Snack Plates
This isn’t technically a recipe but a go-to snack for us! We like to think of it as a charcuterie board for kids. Kids love novelty and sometimes just changing up the way you serve their snacks can get them a lot more excited and engaged about the food that is served!
Snack Plates
This isn’t technically a recipe but a go-to snack for us! We like to think of it as a charcuterie board for kids. Kids love novelty and sometimes just changing up the way you serve their snacks can get them a lot more excited and engaged about the food that is served which has been shown to improve nutritional choices. In fact, all the choices in a “charcuterie board” helps bring our favorite motto to combat picky eating of “dial up the exposure and dial down the pressure” to life. Fill the board up with your favorite colorful snacks, serve it, and let them eat “as much or as little as they want!” What’s so amazing about this snack is it’s incredibly easy to prepare on our end and always a hit with kids.
So grab one of our favorite “plates” and fill them with some fruits, vegetables, and other snacks!
Snack Plates
Ingredients
Snack plate (over favorites are linked below)
Snack fillers: the sky's the limit on choice but here are some of our go-to's:
- Sliced strawberries
- Blueberries (smashed or quartered for babies 12 months and younger on solid foods as they are a choking hazard)
- Raspberries
- Blackberries
- Hummus (recipe linked below)
- Pita bread
- Hard boiled egg, sliced
- Cucumber sticks
- Quartered cherry or grape tomatoes (quarter them lengthwise for kids under 4 as they are a choking hazard)
- Cheese (cubes or sticks work great)
- Apple sliced thin (steamed or roasted for babies 12 months and younger on solid foods as they are a choking hazard raw)
- Apple slice thin with thin layer of nut butter or sunflower butter (apple slices should be steamed or roasted for babies 12 months and younger on solid foods as they are a choking hazard raw)
- Pear sliced thin (steamed or roasted for babies 12 months and younger on solid foods as they are a choking hazard raw)
- Orange
- Cooked carrot sticks
- Dried fruit
- Banana Egg Recipe (recipe linked below)
- Ants on a log: celery + nut or sunflower butter + raisins (celery should be cooked for kids under 4 as it is a choking hazard)