Healthy Snacks for Kids

Most kids these days eat so much junk food we now have an obesity crisis in this country with teens and pre-teens.

One way to help this national problems is to provide healthy snacks for kids. In that regard, here are two excellent recipes...

Healthy Fruit Snacks for Kids

3 cups rice puffs ground up
2 cups oatmeal
1/2 cup almond meal
2 cups mixed dried fruit
1/2 cup sesame seeds
3/4 cup honey
Coconut for rolling in

Mix all ingredients in your food processor. Either roll into small balls or press into slab tin and cut into bite-size pieces. Then roll in coconut.

Healthy Fruit and Nut Snacks for Kids

1 cup oatmeal
3/4 cups almonds
1 1/2 cups sultanas or dates or raisins
1/2 cup ground linseeds
1 Tbs tahini paste
Carob powder or coconut

Put all ingredients into a food processor until really well minced up. Form into either patties or roll into balls. Then roll in either carob powder or coconut and store in an airtight container.

And, by the way, you don't have to be a kid to enjoy these healthy snacks. They're great for adults too.

Chet Day
Editor, The Health Circus
http://chetday.com