School snacks
I need ideas for non dairy school snacks for my 6 year old and (almost) 3 year old. We have recently removed dairy from our diet, so their usual snacks of string cheese or Greek yogurt are out. I give them unsweetened apple sauce, fruit and pretzels usually, but they’ve both mentioned being bored with that. Their school is a nut free zone, so those are out also. Any ideas?
Pepperoni and crackers. Humus and crackers or veggie sticks. Seeds (sunflower w out shell or pumpkin) - idk if that's considered a nut now a days. Jello. Dried fruit chips. DIY yogurt parfait- let them choose what they want in their yogurt (Greek or dairy free). Make a Chia snack ( I used to use chia soaked in water overnight(something like 3T of chia to a cup or so of water- u can always add more if too thick) and add fruit like watermelon and raspberries.. eat with a spoon. Fun texture and super healthy for you). Hard boiled egg (peeled and sliced). Veggies with Greek yogurt DIP. Banana or apples sliced with chocolate drizzled on it (melt some morsels).
I haven’t asked about seed butters, wishing. I’ll have to ask. My son is ok with seeds, but I don’t know about the other little boy.
Can’t wait to see the recipe, rowdy!
Aidan has severe tree nut allergies and Harper has dairy intolerance, so I use soy milk for baking anyway.
There is a boy in Harper’s class who cannot even touch nuts without having anaphylactic symptoms, so the school became very strict with the nut rules. Which I completely understand, it just limits my kids already allergy restricted diets, so I’m having to be creative.
My son is lactose intolerant and is in 1st grade. It's been a struggle to come up with different dairy free things every day to send in, so I'm following! But some common things I send in are fresh fruit, veggie sticks, pretzels with hummus, popcorn, goldfish, cheese its, tortilla chips with little individual guacamole or fresh salsa, or granola bars.
No one in my family is a fan of cheese alternatives unfortunately. I haven’t tried the coconut yogurt with them...maybe I’ll give that a shot. Thanks!
Thanks, ladies.
It is hard, iris! I didn’t realize how much dairy we actually consumed until we stopped!
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