..... Healthy snacks?

Question

Gina's going into first grade. She needs one of her snacks (out of 2) to be a healthy snack. You'd think I'd be fluent with this since she's type 1 diabetic. She's not a fruit and veggie eater, and being on an insulin pump, well she has a certain freedom that diabetics didn't used to have. Doesn't mean she eats garbage all day, but if it's snack time and she wants a cookie, that's okay now.

The only thing I can think of that she'd eat is bananas. But a banana every day? She'd eat peanut butter crackers (is that healthy enough?) but then if someone is allergic to peanuts, that's out. I need more... Gimmie all you got. Of course it has to be portable and room temperature.

Also, if you know a way to make peeled, sliced apples transport at room temperature and not turn brown, let me know. She likes granny smith apples but, well she's 6 and you know what that means... she has no front teeth. So I have to cut them. I could force feed her grapes. I'd like more snacks though. Thank you!

Answer 1

In the Search for questions box above..type in "healthy snacks"...there will be a LOT of answers for you because this is asked quite often.

Answer 2

They have those fruit cups you could send with, string cheese with a few crackers, some cereal in a baggie, graham crackers, you could make a trail mix using teddy grahams and raisins and some other little things, nutrigrain bar (not greatly healthy but not horrible), you could buy those quaker rice cakes that come in different flavors, my son loves those gogurt things frozen or refrigerated so I'm thinking if you froze them then by the time snack time came it would probably be thawed but still cold, what about sending granola bars.

Hope this helps a bit!

Answer 3

If you squeeze some lemon juice on the apple it won't turn brown and won't affect the taste either.

Instead of PB and crackers will she eat cream cheese on them (or other cheese)?  I personally think that's a match made in heaven, lol.  

Cheese strings, yogurt, apple sauce, fruit cups.  I don't know about the school she's going to but my kids were allowed cookies at school as long as they were homemade, because less artificial preservative were in them (no corn syrup just natural sugar,  no artificial vanilla extract just pure, etc...)  You can make muffins or try giving her fruits she's never had before.  

Answer 4

You can slice the apples place them in a vacuum sealed baggy and they wont turn brown. My kids prefered cheese and crackers, popcorn, ritz crackers, bananas, grapes and cherries for school snacks.

EDIT: if she would eat something like a chex mix or dehydrated fruit chips that might be an option. Raisins as well.

Answer 5

cut up carrots into bite-sized pieces, and give a yummy side dip.

i've heard if u wrap apples in aluminum foil and then in a tight ziploc bag, they stay fresh.

Answer 6

i am a diabetic as well and if i want a snack that my wife will actually approve of i grab a special k bar

They have several different kinds and are actually good for you

my fav is the vanilla walnut but if she is allergic to nuts try the rasberry or chocolate dipped

each bar has about 1.5 grams of fat and 18 grams of carbs

you cant go wrong with these !