Maggie needs to put on a little weight. She is a big snacker but I running low on ideas of good healthy chock full o calorie snacks. She's getting tired of the same old stuff; chips, pretzels; etc. Another problem we are having is other members in our family not needing the high fat/high cal snacks and eating them. So, I also need some good healthy snacks for the rest of the family without feeling deprived. I have "hiding" places for Maggie 's snacks but it's a joke cause my hubby and son are good at finding them. I want to keep us all healthy....Help!
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Maggie needs to put on a little weight. She is a big snacker but I running low on ideas of good healthy chock full o calorie snacks. She's getting tired of the same old stuff; chips, pretzels; etc. Another problem we are having is other members in our family not needing the high fat/high cal snacks and eating them. So, I also need some good healthy snacks for the rest of the family without feeling deprived. I have "hiding" places for Maggie 's snacks but it's a joke cause my hubby and son are good at finding them. I want to keep us all healthy....Help!
Maggie needs to put on a little weight. She is a big snacker but I running low on ideas of good healthy chock full o calorie snacks. She's getting tired of the same old stuff; chips, pretzels; etc. Another problem we are having is other members in our family not needing the high fat/high cal snacks and eating them. So, I also need some good healthy snacks for the rest of the family without feeling deprived. I have "hiding" places for Maggie 's snacks but it's a joke cause my hubby and son are good at finding them. I want to keep us all healthy....Help!
Maggie needs to put on a little weight. She is a big snacker but I running low on ideas of good healthy chock full o calorie snacks. She's getting tired of the same old stuff; chips, pretzels; etc. Another problem we are having is other members in our family not needing the high fat/high cal snacks and eating them. So, I also need some good healthy snacks for the rest of the family without feeling deprived. I have "hiding" places for Maggie 's snacks but it's a joke cause my hubby and son are good at finding them. I want to keep us all healthy....Help!
Maggie needs to put on a little weight. She is a big snacker but I running low on ideas of good healthy chock full o calorie snacks. She's getting tired of the same old stuff; chips, pretzels; etc. Another problem we are having is other members in our family not needing the high fat/high cal snacks and eating them. So, I also need some good healthy snacks for the rest of the family without feeling deprived. I have "hiding" places for Maggie 's snacks but it's a joke cause my hubby and son are good at finding them. I want to keep us all healthy....Help!
I try buying stuff the rest of us don't like or don't tend to get into. Max likes sunflower nuts (shelled) and peanuts. Pringles -- salt & vinegar & extreme pickle. Lately he's been eating ritz bits cheesy crackers, but the so have I. Ugh! We also have half a dozen cans of that spray cheese, which I CAN stay away from.
Once in awhile I buy cheese in different shapes. Walmart has mickey mouse head cheese. he's not a fan of string cheese, but I am. Ugh!
And on sundays he downs 3-4 packets of fruit snacks when he goes to church with grandma. Figure that's 80 calories a piece. No fat, but it's calories. <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">
For healthier snacks -- those rice cakes with stuff drizzled on them. Some of those 100 calorie packets, granola bars..
Once in awhile I buy cheese in different shapes. Walmart has mickey mouse head cheese. he's not a fan of string cheese, but I am. Ugh!
And on sundays he downs 3-4 packets of fruit snacks when he goes to church with grandma. Figure that's 80 calories a piece. No fat, but it's calories. <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">
For healthier snacks -- those rice cakes with stuff drizzled on them. Some of those 100 calorie packets, granola bars..
I try buying stuff the rest of us don't like or don't tend to get into. Max likes sunflower nuts (shelled) and peanuts. Pringles -- salt & vinegar & extreme pickle. Lately he's been eating ritz bits cheesy crackers, but the so have I. Ugh! We also have half a dozen cans of that spray cheese, which I CAN stay away from.
Once in awhile I buy cheese in different shapes. Walmart has mickey mouse head cheese. he's not a fan of string cheese, but I am. Ugh!
And on sundays he downs 3-4 packets of fruit snacks when he goes to church with grandma. Figure that's 80 calories a piece. No fat, but it's calories. <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">
For healthier snacks -- those rice cakes with stuff drizzled on them. Some of those 100 calorie packets, granola bars..
Once in awhile I buy cheese in different shapes. Walmart has mickey mouse head cheese. he's not a fan of string cheese, but I am. Ugh!
