Healthy Afterschool Snacks

Green & Yellow Light Snacks: Kid tested, Thea approved

These are favorite snacks created by students in my weight control class:

• Nonfat vanilla or fruit yogurt mixed with krispy rice cereal
• Whole wheat toast or English muffin with unsweetened applesauce and cinnamon
• Whole wheat toast or English muffin with spaghetti sauce and mozzarella cheese
• Whole wheat toast or English muffin with egg and Canadian bacon
• Whole wheat toast with light cheese
• Baked apples or pears with cinnamon
• Rice cake with light cheese or yogurt on top
• Smoothies (frozen fruit, nonfat vanilla yogurt)
• Yogurt popsicles (make your own)
• Applesauce popsicles (make your own)
• Fruit kebabs (add cheese cubes)
• Banana dipped in yogurt and rolled in krispy rice or crushed graham crackers
• Banana dipped in yogurt, put on top of graham cracker and freeze
• Frozen grapes (try other frozen fruits!)
• Whole wheat tortilla wrapped around a banana
• Cut fruit dipped in nonfat flavored yogurt
• Apple or pear slices with light cheese or turkey
• Cereal trail mix (krispy rice, rice squares, oat o’s, corn flakes etc.)
• Quesadilla: whole wheat tortilla with light melted cheese plain or dipped in salsa
• Whole wheat tortilla chips: tortilla triangles sprayed with olive oil, sprinkled with salt and baked at 350 degrees until crisp; dipped in salsa, hummus etc.