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Why are healthy snacksimportant?Children need healthy snacksin between meals becausethey have small tummies andrequire small amounts of foodmore frequently than adults.A healthy snack should comefrom one or more of the fivefood groups. Offer your childa variety of healthy snackoptions of different colours,textures and flavours. Avoidhaving unhealthy snacks thatare high in sugar, fat or salt(e.g. muesli bars, potato crisps,chocolates, lollies) in the home.Easy and healthysnacks ready in a jiffy••Vegetable sticks with dips,plain corn on the cob••Cracker biscuits with saladvegetables (e.g. tomato),cheese or dips••Cheese slices on wholegraincrackers or crisp-bread••Rice cakes thinly spreadwith ricotta or cream cheeseand vegemite••Whole-wheat breakfast cerealand milk••Fruit yoghurt smoothie: blend½ cup fruit yoghurt + ½cup milk with ½ cup cannedunsweetened fruitor ½ banana••Raisin toast••Fruit: fresh, tinned in naturaljuice, cooked or dried••Frozen fruit such as cut grapes,peeled orange or mandarin••Fruit yoghurt••Custard with fruit••Boiled egg with toast fingers••Scones: plain, fruit or savoury••Baked beans on toast••Wholemeal toasted Englishmuffin or pikelets with jam••Crumpets with a scrape ofmargarine - topped withtomato and cheese••Fruit muffins (see next page)107Snacks And Light Meals