And on sundays he downs 3-4 packets of fruit snacks when he goes to church with grandma. Figure that's 80 calories a piece. No fat, but it's calories. <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">
For healthier snacks -- those rice cakes with stuff drizzled on them. Some of those 100 calorie packets, granola bars..
I try buying stuff the rest of us don't like or don't tend to get into. Max likes sunflower nuts (shelled) and peanuts. Pringles -- salt & vinegar & extreme pickle. Lately he's been eating ritz bits cheesy crackers, but the so have I. Ugh! We also have half a dozen cans of that spray cheese, which I CAN stay away from.
Once in awhile I buy cheese in different shapes. Walmart has mickey mouse head cheese. he's not a fan of string cheese, but I am. Ugh!
And on sundays he downs 3-4 packets of fruit snacks when he goes to church with grandma. Figure that's 80 calories a piece. No fat, but it's calories. <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">
For healthier snacks -- those rice cakes with stuff drizzled on them. Some of those 100 calorie packets, granola bars..
Once in awhile I buy cheese in different shapes. Walmart has mickey mouse head cheese. he's not a fan of string cheese, but I am. Ugh!
And on sundays he downs 3-4 packets of fruit snacks when he goes to church with grandma. Figure that's 80 calories a piece. No fat, but it's calories. <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">
For healthier snacks -- those rice cakes with stuff drizzled on them. Some of those 100 calorie packets, granola bars..
I try buying stuff the rest of us don't like or don't tend to get into. Max likes sunflower nuts (shelled) and peanuts. Pringles -- salt & vinegar & extreme pickle. Lately he's been eating ritz bits cheesy crackers, but the so have I. Ugh! We also have half a dozen cans of that spray cheese, which I CAN stay away from.
Once in awhile I buy cheese in different shapes. Walmart has mickey mouse head cheese. he's not a fan of string cheese, but I am. Ugh!
And on sundays he downs 3-4 packets of fruit snacks when he goes to church with grandma. Figure that's 80 calories a piece. No fat, but it's calories. <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">
For healthier snacks -- those rice cakes with stuff drizzled on them. Some of those 100 calorie packets, granola bars..
Once in awhile I buy cheese in different shapes. Walmart has mickey mouse head cheese. he's not a fan of string cheese, but I am. Ugh!
And on sundays he downs 3-4 packets of fruit snacks when he goes to church with grandma. Figure that's 80 calories a piece. No fat, but it's calories. <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">
For healthier snacks -- those rice cakes with stuff drizzled on them. Some of those 100 calorie packets, granola bars..
I try buying stuff the rest of us don't like or don't tend to get into. Max likes sunflower nuts (shelled) and peanuts. Pringles -- salt & vinegar & extreme pickle. Lately he's been eating ritz bits cheesy crackers, but the so have I. Ugh! We also have half a dozen cans of that spray cheese, which I CAN stay away from.
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<br />Once in awhile I buy cheese in different shapes. Walmart has mickey mouse head cheese. he's not a fan of string cheese, but I am. Ugh!
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<br />And on sundays he downs 3-4 packets of fruit snacks when he goes to church with grandma. Figure that's 80 calories a piece. No fat, but it's calories. <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">
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<br />For healthier snacks -- those rice cakes with stuff drizzled on them. Some of those 100 calorie packets, granola bars..
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<br />Once in awhile I buy cheese in different shapes. Walmart has mickey mouse head cheese. he's not a fan of string cheese, but I am. Ugh!
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<br />And on sundays he downs 3-4 packets of fruit snacks when he goes to church with grandma. Figure that's 80 calories a piece. No fat, but it's calories. <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">
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<br />For healthier snacks -- those rice cakes with stuff drizzled on them. Some of those 100 calorie packets, granola bars..
My son is just shy of 6. We keep a big bin of snacks in a kitchen cupboard he can go into at just about any time - I think the self-serve aspect is kindof empowering and makes it not so much a battle ground asking him to eat extra. Among the healthier items in his snack box are cliff bars of various sorts: they run around 220 calories each and available in a bunch of flavors. You can find all sorts of different "energy" bars out there, but I think the cliff brand are among the better tasting and healthier (but really, most of them are just big cookies when it comes down to it)
He recently started liking chocolate milk, which we get in whole milk form from our local organic dairy and it is practically a milkshake - he'll drink that after school with an oatmeal cookie. Pop tarts are actually a decent food for the fat to calorie ratio and the availability of various flavors. Bread products are another favorite that we keep in the snack bin: dinner rolls and pita bread are a current favorite.
