healthy snacks for a 1st grade classroom
My childs teacher gives them snacks every day before they come home. Its snacks other parents have sent to the classroom and are often chips, candy, or other processed junk. Of course when she gets home she complains she's hungry. Ive talked with her teacher today and have been "approved" to send snacks specifically for my child that way the other students dont have to do without- and my child gets the healthier foods i want her to have.
Im looking for healthy snacks i can make a big batch of and send to school with her (I want to send snacks for the entire class 1-2x/month). I was thinking things like granola bars (homemade), homemade "fruit snacks", etc? does anyone have any good recipes for things like this? My daughter seems to be sugar sensitive so natural sugar is enough!
Im looking for healthy snacks i can make a big batch of and send to school with her (I want to send snacks for the entire class 1-2x/month). I was thinking things like granola bars (homemade), homemade "fruit snacks", etc? does anyone have any good recipes for things like this? My daughter seems to be sugar sensitive so natural sugar is enough!
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~Ants on a Log (Celery, peanut butter and rasins)
~Homemade Chocolate Chip Muffins or any muffin for that matter (you can sub the oils and sugars for things like Applesauce and stevia, and you can add chocolate flavored protein powder to add protein to fend off hunger)
~Healthy Oatmeal Cookies0 -
Do any of the other children have allergies or special dietary needs (pork free, gluten free, lactose free, dairy free, vegan etc.)? Ideas otherwise....send what your daughter loves for snacks at home...pieces of fresh fruit, string cheese, half a turkey sandwich, sweet pepper rings, milk, hard boiled egg.0
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Make your own Chex/cereal mix
Bake homemade cookies so you know what's going in them
Fruit skewers
Individual yogurt cups
homemade fruit/cream icepops
cheese and crackers (cut the cheese lol, into shapes)
My kid has a peanut/treenut allergy so this stuff is pretty mild.0 -
~Ants on a Log (Celery, peanut butter and rasins)
~Homemade Chocolate Chip Muffins or any muffin for that matter (you can sub the oils and sugars for things like Applesauce and stevia, and you can add chocolate flavored protein powder to add protein to fend off hunger)
~Healthy Oatmeal Cookies
Most schools don't allow peanut butter or peanut butter products anymore due to nut allergies0 -
As far as im aware there is no allergies- we havent been told no nuts/peanut butter. she actually eats PB sandwiches at school for lunch a lot. but that is a good idea to double check before sending snacks for the entire class.0
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My school doesn't allow homemade treats to be distributed to the whole class. If parents want to send something for everyone to share, it has to be store-bought with a label.0
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My school doesn't allow homemade treats to be distributed to the whole class. If parents want to send something for everyone to share, it has to be store-bought with a label.
Yep same rule applies at our school too....0 -
See i found this very odd! Last year they wouldnt let us send cupcakes or anything to school for her birthday. But this year THEY are allow to hand out treats. homemade OR store bought!0
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I LOVE these blueberry muffins, no funny ingredients. I'm sure kids would love them.
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/667708-very-blueberry-muffins-110-cal-of-pure-deliciousness?hl=very+blueberry&page=2#posts-138016180 -
My child's school expects parents to send a snack for their child every day. It is supposed to be something "healthy" and not cookies, candy or chips.
I do send processed/packaged things, because snack time is in the afternoon and yogurt, cheese, or anything that requires refrigeration doesn't work well, and whole fruit tends to get banged up bruised so it's out. I buy kid's Cliff Bars, Goldfish crackers, applesauce, and things that are quick to grab and pack in the mornings and will hold up inside a backpack all day.
I make sure she gets a good breakfast at home, and our school serves very healthy school lunches, so I don't stress over a processed snack in the afternoons.0 -
My school doesn't allow homemade treats to be distributed to the whole class. If parents want to send something for everyone to share, it has to be store-bought with a label.
This. I'm not sure if it's a state or federal thing, but no homemade snacks are allowed. Also, double check with the teacher about nut allergies and whatnot. At my mom's school, a teacher ate a PB&J sandwich for lunch, then during story time a kid in her class went into anaphylactic shock and had to go to the hospital because of the molecular level interaction. Nut allergies are serious stuff, so even if you're not aware of a problem I'd be extra careful with that.0 -
I think that is pretty retarded, considering that they are allowed to send notes home about a child being over-weight. But when it comes to supporting parents to contribute "healthy" snacks, they make impossible to do by insisting on items like cookies, chips, etc...My school doesn't allow homemade treats to be distributed to the whole class. If parents want to send something for everyone to share, it has to be store-bought with a label.
