Midmorning and midafternoon are likely snack times-times your child will need refueling in order to continue being attentive in school or active on the playing field. In keeping with your wholesome meal offerings,  prepare snacks that are nutritious and based on grains, fruits, vegatables, and small amounts of protein. Avoid highly refined, sugar-laden foods that don't provide the necessary nutrients.

The following are some ideas for healthful snacks to offer your child:

• Almond butter and celery
• Baked apples
• Vegatables and onion dip
• Carrot sticks
• Jicama and peanut butter or almond butter
• Fruit sticks or fruit kabobs
• Tofu or chicken dogs with beans, wrapped in a whole-wheat or corn tortilla
• Corn on the cob
  
• Mini-pizzas (whole-wheat)
  
• Rice pudding english muffin topped with tomato sauce, vegatables
  
• Rice cakes with sesame-seed butter and part-skim mozzarella cheese)
  
• Rice cakes with peanut or almond butter and fruit sweetened jelly
• Cookies made with honey, maple syrup, or barley malt
• Low-fat cheese(made from skim milk or soy-based) and crackers
• Smoothies (plain yogurt, fruit, and a dab of honey or low-fat cream cheese and celery with raisins on top mixed in a blender) or fruit freezes (fruit, ice, and a non-fat plain yogurt with fresh fruit and nuts dab of honey mixed in a blender)
  
• Homemade applesauce
  
• Hummus and crackers
  
• Almond butter on a whole wheat tortilla

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