He recently started liking chocolate milk, which we get in whole milk form from our local organic dairy and it is practically a milkshake - he'll drink that after school with an oatmeal cookie. Pop tarts are actually a decent food for the fat to calorie ratio and the availability of various flavors. Bread products are another favorite that we keep in the snack bin: dinner rolls and pita bread are a current favorite.
My son is just shy of 6. We keep a big bin of snacks in a kitchen cupboard he can go into at just about any time - I think the self-serve aspect is kindof empowering and makes it not so much a battle ground asking him to eat extra. Among the healthier items in his snack box are cliff bars of various sorts: they run around 220 calories each and available in a bunch of flavors. You can find all sorts of different "energy" bars out there, but I think the cliff brand are among the better tasting and healthier (but really, most of them are just big cookies when it comes down to it)
He recently started liking chocolate milk, which we get in whole milk form from our local organic dairy and it is practically a milkshake - he'll drink that after school with an oatmeal cookie. Pop tarts are actually a decent food for the fat to calorie ratio and the availability of various flavors. Bread products are another favorite that we keep in the snack bin: dinner rolls and pita bread are a current favorite.
He recently started liking chocolate milk, which we get in whole milk form from our local organic dairy and it is practically a milkshake - he'll drink that after school with an oatmeal cookie. Pop tarts are actually a decent food for the fat to calorie ratio and the availability of various flavors. Bread products are another favorite that we keep in the snack bin: dinner rolls and pita bread are a current favorite.
My son is just shy of 6. We keep a big bin of snacks in a kitchen cupboard he can go into at just about any time - I think the self-serve aspect is kindof empowering and makes it not so much a battle ground asking him to eat extra. Among the healthier items in his snack box are cliff bars of various sorts: they run around 220 calories each and available in a bunch of flavors. You can find all sorts of different "energy" bars out there, but I think the cliff brand are among the better tasting and healthier (but really, most of them are just big cookies when it comes down to it)
He recently started liking chocolate milk, which we get in whole milk form from our local organic dairy and it is practically a milkshake - he'll drink that after school with an oatmeal cookie. Pop tarts are actually a decent food for the fat to calorie ratio and the availability of various flavors. Bread products are another favorite that we keep in the snack bin: dinner rolls and pita bread are a current favorite.
He recently started liking chocolate milk, which we get in whole milk form from our local organic dairy and it is practically a milkshake - he'll drink that after school with an oatmeal cookie. Pop tarts are actually a decent food for the fat to calorie ratio and the availability of various flavors. Bread products are another favorite that we keep in the snack bin: dinner rolls and pita bread are a current favorite.
My son is just shy of 6. We keep a big bin of snacks in a kitchen cupboard he can go into at just about any time - I think the self-serve aspect is kindof empowering and makes it not so much a battle ground asking him to eat extra. Among the healthier items in his snack box are cliff bars of various sorts: they run around 220 calories each and available in a bunch of flavors. You can find all sorts of different "energy" bars out there, but I think the cliff brand are among the better tasting and healthier (but really, most of them are just big cookies when it comes down to it)
He recently started liking chocolate milk, which we get in whole milk form from our local organic dairy and it is practically a milkshake - he'll drink that after school with an oatmeal cookie. Pop tarts are actually a decent food for the fat to calorie ratio and the availability of various flavors. Bread products are another favorite that we keep in the snack bin: dinner rolls and pita bread are a current favorite.
He recently started liking chocolate milk, which we get in whole milk form from our local organic dairy and it is practically a milkshake - he'll drink that after school with an oatmeal cookie. Pop tarts are actually a decent food for the fat to calorie ratio and the availability of various flavors. Bread products are another favorite that we keep in the snack bin: dinner rolls and pita bread are a current favorite.
