Summer Snacks

I don’t know about you but ’round here…summer is synonymous with

“I’m huuuuuuuuuungry”

or

“Can we have a snaaaaaaaack?”

I had to think of something…..fast…..before insanity overthrew sanity.

I made a schedule. I have discovered I like schedules.  No, they aren’t for everyone (Hubby is not a schedule-y person. He will learn to love it….9 years and counting but I am sure….soooooon….he’s gonna love them ;)) but try it….you may like it.

I made a snack option for 10am and 2 pm. They can switch them if they want.

My snack suggestions are:

Grapes and cheese

Pretzels with or without a fruit

Frozen yogurt (get greek yogurt tubes and freeze)

Peppers and hummus

Hummus and pretzels

Carrots and hummus

Celery and PB

Fruit leather or fruit rope

Apples and PB

Popcorn (love love love the Nearly Naked brand…it’s just coconut oil and sea salt!)

I got colored baggies (Walmart) and bagged everything up for 2 weeks and put them in baskets in the pantry or a drawer in the fridge.

I love the Rubbermaid Lunch Boxes that you can click together and keep “dippies” separate.

I always keep carrots, clementines, bananas and apples around so they can grab one in between if they are staaaaaaaarving 😉

Couple things I have learned already:

1.  My kids are, in fact, not hungry nearly as often as they say they are….

2. When it isn’t a free for all….turns out…they don’t really want to eat….

3. Snacks should give you healthy energy to tide you over until the next meal

4. Treats, on the other hand, can be used as…well….treats…

5. and just. like. that. they don’t bug me for snacks anymore….

6. This totally helps me control portions and stay on my grocery budget!!

Hope this helps your summer snack sanity!