Step Two Snacks III

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Again after coming home from a shopping trip I just getting produce ready for easy snacking and eating. I package all veggies and fruits in small snack size containers. I posted a few pictures above to demonstrate. Grapes we like to keep some fresh and some we place in the freezer for a fun frozen treat. Plus frozen grapes make great ice cubes in fun kids drinks. I also like frozen grapes in fruit water. I pre-cut melons and place them in a big ziploc bag so the kids can grab a melon slice whenever they have the desire to snack. The kids know that produce is an allowed snack at anytime, even minutes before dinner. All produce is washed and ready to snack on at any time right after coming into the house. Trust me having them done right after buying them makes it so you will have healthy snacks available to your family. If you wait a day or two you may never get around to getting the produce ready for snacking.

Step Two Snacks II

We eat pretzels instead of potato chips in our house. These are my favorite pretzels. The flavor is good and no one realizes its wheat or with less sugar than most pretzels. One serving is defined as 1 oz or about 8 pretzels. This one serving contains 110 calories, 1 gram fat, and 23 grams of carbs (1 g fiber and 3 g sugar). The kids love these pretzels. There is no high fructose corn syrup in these pretzels which is a must when it comes to snacks in our house.



This is a typical serving of pretzels if I just allow the kids or me to eat right out of the bag. AS you can see it is well over what the recommended serving size is. This is a 2 1/2 serving size. Which means it would have contained 275 calories easily.



This is what I do instead of just allowing the snacking straight out of the bag. I portion out a single serving when I bring the bag into the house. The family knows they can have one bag for a snack. Bags are returned to the empty bag box and I reuse the bags for future snacks. This teaches proper serving size and portion control.