My son is just shy of 6. We keep a big bin of snacks in a kitchen cupboard he can go into at just about any time - I think the self-serve aspect is kindof empowering and makes it not so much a battle ground asking him to eat extra. Among the healthier items in his snack box are cliff bars of various sorts: they run around 220 calories each and available in a bunch of flavors. You can find all sorts of different "energy" bars out there, but I think the cliff brand are among the better tasting and healthier (but really, most of them are just big cookies when it comes down to it)
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<br /> He recently started liking chocolate milk, which we get in whole milk form from our local organic dairy and it is practically a milkshake - he'll drink that after school with an oatmeal cookie. Pop tarts are actually a decent food for the fat to calorie ratio and the availability of various flavors. Bread products are another favorite that we keep in the snack bin: dinner rolls and pita bread are a current favorite.
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<br /> He recently started liking chocolate milk, which we get in whole milk form from our local organic dairy and it is practically a milkshake - he'll drink that after school with an oatmeal cookie. Pop tarts are actually a decent food for the fat to calorie ratio and the availability of various flavors. Bread products are another favorite that we keep in the snack bin: dinner rolls and pita bread are a current favorite.
We have a separate cupboard for snacks for DS as well and I just pretend it doesn't exist, but I can see how it can be tempting for other members of the family, especially siblings that probably don't need those extra calories or treats.
We have a friend who comes to visit and his youngest kid goes crazy about the variety of snacks we have -- doritos, potato chips, crackers, pop tarts. Mainly because our friend's ex-wife is constantly after him about his weight -- strict diet, limits his intake -- poor kid was on atkins a few years ago.
On a side note, last night before gymnastics I was trying to convince DS to eat something with a little more substance 'cuz he refuses to eat supper until AFTER. Nope, he oped for a package of fruit snacks and a sucker. So near the end of gymnastics he was dragging -- telling his coaches that he ran out of energy because I only gave him a small snack. Maybe he'll learn from this (doubt it). Meanwhile I'm the terrible mother who starves their child before gymnastics.
We have a friend who comes to visit and his youngest kid goes crazy about the variety of snacks we have -- doritos, potato chips, crackers, pop tarts. Mainly because our friend's ex-wife is constantly after him about his weight -- strict diet, limits his intake -- poor kid was on atkins a few years ago.
On a side note, last night before gymnastics I was trying to convince DS to eat something with a little more substance 'cuz he refuses to eat supper until AFTER. Nope, he oped for a package of fruit snacks and a sucker. So near the end of gymnastics he was dragging -- telling his coaches that he ran out of energy because I only gave him a small snack. Maybe he'll learn from this (doubt it). Meanwhile I'm the terrible mother who starves their child before gymnastics.
We have a separate cupboard for snacks for DS as well and I just pretend it doesn't exist, but I can see how it can be tempting for other members of the family, especially siblings that probably don't need those extra calories or treats.
We have a friend who comes to visit and his youngest kid goes crazy about the variety of snacks we have -- doritos, potato chips, crackers, pop tarts. Mainly because our friend's ex-wife is constantly after him about his weight -- strict diet, limits his intake -- poor kid was on atkins a few years ago.
On a side note, last night before gymnastics I was trying to convince DS to eat something with a little more substance 'cuz he refuses to eat supper until AFTER. Nope, he oped for a package of fruit snacks and a sucker. So near the end of gymnastics he was dragging -- telling his coaches that he ran out of energy because I only gave him a small snack. Maybe he'll learn from this (doubt it). Meanwhile I'm the terrible mother who starves their child before gymnastics.
We have a friend who comes to visit and his youngest kid goes crazy about the variety of snacks we have -- doritos, potato chips, crackers, pop tarts. Mainly because our friend's ex-wife is constantly after him about his weight -- strict diet, limits his intake -- poor kid was on atkins a few years ago.
On a side note, last night before gymnastics I was trying to convince DS to eat something with a little more substance 'cuz he refuses to eat supper until AFTER. Nope, he oped for a package of fruit snacks and a sucker. So near the end of gymnastics he was dragging -- telling his coaches that he ran out of energy because I only gave him a small snack. Maybe he'll learn from this (doubt it). Meanwhile I'm the terrible mother who starves their child before gymnastics.
We have a separate cupboard for snacks for DS as well and I just pretend it doesn't exist, but I can see how it can be tempting for other members of the family, especially siblings that probably don't need those extra calories or treats.
We have a friend who comes to visit and his youngest kid goes crazy about the variety of snacks we have -- doritos, potato chips, crackers, pop tarts. Mainly because our friend's ex-wife is constantly after him about his weight -- strict diet, limits his intake -- poor kid was on atkins a few years ago.
