Healthy School Snacks

A lovely lady named Tina asked me about school snacks today. I suggest apples, oranges, mandarins or bananas. They won't spoil if you don't cut them up, just wash them and send them whole (nature's wrapping!). Yoghurt tubs are good and can be kept cold by packing them with a little frozen juice with it, it will melt by lunchtime. Soft fruits like strawberries are best packed in a small plastic container so they don't bruise. Dried apricots and raisins are good, but I use them more as a back up in case I run out of fresh fruit (well I am a busy working mother, it happens!). A handful of almonds or cashews in a little plastic bag is a really nutritious and filling snack, but you'd have to check with your school because some don't allow nuts if anyone there is allergic. Kids should never be hungry, and won't get fat on sandwiches and fruit (it's the other stuff that does it), so just give them as much as they want. Kids concentrate and learn better with good healthy food inside them.