Preparing healthy snacks for your kids can be a challenging task for parents. But when you carefully plan out grocery shopping, you can ensure that your kids eat healthy snacks at home. Here are 10 healthy snacks for kids that you can easily prepare at home.

Smoothies

In the market, yogurt is filled with artificial sugar. You should buy plain yogurt or make it at home using low-fat milk. Refrain yourself from using artificial sugar in the smoothies. Use seasonal fruits such as bananas or strawberries or blend some yogurt with 1 tsp of peanut or almond butter. You can also make healthy yogurt smoothies with raw almonds, raisins, and dried figs.

Baked Potato Fries

Slice potatoes into different shapes and lightly brush them with butter or olive oil. Bake them and sprinkle some salt or grate some cheese on top. Potatoes are an excellent source of nutrients like vitamins B6 and C, manganese, copper, potassium, fiber and several antioxidants. They are also a good source of energy and perfect as an afternoon snack on weekends.

Omelet

Omelettes, with finely-chopped vegetables and herbs, are a great healthy snack. Eggs are wholesome foods that provide protein, amino acids and vitamin D along with many nutritional benefits.

Whole Wheat Sandwiches

As a healthy snack option, make sandwiches using whole wheat or whole grain bread, vegetables, and homemade spreads. Whole wheat is a healthy source of carbohydrate and regulates your child’s insulin level well.

Muffins

Almond meal or whole wheat muffins with small amounts of butter are a healthy snacking option for your kid. You can also add seasonal vegetables such as pumpkin, zucchini, and carrots into the muffins.

Cookies

Cookies that have real fruits instead of sugar, or at least substitute half the amount of sugar with natural sugar using fruits, nuts or dried fruits, are healthy snacking options for kids.

Roasted Almonds

Serve your kids healthy fats and proteins in the form of roasted almonds. Roast them fresh at home and lightly dust them with olive oil and herbs before serving.

Roasted Peanuts

Peanuts are healthy legumes that can provide much-needed protein to your kids. You can roast them at home and serve them with potato fries. You can add crushed peanuts to your sandwiches, burger patties, and omelets. Peanuts provide your kids with folate, manganese, and copper.

Cheese

You can serve cheese with baked vegetables, sandwiches or use it as a topping. Kids can also snack on cheese cubes topped with fruit slices. Cheese is full of calcium, zinc, protein, vitamins A, and B12.

Vegetable Sticks

You can feed your kids vegetable sticks with innovative dips, like a peanut and sesame dip or mint and yogurt dip.

Your kids are going to love these healthy snacking options, so opt for them rather than regular unhealthy snacks.