On a side note, last night before gymnastics I was trying to convince DS to eat something with a little more substance 'cuz he refuses to eat supper until AFTER. Nope, he oped for a package of fruit snacks and a sucker. So near the end of gymnastics he was dragging -- telling his coaches that he ran out of energy because I only gave him a small snack. Maybe he'll learn from this (doubt it). Meanwhile I'm the terrible mother who starves their child before gymnastics.
We have a friend who comes to visit and his youngest kid goes crazy about the variety of snacks we have -- doritos, potato chips, crackers, pop tarts. Mainly because our friend's ex-wife is constantly after him about his weight -- strict diet, limits his intake -- poor kid was on atkins a few years ago.
On a side note, last night before gymnastics I was trying to convince DS to eat something with a little more substance 'cuz he refuses to eat supper until AFTER. Nope, he oped for a package of fruit snacks and a sucker. So near the end of gymnastics he was dragging -- telling his coaches that he ran out of energy because I only gave him a small snack. Maybe he'll learn from this (doubt it). Meanwhile I'm the terrible mother who starves their child before gymnastics.
We have a separate cupboard for snacks for DS as well and I just pretend it doesn't exist, but I can see how it can be tempting for other members of the family, especially siblings that probably don't need those extra calories or treats.
We have a friend who comes to visit and his youngest kid goes crazy about the variety of snacks we have -- doritos, potato chips, crackers, pop tarts. Mainly because our friend's ex-wife is constantly after him about his weight -- strict diet, limits his intake -- poor kid was on atkins a few years ago.
On a side note, last night before gymnastics I was trying to convince DS to eat something with a little more substance 'cuz he refuses to eat supper until AFTER. Nope, he oped for a package of fruit snacks and a sucker. So near the end of gymnastics he was dragging -- telling his coaches that he ran out of energy because I only gave him a small snack. Maybe he'll learn from this (doubt it). Meanwhile I'm the terrible mother who starves their child before gymnastics.
We have a friend who comes to visit and his youngest kid goes crazy about the variety of snacks we have -- doritos, potato chips, crackers, pop tarts. Mainly because our friend's ex-wife is constantly after him about his weight -- strict diet, limits his intake -- poor kid was on atkins a few years ago.
On a side note, last night before gymnastics I was trying to convince DS to eat something with a little more substance 'cuz he refuses to eat supper until AFTER. Nope, he oped for a package of fruit snacks and a sucker. So near the end of gymnastics he was dragging -- telling his coaches that he ran out of energy because I only gave him a small snack. Maybe he'll learn from this (doubt it). Meanwhile I'm the terrible mother who starves their child before gymnastics.
We have a separate cupboard for snacks for DS as well and I just pretend it doesn't exist, but I can see how it can be tempting for other members of the family, especially siblings that probably don't need those extra calories or treats.
<br />
<br />We have a friend who comes to visit and his youngest kid goes crazy about the variety of snacks we have -- doritos, potato chips, crackers, pop tarts. Mainly because our friend's ex-wife is constantly after him about his weight -- strict diet, limits his intake -- poor kid was on atkins a few years ago.
<br />
<br />On a side note, last night before gymnastics I was trying to convince DS to eat something with a little more substance 'cuz he refuses to eat supper until AFTER. Nope, he oped for a package of fruit snacks and a sucker. So near the end of gymnastics he was dragging -- telling his coaches that he ran out of energy because I only gave him a small snack. Maybe he'll learn from this (doubt it). Meanwhile I'm the terrible mother who starves their child before gymnastics.
<br />
<br />We have a friend who comes to visit and his youngest kid goes crazy about the variety of snacks we have -- doritos, potato chips, crackers, pop tarts. Mainly because our friend's ex-wife is constantly after him about his weight -- strict diet, limits his intake -- poor kid was on atkins a few years ago.
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<br />On a side note, last night before gymnastics I was trying to convince DS to eat something with a little more substance 'cuz he refuses to eat supper until AFTER. Nope, he oped for a package of fruit snacks and a sucker. So near the end of gymnastics he was dragging -- telling his coaches that he ran out of energy because I only gave him a small snack. Maybe he'll learn from this (doubt it). Meanwhile I'm the terrible mother who starves their child before gymnastics.