We’re pretty good at ensuring our kids are eating nutritious, healthy food for their main meals. But when it comes to snacks, there can be a tendency to just let the kids loose in the pantry or fridge for after-school, after-dinner, weekend, or ‘why-not’ snack raids!
The school-age years are marked by rapid growth, both physically and mentally. Fruits and vegetables offer a host of benefits that are particularly vital during this developmental phase. By providing a diverse range of nutrient-rich options and using creative strategies to encourage kids to eat them, you can set your child on a path towards a lifetime of healthy eating habits.
The Arnotts range of teeVee Snacks come in a great variety of shapes and flavours and are a really fun treat to have in the cupboard for something a bit different. We were lucky enough to try five flavours (Birthday Cake, Malt Sticks, Original, Honeycomb Chocolate, and Chocolate Brownie). Find out what we thought!
Looking for some easy inspiration for packing school lunches? When you're filling the lunch boxes for the kids, don't forget the occasional fun treat too.
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Your little monsters will gobble up these snacks, loaded with veges and the goodness of Weet-Bix, in a flash!
The ultimate guide to using up your child's leftover food, including recipes from the Love Food Hate Waste website and the Kidspot Kitchen.
Katie from Busy Happy Kids shares her easy and nutritious ideas for kids snacks - great for the lunch box or after school.
You can't go wrong with a gorgeous fresh asparagus salad mixed with a poppy seed and sweet balsamic dressing on toasted bruschetta with cream cheese!
Using parmesan crusted beetroot slices in place of a burger bun, these mini beet burgers make for a colourful and healthy snack or tasty appetiser.
This gingerbread recipe can be used at Christmas or all year round
Onion rings are a delicious, crisp and crunchy snack to eat, they are also a wonderfully tasty accompaniment at a barbecue or when you’re entertaining.
If you haven't made sushi before, this recipe is a great place to start. Step by step instructions demystify the process and in no time you will be a pro!
This is a great basic recipe to get the kids started on baking - and decorating.
The combination of beetroot, chocolate, cocoa and yoghurt is more than heavenly in this lunchbox delight, or tasty treat.
This recipe is so easy and gives a great moist result. Serve it with butter and golden syrup.
These puffy parcels of banana have yummy hits of chocolate with the chocolate chips and have the added crunch of almond flakes. You can make them and eat them hot, or cool them and keep them for morning pastries with coffee.
These tiny bite-size pancakes are more banana than pancake which babies don't really mind and mums love getting another serve of fruit in for the day.
Apple and cinnamon scrolls are easy to make and a very tasty for morning tea, afternoon tea or for lunch box snacks.
Cook these little lamb patties in the oven as a fast way to feed your hungry but happy crowd once you've served up these yummy mini lamb burgers with a side dip to satisfy their bellies.
Quick, simple and tasty you can count on the kids and adults alike loving these easy to eat gozleme pouches.
This honey popcorn is the perfect snack for a movie night, or just for any birthday party! You can even roll it into balls for fun finger food.
This Nutella fairy bread is great for birthday party platters and any occasion where the kids are hungry!
These are gorgeous quick coconut cookies that bake in less then 10 minutes
This healthy dip is tasty and cheap to make, do so from leftover roast pumpkin if you like and add as much or as little chilli as you fancy, depending on how hot you like it!
Believe or not, this vegetarian bake recipe is not only kid friendly - its diet friendly! Soft baked eggplant is stuffed with garlic flavoured low fat ricotta and zucchini, then slathered in a rich tomato and basil sauce. Plus its easy on the diet! A great (healthy) tasty family dinner option!
Easter is a great time to hit the kitchen with the kids and get baking. They'll love helping you make this easy biscuits in the shape of Easter eggs - and after they're out of the oven, they can go crazy decorating. Fun!
OK, they are not exactly Splices but more ice than cream but they have the right flavour. And they are homemade so they are a whole lot cheaper than the real version
Keep them revved up with healthy fruit by threading red, amber and green colours onto a skewer.
These bright rainbow disco balls are perfect for a kids birthday party made with puffed wheat and peanut butter and glittered up for yummy bling
