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