My kids love snacks. They get it from my hips me.
I keep fun snacks and healthy snacks in the pantry. I make them alternate. Something healthy, something not-as-healthy.
Something that has really helped me to do this: snack baskets.
I keep three baskets on the bottom shelf of the pantry at kid-level. I always open up the packages of peanut butter crackers or honey buns (which would fall under not-as-healthy) and dump them in the baskets. They can have their pick of what’s in the basket.
It really cuts down on the “Moommm, there’s nothing to eat!”
I keep a fruit snack basket out on the counter all the time, too, for healthy choices.
Snack baskets work for my hips me!
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i have snack baskets too. i do mine a little different, but same idea. So much easier than me having to make snacks each time they ask! this way they can get their own when i give them permission!
Jamie
We are all about the snack baskets at our house, too. This TOTALLY works for me, as well!!
I do something similar. My kids are all “grazers” and if I don’t, I spend half my day cutting them a piece of this, getting them some of that, etc. etc. It works for the fridge too…containers of already cut fruit, cheese slices, etc. on a low shelf.
I don’t know if my kids are the grazers or I am! Let’s be for real, it’s all me. I’m a total graze-aholic. I admit it.
Love my snack baskets too, I have one of the counter with snacks and one with fruit! Super easy!
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~Liz
I always put fruit on the counter too, plus I often put a veggie plate out. If I were to ASK the kids if they want broccoli and carrots for a snack, they would say NO WAY. But if I leave a plate on the counter for awhile, they will eat it and then not ask for crackers and stuff.
Ooh I LOVE that idea! I am totally gonna do that and make them alternate!!
Love this tip – thanks! I linked up for the first time with my Shredded Crock Pot Mexican Chicken. It’s great for so many recipes and great to have on hand.
I try to keep self-serve healthy not-too-messy snacks accessible to my 3-year-old. When I see him going for the whole wheat graham crackers or pretzals, I know it’s time to serve some real food. Or just let him snack away if I don’t have time right then.
HONEY BUNS!!!!!! What I wouldn’t give for a slightly heated up honey bun right now!!! Ummmm. Okay, besides that–what a great, and easy idea! Thanks.
(No thanks on the craving, though!!!)
We have a snack drawer in our fridge. It has fruit and already cut up veggies in it. We don’t keep processed foods in the house, so those oh-so-yummy things you mentioned aren’t really an option for my kids. Thankfully at ages 2 and 3, my kids are perfectly happy with an apple, pear, or plum. My kids often snack on apples cut up into cottage cheese also…they love it soo much that I can pull it out as dessert after dinner and they party like it’s 1999!
I really need to do this! Now you’ve got me wanting a honey bun.
My basket holds snacks for the little ones still at home, and items for lunch. I try to pack the basket on Sundays, and then check it on Wednesday to see if I need to add in more supplies. I also keep extra thermoses in the basket just in case we need them for lunch, but they do take up a lot of room.
Thanks for hosting the blog carnival. This week I’m sharing a quick and easy recipe for scalloped potatoes.
What a SMART idea! I never thought of that! *scurrying off to go make snack baskets* Everytime I open my very small pantry, my daughter is forever bombarding me with Mommy, I want that ______ fill in the blank with a not so healthy snack! And since she already saw it, I automatically know it will be a fussy afternoon if I refuse. I never thought of emptying various stuff into baskets and letting her choose.
I love these idea, even just for myself at work!
Great idea for snacking! My big boys come home from school and are ravenous!!!! It is a HUGE challenge to keep them fed, in a HEALTHY way!
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I too have a basket on our shelf. I also try and keep a ton of fruit in the house.
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We have a fruit basket out. As well as the kids have a basket much like yours in the pantry that they can choose from.
We also have a basket of snacks that they can take to school each day.
When everything is in the basket it helps me to see how much is there and when I am running low and need to go to the store.
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Snack baskets are great!
this is a great idea, Kristen. I may have to come over and raid yours!
Thank you so much for WFMW. I look forward to this every week. From this batch alone, I bookmarked six ideas and emailed myself 4 ideas to try and two articles for my husband to read. I find inspiration, craft ideas and sometimes, “kicks in the butt” of things I need to work on.
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I just had a hint for the corn kernel removal, try putting the corn into the center of a bunt pan to hold in place as you slice down the ear of corn- you won’t be juggling and making a big mess because the bundt pan catches what you are taking off.
Here is someone else who does this but I have been for years, MIL tip.
This is someone else I found who does this not me (I just googled to find a pick to add)
http://simplyrecipes.com/recipes/easy_tip_for_getting_corn_off_the_cob/
Fabulous idea – thanks!!
Is there not a Search feature on your blog? I could not find one. I was looking for Christmas posts… I am sure you have great ideas for how to keep the true meaning of Christmas intact for your children and I am interested in hearing them.
Great idea! By “snack basket” do you mean you open the box/bag up and dump it in an open basket for the day?