Hi Holly!  Thank you for all of your great info.  I’ve changed my family’s eating habits because of your site, and everyone is happier and healthier- we haven’t had a single cold this year!  My biggest challenge is trying to choose healthy snacks for my toddler- it’s so much easier to just give her packaged foods- puffs, cheerios, crackers, goldfish- and I know these foods are not giving her any nutrition, and they’re all packaged in plastic and expensive- PLEASE HELP!

Linda R.

Boise, Idaho

Hi Linda!   I think all moms struggle with that very issue!  Here is a quick list of yummy and healthful snack ideas for toddlers:

• banana
• avocado slices
• cooked apple with cinnamon
• small frozen blueberries (especially good if teething!)
• toast cut into strips with almond or peanut butter
• red pepper or cucumber strips with hummus
• mashed avocado on toast strips
• hard boiled egg, sliced with egg slicer
• melon slices
• mango chunks
• kiwi fruit
• plain yogurt with peach or apricot chunks stirred in
• cooked and cooled: green beans, carrot or zuchini sticks, small florets of cauliflower and broccoli, sweet peas