Healthy Snack Ideas

5 Healthy Snacks for Kids

As a parent, you want to ensure that your child is in the best health they can be by giving them the best nutrition at all times. A quick snack after school or in the middle of the day can often be rushed, but this doesn't mean that nutrition has to take a back seat [...]

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Healthy Snacks You Have at Home

Potato chips have become America’s snack food for one reason: they’re easy. Open a bag and you’re ready for a house full of people or a night in front of the television on your own. No one wants to have to create a cooking show (or the mess that comes with it) in their kitchen [...]

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Mac No More

By Stacie Wheeler Weaning kids from a strict diet of mac n' cheese can be difficult, but it's doable. Making healthy snacks fun is one way to get kids to eat them. Moorpark mom, Stacie Wheeler, cuts sandwiches into circles and adds raisins for eyes on this happy face. Making healthy snacks fun is one [...]

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Healthy Eating Habits for Kids: Set the Right Example

Do you have kids in your home who are picky eaters? Do your kids crave junk foods and only want to eat sugary or salty snacks? When you set the right example by making healthy food choices, controlling your portions and eating according to a basic schedule your kids will learn to do as you [...]

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Healthy Snacks for Kids

Are you looking for the best healthy snacks for kids? Let us face it. A large number of parents out there have horror stories about their children turning up their noses at the food placed before them. In fact, there are children who definitely do not eat anything except takeout meals, TV dinners, processed foods, [...]

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Impromptu Granola Bars

I have to confess that I, the author and host of a healthy snack blog, have been buying store bought granola bars. I love to cook and bake, but it's been crazy busy lately, so I haven't made granola bars in months. This morning, while standing in the produce aisle at Safeway trying to choose [...]

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Healthy Snack Ideas for Kids After School

When kids come in the door after school the first thing they want to do is eat something. It's been hours since lunch and they will need a new supply of energy to power them through the homework and after school activities. With childhood obesity at epidemic levels, it's clear that not all parents are [...]

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