Healthy Snacks

• Fruit kabobs
• Frozen fruitsicles
• Applesauce
• Fresh fruits
• Fresh veggies, lowfat dressing for dip
• Low fat cheese cubes
• Low fat cottage cheese with diced fresh or canned fruit
• Pita bread with low fat hummus
• Yogurt with fresh fruit
• String cheese rolled into whole wheat tortilla
• Slice of veggie pizza
• Whole grain cereal dry or with milk
• Bean burrito
• Cookie: oatmeal, molasses, ginger snap
• Lowfat or nonfat plain or flavored milk
• Lowfat pudding
• Soup
• Animal crackers
• Trader Joe's fruit bars
• Cheese quesadilla with salsa and lettuce
• Fruit smoothie
• Small salad with protein source
• Trader Joe's power muffin (blueberry)
• Robert's American Pirate booty, Veggie booty or fruity booty
• Baked pita chips
• Health Valley Apple Cobbler bar
• Health Valley Strawberry Cobbler bar
• Kellogg's Nutrigrain bar
  Pretzels (most brands - check label)
• Light microwave popcorn or air-popped
• Barbara's multigrain cereal bars
• Safeway Healthy Advantage Cereal bars
• Angel food cake plain or topped with fruit
• Whole wheat English muffin
  Bread quarters (try different kinds of bread and various shapes made with cookie cutter
• Beef or Turkey Jerky
• Hardboiled eggs
  

May Contain Nuts

• Whole grain crackers with low fat cheese or peanut butter
• Whole wheat bread with peanut butter
• Graham crackers with peanut butter
• Frozen whole grain waffle with peanut butter
• Nuts and seeds
• Health Vallley Solar bars
• Nature Valley Granola bars
• Barbara's granola bars
• Celery stuffed with peanut butter
• ChexMix
  

Birthday Party/Celebration Suggestions:

Food Related:

• Chocolate dipped strawberries
• Fruit kabobs
• Fruit smoothies
• Pretzels
• Pizza
  Anything healthy wifh an umbrella in it

Non Food Related:

• Create a "Celebrate Me" book
• Have the student bring in their favorite game to play
• Let the student be "teacher's helper" for the day
• Give student a special birthday package (pencils, paper, Stickers, etc.)
• Student wears a special birthday banner