Healthy Snack for Under 5's

• Fresh fruit such as apples, grapes, strawberries, mandarins pear, plum, apricot, banana, kiwi fruit, nectarine, orange
• Carrot, zucchini or celery sticks and healthy dips eg. hommus or mashed avocado (steam crunchy vegetables to make soft for very young children)
• Tinned fruit in natural juice or preserve fresh chopped fruit with a generous squeeze of lemon juice and 2 tablespoons of fruit juice
• Small amounts of dried Fruit – sultanas, dried apple, dried apricot,
• Trail mix of dried fruit mixed with a plain cereal (eg. Mini wheats, rice puffs)
• Fruit Salad with yoghurt/custard
• Fruit Slushies – Blend fruit, add extra water if too thick then freeze
• Fruit and Coconut eg. Pineapple pieces mixed with dessicated coconut
• Frozen fruit – eg. Orange, Banana, Watermelon, grapes
• Smoothies - yoghurt, milk and fruit, eg. banana, berries (strawberries, raspberries, blueberries)
• Yoghurt or custard
• Yoghurt sprinkled with muesli and fresh or tinned fruit
• Cheese slices or cheese sticks on their own or with low fat crackers
• Raisin or fruit toast or fruity english muffins
• English muffin with ricotta cheese and banana
• Rice cakes with low fat toppings such as vegemite, ricotta cheese
• Weet-bix™ or other low fat, low sugar cereals with milk
• Pikelets topped with chopped fruit & ricotta cheese eg. Banana and berries
• Vegetable Pikelets or Savoury Scones (grate vegies & add cheese)
• Jaffles filled with baked beans or mashed potato and/or cheese
• Baked potato filled with tuna or creamed corn and topped with cheese
• Fruit Flower – balls of melon surrounded by orange segments with a stem of banana
• Traffic Lights – rounds of kiwifruit, watermelon and banana
• Pita bread nachos – pita bread slices baked in oven until crisp, sprinkled with cheese
• Microwaved scrambled egg (cook with frozen corn and grated cheese) - takes only 30—60 seconds OR try a hard boiled egg
• Hot or Cold veggie, meat or tuna patties
• Hot filo based pastries filled with vegies and meat
• Small tins of baked beans or spaghetti

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