A Healthy, Natural and Organic Snack Your Kids will Love!

As a mom of four, I am a stickler about health food and healthy snacks for my kids.  To this day, my 13-year-old still gets annoyed with me when I ask him if something he reaches for has high fructose corn syrup in it  (not in our house, mind you :o)  I feel I do a good job substituting a lot of the traditional kid food with healthier alternatives, but I still pay attention to even the healthy version of things, because sugar is still sugar. 

This summer, I settled on a healthy snack for my daughter that pairs fruit, yogurt and even a little whipped cream sweetness for her after lunch treat.  Every couple of weeks I make a trip to Trader Joe’s where we have fallen in love with their fantastic tubs of organic yogurt.  They have a variety of flavors like strawberry, banilla (banana- vanilla), vanilla and plain.  Her favorite flavor is strawberry, so to make it a little more exciting and add in an extra serving of fruit, I cut up some fresh organic strawberries (our local Target has been selling them for $2.49 a container, which is better than the price of regular strawberries) and add them to her yogurt.  Now that is definitely a perfect afternoon (or after school) treat and complete in and of itself.

To give it a little extra pizazz, I add some whipped cream to make it a healthy, fun dessert.  Not just any whipped cream will do (like I said, I am still a stickler for healthy alternatives).  Our favorite whipped cream is Vermont’s own Cabot premium whipped cream.  Free of all chemicals, artificial anything, and preservatives, Cabot is the best natural whipped cream there is. 

What better way to get your kids to eat a fun, healthy, and fruit filled snack that is also natural and organic too! 

Have thoughts?

 We would love to hear from you!  Send us your healthy snack ideas, and we may feature you in our upcoming healthy kids section, featuring Australian cookbook author and speaker- Annette Sym.

**Part of our goal with this site is to educate parents about things we have learned, experienced or been educated about with regards to our children, our families and our health.  I reference high fructose corn syrup and how I don’t allow it in our home.  Aside from the affect it has on the development of our children’s brain function,  I recently read this article, and want to share it with you.

~In health,

Tara