Healthy Summer Snacks for Children

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Keep your child healthy this summer with fun healthy snacks. The Center for Science in the Public Interest recommends fruits, vegetables, healthy grains and low-fat dairy foods that will not only taste good but will be fun to create and eat.

Fruits are essential to a child’s diet. Canned, frozen and dried fruits are inexpensive and easy to prepare. To add more fun to the sweetness of the fruit kids can make their own fruit salad, fruit popsicles or smoothies.

Vegetables are not that easy to serve to children but adding light dips or salad dressings can make snack time more enjoyable. Ants on a log, (peanut butter with raisins on a stick of celery) are a creative idea for a snack as well as making homemade hummus.

Whole grains provide fiber, vitamins and minerals. Your child’s homemade hummus can be served with whole-wheat English muffins, tortillas or pita chips. Granola and cereal bars are low in sugar and fats.

Of course kids need calcium, so low-fat yogurts are beneficial to their growing bones. Low-fat cheese are can be served with vegetables or crackers to add calcium to your child’s diet as well.

To wash all these healthy snacks down serve water, low-fat or fat-free milk, soy drinks or 100% fruit juice.

Helpful tips to serve snacks include using colorful plates, napkins, cups or straws.

Keep your kids healthy this summer with not only healthy snacking but also healthy hygiene. For more information, please visit Pediatric Dentistry of Garden City at http://pediatricdentistryofgardencity.com/.