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Healthy Snacks

July 29, 2015 by Valerie Ott 2 Comments

healthy snacks

Does this happen to you? No sooner do you sit down or start working on something and your kids say, “Mom, can I have a snack?” Geez, I’m really sick of that question. So last week, I determined that our kids are way old enough (8 and 6) to figure this out on their own. So, why haven’t they? Well, I’m partly to blame. I’m a bit of a control-freak when it comes to what they eat. But also, our darn fridge has shelves that are too high for our spritely-sized people. So I came up with a couple of ways for our kids to help themselves to some pre-approved healthy snacks.

First, I lowered a shelf in the fridge–which happens to be one that also slides out for easier access–and filled it with plastic containers of 1) baby carrots 2) celery sticks 3) granola bites and 4) string cheese.

convenient after-school snacks

Next, I used an undermount wire shelf in our pantry to lower the healthy stuff to eye-level. It has 1) dried fruit 2) almonds 3) applesauce cups and 4) pretzel rods on it.

after-school snacks for kids

Finally, our freezer drawer (which is reachable because it’s on the bottom of the fridge) has 1) yogurt tubes and 2) yogurt-covered frozen blueberries in it.

I showed the girls all of these options and explained that anything in these three spots is fair game. They can help themselves anytime they want without asking because all of the choices were healthy ones. You would’ve thought I’d just given them each a pony. So there you have it: healthy snacks for our kids that may also turn into healthier snacks for me! And now I’m not bugged by, “Mom, can I have a snack?” anymore. Freedom for all!  How liberating!

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  1. Amy says

    August 6, 2015 at 10:30 pm

    my kids are the same age as yours, and i've had the same issue for a couple of years. so tiring! how are your kids as you get closer to dinner time? i find mine still ask for snacks right up to dinner, and they just "can't wait!" AH! so frustrating!

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  2. Valerie Ott says

    August 6, 2015 at 10:31 pm

    Yes, they totally ask right before dinner so I say no. A LOT. Which makes me feel horrible. But now I'm thinking, if I tell them to help themselves to the vegetables on the shelf in the fridge and they're hungry enough for those, then maybe a few won't hurt before dinner.

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