is a fave with him.

WE pretty much just do fruit peices, rice crackers, mini wine bikkies as a treat. I make a wee "platter" for him most days at morning and afternoon tea, mandarin segments, kiwifruit, garpes, ricecrackers and raisins andhe just snacks as he wants.

yep i second the mother earth fruit bars, you could even cut them in half to ek them out a bit more. THey are YUMMO, and not too bad sugar wise.

lizzle wrote: instead i got these healtheries little rice cake things - like normal rice cakes but come in a packet like chippies and in 10 packs. they have plain, cheese, sour cream and BBQ. taste kinda foul to me, but both kids Lurve them

oh yeah, they are gross, like cardboard, but Jake LOVES them, and he thinks he's got chips like the others (cos the bag) but no, stink old mum...

Like g&t my only contribution is popcorn, Xanda loves it, I get the bags with 12 little packets in from the supermarket, they are flavoured. Or I will make him some home made stuff and just package it into little bags, they last a week.