Snacks for Tiny Tummies
Healthy Foods for ToddlersBy Kelly Burgess
Make your own peanut and other nut butters. Simply put peanuts, almonds or cashews in a food processor or blender and process until smooth, adding a little canola oil as needed. Add salt to taste. Buy cheeses with no added color. String cheese is a great snack food. Buy plain, unsweetened yogurt and add fresh or frozen fruit and a bit of sugar. Think dried fruit. It's a much healthier snack than fruit snacks, whichoften have no fruit in them whatsoever.
| Penny Warner, who has written several books on feeding children healthy foods, offers these healthy snacks that can be fixed in a snap: Fruit Bricks: These are fun to play with, and theycover the fruit group. To make, dissolve three envelopes unflavored gelatin in 3/4 cup boiling water. Add one 12-ounce can frozen apple, orange or grape juice concentrate and stir until mixed. Pour into lightly sprayed 9-by-13-inch pan. Chill for several hours. Cut into fun shapes for building blocks and play-time fun. Cupcones: Fun to eat and filled with good nutrition. Cut up fruit into bite-size pieces and place in wafer ice cream cup. Let the kids enjoy it right from the cone or by picking out the fruit with their fingers. Cheese Sticks: Fun finger food that covers two food groups. Cut soft cheese into bite-size cubes. Insert a stick pretzel into each cube and let the kids eat the cheese and the sticks! Frozen Bananas: A quick, easy and refreshing treat. Slice bananas into circles, roll in coconut or crushed cereal and freeze. | |
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