Kid Snacks

  • Real Food Dinner Leftovers
  • Apple and Cashew, Macadamia Nut or Almond Butter – spread nut butter between 2 thin slices to make “sandwiches”. [can substitute any nut butter, ie. Almond Butter]
  • Fruit and Cheese Kabobs ( especially grassfed Kerrygold cheddar or Goat with pineapple, grapes, apples and pears).
  • Pastured Beef or Turkey Jerky available online (with dried organic fruit pressed in), Whole Foods or other healthy chains.
  • Ants on a Log – Celery wedges spread with organic, pastured cream cheese or nut butter, dotted with raisins
  • Oatmeal and Fruit (especially Gluten Free Steel Cut Irish Oats – can be soaked overnight ahead of time and easily reheated) with chopped nuts and fruit (i.e. apple and cinnamon, banana and cashew butter).
  • Mini Lettuce Wrap Burrito with refried beans, cheese, tomato and lettuce.
  • Mini Lettuce Wrap Tortilla, stuffed with cheddar or jack and topped with salsa and pastured sour cream.
  • Mini Egg Salad or Tuna Salad Stuffed Pitas.  The tuna salad version can be made in bulk and frozen.
  • Red Pepper Bowls with Hummus or Dip (slice off top of pepper, put hummus or dip in bottom and fill with veggie sticks – more peppers, celery, carrots, etc.).
  • Peanut Butter and Banana Sandwich on a whole grain Ezekial bread.
  • Pigs in Blankets – split nitrite-free hotdog, fill with 1/2 a string cheese, wrap in whole grain tortilla.  Bake and cut in chunks serve with mustard.
  • Water Chestnuts Wrapped in Nitrite Free Bacon – 1/2 slice each wrapped around whole water chestnuts, secure with toothpick and bake.
  • Cup of Turkey Chili with some shredded cheese or sour cream.
  • Cup of Soup especially with protein and veggies such as chicken or beef vegetable, italian wedding, escarole and beans, lentil.
  • Stuffed Potato Skins with broccoli and cheese, leftover BBQ Chicken, etc.
  • Stuffed Baked Potato – stuff a small whole baked potato with either organic, pastured sour cream and salsa or cheddar and salsa.
  • Roasted Root Vegetables or Veggie Chips especially with beets, sweet potato, carrots, parsnips
  • Real Roasted Kale Chips
  • Protein Shake with handful of frozen fruit.

For Paleo Snack Ideas:  http://thepaleodiet.com/5-paleo-snacks-kids-us/#.Vtiadsf2qMQ

http://greatist.com/health/paleo-recipes-list