After School Energy Boosters
Whether your child makes it home after school before diving into
homework or spends the immediate after school hours immersed in
after-school sports and other extracurricular activities, it is
important to make sure that he or she eats an energy filled
snack at that time of day. Afternoon snacks help kids battle the
grumpy after-school monster inside by supplying them with the
energy to carry them through the afternoon. Store-bought snacks
are often very expensive and tend to be packed with sugar, fat,
salt and preservatives! To save money and promote healthy
eating, we recommend spending some time making homemade snacks
that out-delicious and out-nutritious store-bought varieties.
Banana Bread
Banana-Orange Smoothies
Chewy Granola Bars
Fruity Granola Bars
Oatmeal Peanut Butter Bars
Other ideas for quick energy snacks:
● Low-fat cheese (1 ounce) and
whole-grain crackers (about 2)
● A 1-cup bowl of whole-grain
breakfast cereal (look for those with more than 6 grams of
fiber) with 8 ounces of low-fat milk
● One slice of whole-grain toast or
a single rice cake with a light coating of peanut butter (2
tablespoons) and jelly
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