HEALTHY(OR JUST A HEALTHYER ) per packed snack.
Like I can send juice instead of water a couple times but you know sometime its 10% juice n 90% high fructose corn syrup. Like what would be a better Juice
Or for snacks too, Some yogurts are just sugar.
My son not fat he quite the opposite he a very thin active kid. So I want to be able to send him food that will fill him to last from 7am-6
I will be sending breakfast and lunch and several, because he will be there all day. And we had a talked and he know what he wants for lunch and breakfast, but now snack what do I do about that
He like celery n peanut butter - (no peanut allowed)
Brazil nuts(I still need to find out if not peanuts allowed or no nuts allowed)
Grapes
Straberries
Dry cereal- Some options on this too would help
I don’t normally buy Prepacked anything so
Yea my son that strange kid that other kids look at because he ask for broccoli for dinner and snack on baby spinach. He been in Day care all year so yes at one point he was getting picked on and it did affect his eating habit but, it doesn’t seem to affect him to much anymore. This year I was spoiled because his daycare gave everyone the same food. And i didn’t have to pack anything. I don’t want to send him Extra noticeable healthy stuff that I eat / n prob be made fun of (or just throw out )but i don’t him to just eating too much sugar based snacks either. He allowed to eat sweets, but he'll be there all DAY 7am-6pm mon-friday Cookies isn’t going to be very help full if that all I send
I was thinking cheese stick but was denied. he isn’t a big fan of cheese unless it melted. So Ideas would help.
I just wanted to recommend Chobani Champions greek yogurt for your yogurt option. It comes in a tube like gogurts without all the junk. You can freeze them so that they're cold. For juice, there is juice without added sugar, even then you can mix it with water. Also google granola bar recipes, there are tons. Good luck!
If no nuts are allowed, you can use sunflower seeds and sunflower butter instead.
Our kids do sandwich + carrots sticks (or celery stick, cherry tomatoes, sweet peppers, etc) + cheese stick (or yogurt) for lunch and fruit for snack. Refillable water bottles are better than juice, but occasionally we will use capri sun 100% juice.
Hummus and veggies or pita chips
granola-type bars (look for ones with more grains/less sugar)
Juice packs (they have 100% juice ones)
Greek yogurt (if lower sugar)
Make him a quesadilla in the morning and cut it up for him to eat cold. The cheese will have been melted at some point. :-)
What you'll find out is that once kids start eating with other kids you have no way to be certain that your kid will eat all those healty foods you pack for them or if they ditich it and eat the sugary cereal that their friend brought along. As for juiceboxes - you can get many juiceboxes that are 100% juice - you just have to pay attention to the labels. Bottles of water are fine too although the camps usually have giant water coolers available all through the day for the kids.
Think crackers and cheese, dried fruit, if peanuts arent allowed see if seeds are - you can get dried fruit & seed bars from Trader Joes or Kashi brand at the grocery store. Yes - they include a lot of sugar - but if he can't bring a ziploc bag of nuts it's tough getting them protein during the day any other way. Chips like tortilla, bagel or pita are a decent option too.
While I know you say you don't buy many pre-packaged items realize that if you buy all these small plastic containers to re-use there's a very good chance they won't make it back home as kids lose track of everything at camp. So you might end up saving money, your time and effort by buying a few things that are prepackaged like salsa, hummus, cheese, etc.
Fresh fruit like apples (whole) and oranges (quartered in a ziploc bag) are some of the best options as they're refreshing - a drink & snack in one.
Teach your child about healthy choices, so even when the other kids are eating the yummy stuff (that he will want and eat too) he knows what good choices are and how to moderate the other ones. Which he needs to learn how to eat. Bad stuff is okay sometimes.
Just take him to the store and show him options. What does he eat for snacks at home? Pack him what he eats and likes.