As far as the allergy thing, if there is a child with peanut allergies you can sub in soy butter or something like that.0 -
As far as im aware there is no allergies- we havent been told no nuts/peanut butter. she actually eats PB sandwiches at school for lunch a lot. but that is a good idea to double check before sending snacks for the entire class.
Look up "Wow Butter" tastes like peanut butter but it's soy. Really good. Or cookie butter from Trader Joe's0 -
You may wish to check the school's policies for homemades snacks/treats, My school does not allow any homemade foods to be shared with the students.0
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Check out the blog www.100daysofrealfood.com She has 2 young school-aged daughters that she packs whole food lunch/snacks for every day & she posts pictures & recipes of everything. She has some good pumpkin muffins that you can make ahead & freeze. I had to bring in a treat for my son's bday last year & made homemade carrot cake mini muffins, which the kids gobbled up. I'm planning to do it again this year. Some of my son's favorites are: Triscuit or Ak-Mak crackers & cheese; fresh veggies & homemade dip; Cascadian Farms organic granola bars (nut-free); Annie's Organic Cheddar Bunny Crackers; nut-free trail mix (I make my own w/ dried banana slices, sweetened coconut chips, craisins, raisins, dried mango pieces, sunflower seeds (these are fine for nut-free).0
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My school doesn't allow homemade treats to be distributed to the whole class. If parents want to send something for everyone to share, it has to be store-bought with a label.
Yep same rule applies at our school too....
I bring doughnuts. The kids like me. End of story.0 -
i wanna see the trash bins.Check out the blog www.100daysofrealfood.com She has 2 young school-aged daughters that she packs whole food lunch/snacks for every day & she posts pictures & recipes of everything. She has some good pumpkin muffins that you can make ahead & freeze. I had to bring in a treat for my son's bday last year & made homemade carrot cake mini muffins, which the kids gobbled up. I'm planning to do it again this year. Some of my son's favorites are: Triscuit or Ak-Mak crackers & cheese; fresh veggies & homemade dip; Cascadian Farms organic granola bars (nut-free); Annie's Organic Cheddar Bunny Crackers; nut-free trail mix (I make my own w/ dried banana slices, sweetened coconut chips, craisins, raisins, dried mango pieces, sunflower seeds (these are fine for nut-free).
also please dont effing send stevia baked into anything to my kids school unless you want an angry mexican momma knocking on your front door. i consider that less healthy than regular sugar and that would piss me off to epic proportions.
for the record i would rather rely on anything packaged and sold in stores for humn consumption than whatever experiments the hippies...loadies....or 89 yr old gramdmas next door cooked up, dreamed up, or botched up on their stove...on their blog...or on their last high.0 -
i wanna see the trash bins.Check out the blog www.100daysofrealfood.com She has 2 young school-aged daughters that she packs whole food lunch/snacks for every day & she posts pictures & recipes of everything. She has some good pumpkin muffins that you can make ahead & freeze. I had to bring in a treat for my son's bday last year & made homemade carrot cake mini muffins, which the kids gobbled up. I'm planning to do it again this year. Some of my son's favorites are: Triscuit or Ak-Mak crackers & cheese; fresh veggies & homemade dip; Cascadian Farms organic granola bars (nut-free); Annie's Organic Cheddar Bunny Crackers; nut-free trail mix (I make my own w/ dried banana slices, sweetened coconut chips, craisins, raisins, dried mango pieces, sunflower seeds (these are fine for nut-free).
also please dont effing send stevia baked into anything to my kids school unless you want an angry mexican momma knocking on your front door. i consider that less healthy than regular sugar and that would piss me off to epic proportions.
for the record i would rather rely on anything packaged and sold in stores for humn consumption than whatever experiments the hippies...loadies....or 89 yr old gramdmas next door cooked up, dreamed up, or botched up on their stove...on their blog...or on their last high.
