70+ Simple Snack Ideas for Kids and Adults!

Fruits and Vegetables:

• Apple Slices (good with cinnamon, nut butter and/or cottage cheese)
• Avocado (good with a dollop of Greek yogurt and cherry tomatoes or whole grain rice and soy sauce)
• Baked Sweet Potato or Baked Sweet Potato "Coins" (good with cinnamon and butter or honey)
• Bananas (good with nut butter and crunchy cacao nibs) Bananas are high in carbs and sugar compared to most fruit.
• Berries: Strawberries, Blueberries and Raspberries (good with plain regular/Greek yogurt or cottage cheese) If you're extra hungry, include ¼ cup of granola.
• Canned Fruit (canned only in water or the fruit's natural juices; no added syrups)
• Cantaloupe
• Carrots (good with hummus, vegetable dip or tapenade)
• Celery Sticks (good with nut butter and currants or raisins)
• Cherries
• Cherry Tomatoes (good with hummus, vegetable dip or tapenade)
• Clementines or Oranges
• Cucumber Slices (good with hummus, vegetable dip or tapenade)
• Cucumber “Minis” (coin sliced cucumbers with ham, mustard and Swiss sandwiched between and held together with a toothpick)
• Dried or Dehydrated Fruit or Vegetables
• Figs (good with goat cheese)
• Fruit Salad Skewers (on a toothpick)
• Grapes (grapes are high in sugar compared to most fruit)
• Grapefruit
• Honeydew Melon
• Kiwi
• Mango Slices
• Mediterranean Cucumber Salad 
• Nuts and Nibs Banana Split 
• Olives
• Papaya
• Peaches (good with plain regular/Greek yogurt or cottage cheese)
• Pears
• Pineapple
• Plum
• Pomegranate Seeds (good with plain regular/Greek yogurt or cottage cheese)
• Raw Broccoli (good with vegetable dip)
• Raw Sliced Bell Peppers (good with hummus, vegetable dip, guacamole or tapenade)
• Sliced Tomatoes (good with chopped basil, small amount of mozzarella and pesto/balsamic or evoo, salt and pepper or feta and evoo)
• Sugar Snap Peas (served cold)
• Unsweetened Applesauce (good with cinnamon)
• Watermelon

Granola Bars, Nuts and Seeds:

• Almonds
• Cashews
• Granola Bars (Homemade, RXBARs or LÄRABARs)
• Homemade Trail Mix
• Pecans
• Pistachios
• Walnuts

Dairy and Eggs:

• Berry Almond Chia Pudding (served cold in a thermos)
• Cheese Cubes, Slices or Sticks (good with or without crackers)
• Cottage Cheese (good flavored with honey or unsweetened apple butter, topped with fresh fruit)
• Cottage Cheese and Plain Regular/Greek Yogurt 1:1 Ratio (good topped with fresh fruit)
• Hard-Boiled Eggs (good topped with hot sauce)
• Deviled Eggs made with Greek Yogurt/Avocado
• Plain Regular/Greek Yogurt (good flavored with honey or maple syrup and vanilla extract, topped with fresh fruit, pomegranate seeds or Berry Compote)

Meat and Seafood:

• Dill Chicken Salad
• Grilled Shrimp (leftover from the freezer and previously grilled)
• Jerky such as CHOMPS Grass Fed Beef Jerky Snack Sticks or Free Range Turkey Jerky Snack Sticks 
• Pecan Chicken Salad
• Tunafish
• Tuna Salad
• Turkey Meatballs (leftover from the freezer, served cold)

Whole Grains and Starchy Snacks:

• Cooked Whole Grain Noodles (good with a little pesto or evoo, salt and pepper)
• Healthy Baked Oatmeal (served cold, leftover from the freezer)
• Homemade Corn Tortilla Triangles (good with guacamole)
• Homemade Granola
• Muesli with Milk (served cold in a thermos)
• Oatmeal (served warm in a thermos)
• Overnight Oats (served cold in a thermos, good topped with cinnamon and fresh fruit)
• Stove-top Popcorn (topped with your favorite seasonings)
• Whole Grain Crackers (topped with cheese, nut butter and sliced strawberries or cottage cheese and Berry Compote combo)
  • Made with whole grains and minimal salt, That’s IT!
  • Our two favorites: 365 Woven Wheats Baked Crackers and Jilz Gluten Free Cracked Pepper and Sea Salt Crackerz 
• Whole Grain Rice Cakes (For a variety of topping ideas, check out A Few Deliciously Simple Ways to Top Your Rice Cakes on our blog.)
• Whole Grain Toast (topped with nut butter, honey or Berry Compote)

Other Slightly Random Ideas:

• Baked Beans (good topped with freshly shredded cheddar cheese, leftover from the freezer but served warm in a thermos)
• Low-Carb Blueberry Pancake "Coins" (good served plain or with yogurt mixed with honey or maple syrup and vanilla extract)
• Smoothies or Smoothie Pops (served in a thermos or popsicle mold)
• Mini Muffins (baked in a mini muffin pan)
  • Pumpkin Spice Muffins
  • Blueberry Apple Muffins
  • Banana Chocolate Chunk Muffins