Kids will love these delicious, healthy and easy to prepare snacks!
• Rice cakes lightly spread with ricotta or "light" cream cheese and vegemite or fruit spread.
• Toasted muffin with a scrape of honey or fruit spread.
• Slice of toasted wholegrain bread topped with ricotta cheese and fruit spread.
• Microwaved pappadums.
• Crispbreads with a low fat topping or plain biscuits.
• Wholewheat breakfast cereal and reduced fat milk.
• Toasted sandwich - use baked beans with a slice of low fat cheese or lean ham and creamed corn.
• Homemade muffins or buy a low fat muffin mix (check your supermarket).
• Frozen banana (spear peeled banana with icy-pole stick and freeze) or other frozen fruit such as grapes, peeled orange or mandarin segments.
• Scoop low fat ice cream with 1/2 cup canned unsweetened fruit.
• Strawberry smoothie (using skim or low fat milk or low fat soy drink).
• Fruit yoghurt cup
• Ice blocks made with equal quantity fruit juice and low fat yoghurt.
• Ice blocks made on diet cordial.
• Fruit kebabs (skewer cubes of fruits on to bamboo skewers).
• 200gm tub of frozen yoghurt or low fat fruit yoghurt.
• Fruit platter with low fat yoghurt to dip into.
• Bowl of pumpkin soup (made with low fat evaporated milk or skim milk instead of cream).
• Vegetable rich soup with spirally pasta.
• Raisin toast.
• 2 minute noodles.
• Cheese scones or muffins (mix grated cheese in or sprinkle on top and grill).
• Crumpets with a scrape of margarine - try topping with tomato and cheese.
• Fresh fruit kebabs.
• Pikelets with jam or honey.