Paper Bag Lunches

Do you run out of ideas for snacks for your children’s lunches or perhaps your own? Here is a list of snacks for hunger or thirst.

Healthy Snack Ideas

Snack size yogurts, milk puddings and fruit cups….don’t forget a spoon.

Milk and milk shakes in a drinking box….keep some cold and ready to go.

Any fruit …grapes, orange wedges, cantaloupe slices, canned pineapple spears or chunks.

Vegetable sticks mixed with chunks of cheese.

Celery sticks filled with soft cheese or peanut butter; add a few crackers.

Crackers…bag them yourself or buy small portion packs.

Cheese

Peanut butter and crackers.

Snack pack cheese and crackers or peanut butter and crackers.

Handful of wholegrain cereal……add a few grapes or small chunks of cheese.

Whole grain muffin.

Sandwich with a few slices of fruit.

Cold pizza slices.

Half bagel with cheese or peanut butter.

Popcorn or nuts for older children.

Thirst

Apple Juice

Kiwis

Plums

Apples

Mangos

Raspberries

Blackberries

Melons

Strawberries

Blueberries

Milk-plain or chocolate

Tangerines

Cantaloupe

Nectarines

Tomato Juice

Cherries*

Orange Juice

Tropical Fruit Juice

Cherry Tomatoes*

Oranges

Vegetable Juice

Cucumber

Papaya

Water

Grapefruit

Peaches

Watermelon

Grapefruit Juice

Pears

Yoghurt Beverages

Grapes*

Pineapple

Hunger

Apple Sauce

Apricots

Bagel

Banana Bread and Buns

Bread Sticks

Cereal

Cheese

Cottage Cheese

Crackers

Egg Roll

Eggs-Hard Cooked or Deviled

Hummus

Ice Cream/Ice Milk Milk

Pudding

Muffins-whole grain

Nuts and seeds*

Peanut Butter

Pita Bread

Pizza

Popcorn*

Sandwich– Cheese; Egg Salad; Ham; Peanut Butter; Salmon; Tuna.

Vegetables – Raw: Anise; Broccoli Pieces; Carrots*; Cauliflower Pieces; Celery; Kohlrabi; Peppers; Radishes; Rutabaga/ Turnip strips; Snowpeas; Zucchini

Yogurt

* Nuts; Seeds: Popcorn; Some raw fruits such as grapes; Some raw vegetables especially carrots are good snacks but may cause choking in children under age three. Always supervise young children when they are eating.

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Snack Lists made by Nutrition Communications, The Ontario Milk Marketing Board

Photo. Ron Lach