Nutritious Snacks Your Toddler Will Eat Up

October 10, 2008

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Nutritious Snacks Your Toddler Will Eat Up

by Mary Silva, M.S., R.D.
reviewed by Laura Jana, M.D., F.A.A.P.

Between-meal snacks are tailor-made for a toddler's diet: These small food servings, given throughout the day, are perfectly sized for such tiny stomachs and usually don't require the skilled use of a spoon or a fork. However, since they supplement half-eaten meals, it's important that snacks be nutritious. And there's the rub: Offer a young child an afternoon nibble, and she's likely to reach for that box of cookies or bag of potato chips you've got stashed in the cupboard. If you, like most parents, are eager to hear suggestions for healthy snacks that not only are good for your child but tasty, too, consider the following:

graham crackers spread with just a little peanut butter or cream cheese

mini bagel and cream cheese

hard-boiled egg

1/2 English muffin, topped with pizza sauce and a sprinkle of melted cheese

small pancake with applesauce

1/2 waffle with a spoonful of cottage cheese

sliced deli meat with fruit

potato pancake

cooked vegetable with cheese sauce

tuna fish and wheat crackers

canned salmon and wheat crackers

mashed beans and a small flour tortilla

a couple slices avocado

ripe fruit and cubed cheese

cottage cheese and canned fruit

1/2 grilled-cheese sandwich

mini blueberry or banana muffin

1/2 banana


RELATED INFORMATION

			Healthy Eating
			Snacks and Junk Food

Created March 25, 2001
Reviewed April 17, 2001

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