expand your children’s palate with witch fingers using cheese straws, red pepper jelly, and marcona almonds for a very gourmet, elevated afterschool snack that always enchants!
Category: boards
our favorite combinations that are “toddler” tasted, parent approved
veggie-skele
today’s afterschool snack features …vegetables! as a parent, i believe most of us do not often have a healthy snack on hand afterschool because of the inevitable prepwork that must happen before eating…the washing, the cutting etc. so think of this idea as a starting point, then feel free to make it your own!
fruit monsters
transform a few ordinary oranges or clementines + kiwi slices into fun fruit monsters. kids love to play with their food, but we can show them how to make it healthy!
cucumber ghosts
here’s a recipe for creating cucumber ghosts, a healthy anytime snack for your kids this fall! serve afterschool or in their lunchbox as a frightfully delicious surprise. cucumber ghosts can be enjoyed with hummus or cheese spread, alongside crackers or plain, making them appealing for toddlers and parents alike.
boo-nanas
sharing another seasonal healthy snack idea for kids, featuring friendly ghost banana treats. simply use a banana and chocolate chips to create faces, either by keeping the peel on or halving the banana for easier handling. the recipe is quick, kid-approved, + encourages creativity in healthy eating.
monster teeth
this time of year does something to my brain–so many creative ideas fill my mind during the days + weeks leading up to halloween. this, coupled with a recent goal of resetting our resident snack monsters’ afterschool choices landed me here: apple teeth! while i don’t remember eating apples covered in peanut butter as a…
red, white + blue board
it may be tricky to come up with a list of foods that are red, white or blue… but when you stop to think about the options, really there are quite a few. this is a shared board that we enjoy putting together for america’s birthday. i love it because it’s so festive + unique from most combinations.
quick refuel board
meat, cheese, fruit, crackers, nuts, protein–we love this board as an easy way to get some quick nourishment when we have either waited too long to eat or aren’t sure what we need–hey, it happens!
easter bunny board
there are many ways to recreate this cute one depending on what your family likes. don’t forget to introduce a few new veggies or foods that your family maybe hasn’t tried yet! this is the moment to show them how it can be fun to try new things. we find that when our kids get to help prep the food, they are more likely to try it + oftentimes find they like it too!
fresh + fruity
we love this board for all the protein + fresh fruit plus, most of these items are whole foods, which always makes me feel like we’re winning as parents. i know that i feel better eating foods that can be found mostly in nature + on our table with minimal processing, so sharing these kinds of foods with our kids feels like one of the best things we can give them.
