Healthy Snack Box Ideas for Kids
However, due to lack of ideas and time we often tend to fill their snack boxes with junk food or repetitive food.here are some ideas that will help you next time you are packing your kid's snack box. These foods are not only tasty but nutritious too.
* Sweets:
Homemade oats and cashew cereal bar
Egg less chocolate cupcakes
Short bread with jelly spread
Sweet suji (semolina) halwa
Homemade banana muffins
Oatcakes with treacle dip
Pumpkin pancakes with in honey
Yogurt with homemade granula crumbles and chopped fruits
Waffle cone filled with frozen yogurt
Banana pieces coated with sweet yogurt and then dipped in grated nuts.
* Breads:
Multi-grain mint sandwich, with mashed sweet potato
Pita bread, stuffed with cheese and a homemade mint-curd dip
Wholemeal sandwich, with fish paste and cucumber
Brown bread sandwich, with corn and cottage cheese
Chapatti rolls with homemade jams
Cheese omelette rolled into chapattis
Naan rolls with melted dark chocolate
Pizza on a corn tortilla base, with grated carrot, pineapple and cheese Soft buns, with chunks of chicken and tomato slices
Rye bread sandwich, with tofu or baked beans
Hamburger rolls, with minced meat or minced legumes
Potato or onion paratha pieces
* Salads:
Pasta and cherry tomatoes tossed in freshly squeezed lemon juice
Poha - puffed rice and boiled vegetables
Potato, sprouts and egg salad
Fruit salad with nuts tossed in olive oil
Sabudana (sago) khichdi with grated carrots and beans
* Others
Vegetable cutlets with tomato puree sauce
Cheese and potato rolls with raita
Cottage cheese or egg pakoras
Chicken or vegetable spring rolls with coriander chutney
Sausage rolls
Digestive biscuits with different toppings like - cheese, fruit pieces, slices of cold cuts, peanut butter etc.
Bread sticks with tomato and basil dip or cheese spread
Bread pakoda - slices of bread dipped in besan (gram flour) and then fried
* Liquids:
Soups and broths in a flask, especially during winter with cheese crackers
Hot chocolate with whole fat milk
Fruit and yogurt smoothies
Fresh fruit juice with soda water
Flavoured milk