What are some healthy snacks that kids will love?
Watch this Ask the Experts video as Nutritionist Kate Geagan gives tips on creating healthy snacks that kids will love to make and eat.
Transcript
The other thing that my kids love is taking Greek yogurt, which is a great base for a snack because it has twice the protein of regular yogurt.
And let them customize it with some fresh fruit or dried fruit. [ENERGETIC MUSIC]
Now, I have a four and a six-year-old. So healthy snacks the kids will love. I am in the boat with many of you, looking at things that kids are actually going to eat.
And the one thing I've really found that works-- you have to get them engaged. And you have to kind of keep it fun.
Kids love to customize. So my strategy is I put out a variety of healthy things with a theme and then let them build it.
So for instance, maybe I'll put out a little bit of a healthy salad dressing with some snap peas, some fresh sliced bell
peppers, some carrots, and some cucumbers.
I always steer away from serving snack foods. Don't forget, hunger is the best seasoning. So snacking is a great time if your kid
is hungry to kind of sneak in a healthy food group. I always suggest something fruit or something of a vegetable in that snack combination.
The other thing that my kids love is taking Greek yogurt, which is a great base for a snack because it has twice the protein of regular yogurt.
And let them customize it with some fresh fruit or dried fruit. And if you're on the go, if it has to last in the car
or in the gym bag, then something that's not going to be susceptible to temperature-- nuts, seeds, dried fruit--
wonderful, sustaining energy for your kids. [AUDIO LOGO]
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