Quick Easy Healthy Snack Ideas

The kids are always hungry right? So here are some quick easy healthy snack ideas! Interestingly, until I stopped buying snack foods such as pretzels, crackers and other munchies, I could never get them to eat much of these healthy snacks, mainly because it was too easy to pull out the processed snacks from the cupboard! The Keep It Simple, Stupid principle sure helps out here, most of the snacks are very simple, and on occasion we'll make something that takes extra prep time for a snack. It's all gluten free except for a few of the homemade goods.

Fresh Fruits
Apples (get an apple slicer, very convenient)
Cinnamon Apples
Pears
Kiwis
Bananas
Oranges
Grapes
Pineapple
Watermelon
Canteloupe
Peaches, Nectarines
Berries

Frozen Fruits
Berries, any kind (eat frozen or thaw)
Grapes
Peaches

Dried Fruits (unsulphured, no sugar added)
Apricots
Apples
Bananas
Raisins
Currants
Cherries
Pineapple
Papaya
Fruit leather
Figs
Prunes

Fancier Fruits (slightly more prep)
Raw applesauce (or any other fruit sauce)
Fruit salad (mix any combination with whip cream, yogurt or nothing)
Fruit parfait (layer fruits with whip cream or yogurt, top with granola)
Popsicles
Fruit Smoothies
Green Smoothies

Vegetables
Celery
Carrots
Cucumbers
Frozen corn
Snap peas
Avocados
Broccoli
Jicama
Peppers (red, green, yellow, try them all!)
Sprouts (sunflower, alfalfa, etc)
Pickles (fermented with salt rather than vinegar, refrigerated like Bubbie's pickles)

Fancier Veggies
Bugs on a log (celery sticks spread with peanut or almond butter, topped with currants or raisins)
Muffin tin veggie tray (get a muffin tin, and put different cut veggies in each tin along with dipping sauce)

Dips
Hummus
Yogurt dip
Peanut butter dip
Cream cheese dip
Spinach dip
black bean dip
Refried bean dip

Dairy
Yogurt
Kefir
Cheese sticks, cubes (cultured cheese)

Seeds & Nuts (sprout or soak/dehydrate for better digestability)
Almonds
Sunflower seeds
Walnuts
Pecans
Trail mix
Popcorn (Just pop this, of course)

Homemade Snacks
Granola bars
Muffins
Breads
Peanut butter balls
Coconut balls
Homemade crackers
Homemade corn or sprouted wheat tortillas
Leftover pancakes or waffles