Easy and Healthy Snacks For Kids

I think you will nod your head with me when I say:

It’s become so easy to give kids chocolate bars and junk food due to our busy lifestyles.

Not just that but also healthy snacks often cost more than the junk food and take longer to prep. It’s honestly no wonder why so many kids these days become addicted to junk snacks before the age of 12.

Or is it?

In this blog, I’m going to be providing five snack ideas for kids you can make quickly and not need to take out a mortgage to buy the ingredients.

Snack one

Fruits

Yep, that’s a simple one, buy my god does fruit pack a punch of everything your kids will need.

It’s probably the best snack for kids on the planet.

Here is why:
Fruit contains lots of vitamins and water, which will almost instantly keep your kids hydrated through the day and keep them healthy.

Snack two

Natural Yoghurts

Natural yoghurts can be fantastic after school snack for kids because often when they get home, they want to binge.

Natural yoghurts have many nutritional benefits, such as:

• rich in calcium
• B vitamins (B12 and riboflavin – good for heart disease)
• phosphorus, magnesium, and potassium (all good for blood pressure and bone health)
• high in protein
• great for digestion system
• good for the immune system
• fights Osteoporosis (weakening of the bones)

Remember, yoghurt still contains a lot of natural fats, you need to make sure your kids do not eat an excessive amount or ensure you by no added sugar versions.

Snack three

Pancakes (no sugar)

If you’re a little tired after work or you want to start teaching your children how to cook, then pancake is a great easy snack for kids to make.

Just make sure you watch over them and maybe take over on once you’re at the hob stage.

The fun thing about pancakes is they go perfectly with almost anything.
Here’s a list of some of my favourite pancake mixes:

• sprinkle of cinnamon
• fruit
• honey
• oats
• yogurt

Remember: This healthy snack is only healthy if you leave out the sugar etc.

Snack Four

Nuts

Nuts(no salt) contain alot of fibre and good fats.

They are also bulky and can help fill or crush that hunger feeling for some time.

It’s the perfect dairy-free snacks for kids who have an intolerance, and it can be an easy healthy snack for school.

Snack Five

Popcorn

There are not that many nutritional benefits of popcorn so it won’t serve as the most healthy snacks for kids, but it does have some benefits such as:

• It can help lose weight (low in fat and you can east fairly large portions)
• keeps your blood sugar in check
• It’s a whole grain (each kernel contains the bran, germ and endosperm.)
• It contains a small number of vitamins (calcium, copper, magnesium, manganese, phosphorus, potassium, zinc and more)

Make sure you have no salt or general seasonings on the popcorn as this would take away the benefits of this snack.

I hope you enjoyed these snack ideas for kids.

Trying to find easy snacks for kids can be difficult at times but the younger they start eating these snacks, the faster a habit and natural gravitation will be developed so in the future they won’t be so quick to grab a chocolate bar.