DS gets yogurt, fruit slices, rice cakes, anything I have baked recently (scones, biscuits), pita and hummus, loves, frozen veg sticks on a hot day, toast and avocado etc. Pretty much anything I eat but we really limit the amount of sugar and salt he gets.
I'm naughty and have given my toddler nuts since she was a bit over one (only under supervision). she loooves them and they are good for her. In the health food section at Woolies they sometimes sell Fava nuts which are roasted broadbeans. Very crunchy and quite yummy. DD really likes them and it's a good way to get some legumes into her (high in protein, too).
Date Loaf is also a good snack as dates are great.
I make little balls by chopping up fresh dates, walnuts and adding some cocoa powder, then rolling/pressing them into small balls. No added sugar, lots of good oils from the walnuts and dates are packed full of nutrition, too. The little bit of cocoa allows you to call them chocolates - lol
Smoothies. DD loves them, I add some good yoghurt and a few drops of flax seed oil to up the nutritional value (she doesn't eat much, so i try and sneak stuff in). Banango is great. I have some of those Take'n'Toss straw cups which are really great for avoiding messes with smoothies.
DD likes to snack on dry cheerios. Not an everyday thing, but sometimes.
Dried apricots are a replacement for Jellybabies and the like.
Gherkins & Olives DD actually loves them - sometimes
Hard boiled eggs. can't go on enough about how packed full of nutrition they are.
I put Yoghurt in little icecream molds (Jalna Premium Vanilla is her favourite for this) and that is her "ice-cream" treat. You could add fruit puree if you like.
I can't think of anything else right now but will add if I remember more.
Crackers with spreads like peanut butter or pesto.
Vegetables in finger pieces e.g. carrot, cucumber, tomato, cherry tomatos
Nuts/seeds
Quiche
Finger fruits e.g. sugar plums, grapes
Olives/pickles
vietnamese spring rolls (the ones that aren't deep fried but dipped in water and then filled with anything really)
marinated and grilled hard tofu
hard boiled egg
cheese pieces
natural yoghurt with some freshly ground up nuts/seeds and a dab of honey (linseed, pistachio and almonds are awesome)
homemade vege dip e.g. spinach, hommus, eggplant
grilled or roasted vegetable slices, e.g. eggplant, zucchini, carrot
a hit in our household and my besties household for the kidlets is raw capsicum (red). they love it chopped into little squares that can be popped whole in the mouth. if you have a hommus or any kind of dip to go with also loads of fun.
another one that is strange but oh so popular for us is the sushi seaweed sheets! we chop them up into little squares and pop em onto a plate and the kidlets just love it!
also rice cakes are popular...we have a stash in reaching distance so she can help herself of an afternoon and she loves the autonomy of it!
also we find mixed plates of fruit really popular. oranges, apples etc. she likes the choice...
An absolute favourite at our house is home made ice-creams. We just put some plain yoghurt and fruit in the blender, mix it up and tip it into molds (a gret flavour recently was pears with a little honey - yum!). DD loves these!!!!!
Snow peas are also a winner at the moment - she likes making them 'crunch'!
I just found a new snack:
1 Avocado
1/2 cup of milk
3 teaspoons of sugar or honey (or to taste)
Pop all into a blender and blend until smooth
You can reduce the sweetener.
This is full of healthy fats, vitamins and minerals and antioxidants.
For my 9 month old I use a little less milk to make it a thicker consistency for spoonfeeding. For my 3 year old I add a little morre milk to make it a smoothie, served in a straw cup. Both absolutely love it. It's similar to Indonesian avocado juice, which i love, but with real milk instead of sweetened condensed milk.
You can also experiment with healthier sweeteners (real maple syrup, agave juice or the like).
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DD actually loves them - sometimes
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