Easy ways to serve healthy snacks!

This fall, try offering these wholesome snack options in place of traditionally less-nutritious snacks:

• INSTEAD OF fruit drinks or other sugary beverages TRY frozen cubes of 100% fruit juice in cups of water

• INSTEAD OF cookies TRY graham crackers dipped in unsweetened    applesauce
• INSTEAD OF sugary cereal TRY mixing different shapes of whole-grain cereals, such as oat O’s, bran squares, and corn flakes
• INSTEAD OF potato chips TRY baked vegetable chips       
• INSTEAD OF crackers TRY whole-grain crackers with apple butter or fruit
• INSTEAD OF cheese puffs TRY thinly sliced vegetables and low-fat ranch dip
• INSTEAD OF cupcakes TRY zucchini or carrot mini-muffins
• INSTEAD OF ice cream TRY yogurt and fruit parfait 

• INSTEAD OF gummy fruit snacks TRY fresh fruit, cut in small piece 

These small changes can help your child eat healthier and learn to enjoy nutritious food and make good food choices.

These ideas come from Let's Move Child Care (LMCC). Joy Kids is proud to be a partner with LMCC to make positive health changes for the children in our care.
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