Snacks-what do you give your 4+s?

bylromarha

Looking for inspiration really.

my kids eat a wide variety of things, but I want some ideas of what to get in that I can give them to fill a gap.

For snacks, we currently have

Humzingers-2 don't fill the hole though and at £1.76 for 10 they get expensive
Fruit -they're bored of apples, oranges, pears, raisins, grapes, dried and wet apricots.
Breadsticks/Oatcakes/Rice Cakes-an every now and then thing for them when they fancy them.

What sorts of things do you give your kids that are cheap, easy to give them and not hugely processed? I need inspiration please!

HappyLottie

-You could bake your own biscuits then you can control what goes into them and its usually cheaper than buying them.
-In terms of fruit- bananas, kiwis, dates, I buy mango and chop it up myself, pineapple. When it comes to fruit I have little pots and put small quantities of fruit in them and place them in the fridge (and thats just for me - I don't have children!)
-Dried fruits, nuts or seeds (if the kids will eat them)
-Yoghurts

tattoed_bum

my son loves ,cherry tomatoes ,cucumber,carrot sticks ,he also likes little cocktail sausages he only gets these as a real treat .
he also loves melon .
i make up some pasta with tuna and sweetcorn which i put into little tubs in the fridge for him .
how about crumpets or pitta breads

jenhug

hummus (sp?) and pitta bread?

bylromarha

Mmm-maybe I have a different idea as to what a snack is.

For them, crumpets are a meal, as is pitta and dips, and pasta. Yoghurts and expensive fruits, like melon and pineapples, are puddings.

liney

Cheese and a cracker
Malt loaf
Yoghurt covered raisens (he thinks its chocolate)
Milkshake or smoothie (Homemade)
Chedder biscuits sometimes

Fruit and breadsticks are available for him to help himself to at anytime, but if he wants anything else then he has to ask.

gardner1

used to give our kids greggs pasties coca cola and mars bars:rolleyes:

Lunar_Eclipse

bylromarha wrote: »

Looking for inspiration really.

my kids eat a wide variety of things, but I want some ideas of what to get in that I can give them to fill a gap.

For snacks, we currently have

Humzingers-2 don't fill the hole though and at £1.76 for 10 they get expensive
Fruit -they're bored of apples, oranges, pears, raisins, grapes, dried and wet apricots.
Breadsticks/Oatcakes/Rice Cakes-an every now and then thing for them when they fancy them.

What sorts of things do you give your kids that are cheap, easy to give them and not hugely processed? I need inspiration please!

I find that even though they are snacks, they still need to be filling, which rice cakes and fruit bars often aren't. So mine have:

cheese, crackers and grapes
peanuts, sometimes with raisins
homemade trail mix (granola, dried fruit, choc chips, cheerios, nuts)
flapjacks or homemade muffins/brownie with a banana
carrot and cucumber sticks with a pitta bread and houmous
cocktail sausages
fruit smoothies
yoghurt
a honey or peanut butter sandwich
nutella wholemeal wrap
hard boiled eggs
fruit skewers (when they were young I made these on cocktail sticks)

jackomdj

My eldest loves nothing better than munching through a little pot of cherry tomotoes!

We also have dried or tinned mango, dried or tinned peaches, grapes, yoghurt, cheerio's (dry), brioche (as a treat), fruit flakes, apples, we make our own biscuits. The other day I made some scones using up all the little bits left & they had cheese, soft cheese, ham & cranberries mixed in with them (my children woolfed them down!)

What are Humzingers? (Sorry if it is something obvious!)

Lunar_Eclipse

bylromarha wrote: »

Mmm-maybe I have a different idea as to what a snack is.

For them, crumpets are a meal, as is pitta and dips, and pasta. Yoghurts and expensive fruits, like melon and pineapples, are puddings.

I therefore suspect that your children don't have very large appetites, nor perhaps fast metabolisms. I'm also fairly sure they are younger than my children, although experience tells me that age often has little to do with how much they eat, once they've turned about 3 or 4 years old. Boys also tend to eat (a lot) more than girls, as a generalisation.

My youngest (female) is 8 now, but has breakfast, breaktime snack (piece of fruit, crackers/rice cakes), lunch, after school snack and dinner. At least twice a week she will have supper too, after swimming and Brownies.

Her after school snack is as large as some other kids' meals. She usually has 3 items of food (sandwich, piece of fruit, flapjack, cheese, scone, drumstick) and a smoothie. She's incredibly active (does sport after school on most days) with a fast metabolism and needs re-fuelling every 3 hours MAX, or all hell breaks loose (emotionally!)

Our days of a humzinger, babybel cheese or rice cake are long gone.

ETA: Whilst we don't eat big breakfasts in our house, it seems to be the norm for my children's friends (age 6+) to eat cereal (3-4 weetabix or porridge), followed by at least 2 pieces of toast/crumpets, sometimes with bacon and/or eggs for breakfast! They do say to eat breakfast like a King, but we're always in such a rush.

Gingham_Ribbon

Sesame snaps (plain and with yoghurt coating.)
Fruit bars (we get ones that are pure fruit as well as Asda great stuff and School Bars ones.)
Yoghurt (we have them for pudding too but they're a great snack.)
Frozen choobs (processed but better than ice-pops.)
Diced cheddar with raisins or apple
Oatcakes - plain or cheese
Biscuit and glass of milk
smoothie
Cherry tomatoes
Sliced cucumber
raw carrot/courgette/yellow pepper
Dried fruit in yoghurt

If they're really hungry I let them make a jam/peanut butter/soft cheese sandwich. The 2 year old makes quite a mess but it keeps them occupied!

Letting them make their own jam tarts or cornflake crispies is easy but they never last long in our house!

Edit - also, fairy buns freeze really well before they're iced.