Okay, doughnuts and Oreos.0 -
Fruit inside a waffle ice cream cone.0
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maybe it is about the birthdays not the treats. maybe it was the teachers rule. maybe the school is starting a new policy. please do tell who are "THEY". are you in an us vs. them situation at your school? are THEY the school or another group of parents? maybe the school is comfortble handing out treats they have looked over first?See i found this very odd! Last year they wouldnt let us send cupcakes or anything to school for her birthday. But this year THEY are allow to hand out treats. homemade OR store bought!0 -
Fruit. Pineapple, strawberries, blue berries- nature's candy. My daughter love it. Those cuties (small oranges) are always a big hit with soccer teams and classrooms alike. Technically not homemade!0
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throw im some yoo hoos and you have yourself a deal.
i wanna see the trash bins.Check out the blog www.100daysofrealfood.com She has 2 young school-aged daughters that she packs whole food lunch/snacks for every day & she posts pictures & recipes of everything. She has some good pumpkin muffins that you can make ahead & freeze. I had to bring in a treat for my son's bday last year & made homemade carrot cake mini muffins, which the kids gobbled up. I'm planning to do it again this year. Some of my son's favorites are: Triscuit or Ak-Mak crackers & cheese; fresh veggies & homemade dip; Cascadian Farms organic granola bars (nut-free); Annie's Organic Cheddar Bunny Crackers; nut-free trail mix (I make my own w/ dried banana slices, sweetened coconut chips, craisins, raisins, dried mango pieces, sunflower seeds (these are fine for nut-free).
also please dont effing send stevia baked into anything to my kids school unless you want an angry mexican momma knocking on your front door. i consider that less healthy than regular sugar and that would piss me off to epic proportions.
for the record i would rather rely on anything packaged and sold in stores for humn consumption than whatever experiments the hippies...loadies....or 89 yr old gramdmas next door cooked up, dreamed up, or botched up on their stove...on their blog...or on their last high.
Okay, doughnuts and Oreos.0 -
How about food they can play with? Spread some low fat cream cheese spread on a whole wheat tortilla. Bring an assortment of cut up veggies for them to make faces out of. Then they can roll up and eat!0
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We pop up big batches of popcorn with coconut oil and salt on the stove. My son loves them. We bag them in sandwich baggies and keep it in the cupboard instead of chips. I cannot imagine that the class would not love some home-popped popcorn.0
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throw im some yoo hoos and you have yourself a deal.
i wanna see the trash bins.Check out the blog www.100daysofrealfood.com She has 2 young school-aged daughters that she packs whole food lunch/snacks for every day & she posts pictures & recipes of everything. She has some good pumpkin muffins that you can make ahead & freeze. I had to bring in a treat for my son's bday last year & made homemade carrot cake mini muffins, which the kids gobbled up. I'm planning to do it again this year. Some of my son's favorites are: Triscuit or Ak-Mak crackers & cheese; fresh veggies & homemade dip; Cascadian Farms organic granola bars (nut-free); Annie's Organic Cheddar Bunny Crackers; nut-free trail mix (I make my own w/ dried banana slices, sweetened coconut chips, craisins, raisins, dried mango pieces, sunflower seeds (these are fine for nut-free).
also please dont effing send stevia baked into anything to my kids school unless you want an angry mexican momma knocking on your front door. i consider that less healthy than regular sugar and that would piss me off to epic proportions.
for the record i would rather rely on anything packaged and sold in stores for humn consumption than whatever experiments the hippies...loadies....or 89 yr old gramdmas next door cooked up, dreamed up, or botched up on their stove...on their blog...or on their last high.
Okay, doughnuts and Oreos.
Done!
And . . . I'm loving how people are going with low fat food with kids. Okay, by "love" I mean "loathe." but meh.0 -
inorite...its like th worst case of "i got on a diet so now my BF/husbnd/household/in-laws have to too." only this is the most far reaching and boundary-less one i have seen.
throw im some yoo hoos and you have yourself a deal.
i wanna see the trash bins.Check out the blog www.100daysofrealfood.com She has 2 young school-aged daughters that she packs whole food lunch/snacks for every day & she posts pictures & recipes of everything. She has some good pumpkin muffins that you can make ahead & freeze. I had to bring in a treat for my son's bday last year & made homemade carrot cake mini muffins, which the kids gobbled up. I'm planning to do it again this year. Some of my son's favorites are: Triscuit or Ak-Mak crackers & cheese; fresh veggies & homemade dip; Cascadian Farms organic granola bars (nut-free); Annie's Organic Cheddar Bunny Crackers; nut-free trail mix (I make my own w/ dried banana slices, sweetened coconut chips, craisins, raisins, dried mango pieces, sunflower seeds (these are fine for nut-free).
also please dont effing send stevia baked into anything to my kids school unless you want an angry mexican momma knocking on your front door. i consider that less healthy than regular sugar and that would piss me off to epic proportions.
for the record i would rather rely on anything packaged and sold in stores for humn consumption than whatever experiments the hippies...loadies....or 89 yr old gramdmas next door cooked up, dreamed up, or botched up on their stove...on their blog...or on their last high.
