After School Snack Ideas
- Edamame: Heat frozen edamame in a microwave for two to three minutes, then sprinkle lightly with coarse salt.
- Frothy milkshake: In a blender, blend low-fat 1 percent (or fat-free) milk, chocolate powder, 1 teaspoon of flax seed or wheat germ with ice cubes.
- Fruit smoothie: Blend low-fat vanilla yogurt, cut-up fruit of your choice and ice cubes. You can also use plain yogurt and add a little pure vanilla extract.
- A handful of whole wheat crackers or pretzels
- Homemade trail mix: Mix a medley of raisins, nuts, dried cranberries and semisweet dark chocolate chips (try not to go too heavy with the chocolate chips).
- Milk shake: Blend low-fat milk with cut up fruit (try strawberry or banana and ice cubes and a teaspoon of sugar, if needed). This is also great when you use vanilla soy milk or plain soy milk; add a little bit of honey or agave nectar when using plain soy, which you can find at stores that sell health food.
- Low-fat popcorn: If your children are over the age of 3, a fun activity is to pop popcorn the old-fashioned way—with a little oil and whole kernels in a pot. Sprinkle the popcorn lightly with salt or Parmesan cheese.
- Sparkling juice mix: Combine 1/2 cup of pure fruit juice with 1/2 cup of sparkling water.
- Pizza bagels: Coat a mini bagel with tomato sauce, shredded low-fat mozzarella cheese and a sprinkling of garlic powder and oregano.
- Fizzy drink: Combine seltzer with splash of juice of your choice.
- Yogurt sundae: In a parfait glass, layer several times low-fat vanilla yogurt, berries (in season or defrosted) and a sprinkling of low-fat granola.
information from the Oprah website
Reader Comments
Thanks! The kids loved the edamame and did not realize it until they tried it. Yum.
Andra