Okay, doughnuts and Oreos.
Done!
And . . . I'm loving how people are going with low fat food with kids. Okay, by "love" I mean "loathe." but meh.0 -
inorite...its like th worst case of "i got on a diet so now my BF/husbnd/household/in-laws have to too." only this is the most far reaching and boundary-less one i have seen.
throw im some yoo hoos and you have yourself a deal.
i wanna see the trash bins.Check out the blog www.100daysofrealfood.com She has 2 young school-aged daughters that she packs whole food lunch/snacks for every day & she posts pictures & recipes of everything. She has some good pumpkin muffins that you can make ahead & freeze. I had to bring in a treat for my son's bday last year & made homemade carrot cake mini muffins, which the kids gobbled up. I'm planning to do it again this year. Some of my son's favorites are: Triscuit or Ak-Mak crackers & cheese; fresh veggies & homemade dip; Cascadian Farms organic granola bars (nut-free); Annie's Organic Cheddar Bunny Crackers; nut-free trail mix (I make my own w/ dried banana slices, sweetened coconut chips, craisins, raisins, dried mango pieces, sunflower seeds (these are fine for nut-free).
also please dont effing send stevia baked into anything to my kids school unless you want an angry mexican momma knocking on your front door. i consider that less healthy than regular sugar and that would piss me off to epic proportions.
for the record i would rather rely on anything packaged and sold in stores for humn consumption than whatever experiments the hippies...loadies....or 89 yr old gramdmas next door cooked up, dreamed up, or botched up on their stove...on their blog...or on their last high.
Okay, doughnuts and Oreos.
Done!
And . . . I'm loving how people are going with low fat food with kids. Okay, by "love" I mean "loathe." but meh.
Yes. Yes indeed.
This is almost as bad as the "I'd like to lose 5 pounds a week while pregnant" threads.0 -
I think that is pretty retarded, considering that they are allowed to send notes home about a child being over-weight. But when it comes to supporting parents to contribute "healthy" snacks, they make impossible to do by insisting on items like cookies, chips, etc...My school doesn't allow homemade treats to be distributed to the whole class. If parents want to send something for everyone to share, it has to be store-bought with a label.
As far as the allergy thing, if there is a child with peanut allergies you can sub in soy butter or something like that.
My husband is an exterminator and is in and out of other people's homes every day. If you were aware of the cleanliness issues that some people have, expecially in their kitchens, you might not want your child to eat things that were prepared by strangers.
I am much more comfortable with my child eating store bought sugar-laden 3-inch-high-frosted cupcakes than I am with eating a homemade "healthy" muffin from an unknown cook's kitchen.0 -
thank you and goodnight.
I think that is pretty retarded, considering that they are allowed to send notes home about a child being over-weight. But when it comes to supporting parents to contribute "healthy" snacks, they make impossible to do by insisting on items like cookies, chips, etc...My school doesn't allow homemade treats to be distributed to the whole class. If parents want to send something for everyone to share, it has to be store-bought with a label.
As far as the allergy thing, if there is a child with peanut allergies you can sub in soy butter or something like that.
My husband is an exterminator and is in and out of other people's homes every day. If you were aware of the cleanliness issues that some people have, expecially in their kitchens, you might not want your child to eat things that were prepared by strangers.
I am much more comfortable with my child eating store bought sugar-laden 3-inch-high-frosted cupcakes than I am with eating a homemade "healthy" muffin from an unknown cook's kitchen.0 -
I'm quite amazed that a school would be asking parents to bring food for all... At my daughter's primary school it was absolutely strictly no-food-sharing. These days the seems to be a good chance that 1 in 100 kids have anaphylaxis and have been taught so well about avoiding peanuts that they think they'll die when they see any nurs from afar. Every child care centre was always 'nut and egg free' (try making a birthday cake without eggs).
Has anyone yet proposed zucchini tots? http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/694263-zucchini-tots-so-good?hl=Zucchini+tots ... My kids all love them, and they are for once not sweet and do contain some vegetables. But they also have eggs in them.0
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