5 Favourite Recipes for After School Snacks

Do your kids need a refuel when they get home from school? A quick snack is a great way to give them that extra boost to keep them going. These simple, and healthy, recipes are some of our favourites. Each snack is low in sugar, high on taste, and aimed at keeping kids fuelled until dinner.

Healthy rainbow gummy squares

 Ingredients:

• ½ cup of natural juice of each of the following colours:
  • Orange: carrots and oranges
  • Green: cucumber, green apple and green grapes
  • Purple: blackberries, grapes and beets
  • Red: strawberries and red apple
• 2 tbsp. of unflavoured jelly powder (for each juice)
• 2 tsp. of raw honey (for each juice)

Preparation:

• You may use a juicer to get the juice out of the fruits and vegetables.
• Put each juice separately in a pan and set it to simmer, add the jelly powder and leave it simmer until dissolved completely.
• Add the honey after taking off the heat.
• Mix until you get a homogeneous mixture.
• Set in a rectangular container.
• Let it cool and then refrigerate for 3 hours.
• Take out of the refrigerator and use a knife to cut it into little squares.
• Keep them cool.

 

Salmon Toast

Ingredients:

• 1 whole wheat slice of bread
• 2 tbsp. ricotta cheese
• 2 oz. smoked salmon (cut in very thin slices)
• 2 tbsp. shredded cucumber
• Salt and pepper to taste

Preparation:

• Use a toaster to toast the slice of bread
• After toasting it, spread the ricotta cheese on it
• Set the smoked salmon on top of the ricotta cheese
• Set the shredded cucumber on top of the salmon
• Add salt and pepper to taste

Chia and Apple Pie Pudding

Ingredients:

• ½ cup skimmed milk or almond milk
• ½ cup of water
• ¼ cup chia seeds
• 1 apple
• 1 tbsp. unsweetened peanut butter
• 1 tsp. powder cinnamon
• ½ tsp. nutmeg

Preparation:

• Peel and shred the apple
• Mix milk, water, shredded apple, peanut butter, cinnamon and nutmeg, mix it well until mixture is homogeneous
• Add chia seeds
• Refrigerate 6 to 8 hours before consuming

Apple Chips

Ingredients:

• Green and red apples
• Powder cinnamon to taste
• 2 tsp. brown sugar

Preparation:

• Preheat oven at 225^o F
• Mix cinnamon and sugar in a small bowl
• Cut the apples in thin slices and remove the seeds
• Put the apple slices on a cooking sheet over waxed paper
• Sprinkle the cinnamon and sugar mixture on all the slices

• Bake for 1 hour

Nut- Free No-Bake Energy Balls

Ingredients:

• 1 cup quick oats 
• 1/3 cup flax meal
• 1/2 cup sunflower seed butter
• 1/4 cup maple syrup
• 1/8 cup raw or toasted sunflower seeds
• 1/8 cup Enjoy Life mini chocolate chips

Preparation:

• Place the oats and flax meal in a medium sized bowl. Stir to combine.
• Add the seed butter and maple syrup and stir to combine.
• Stir in the sunflower seeds and chocolate chips. (This mixture should form a dough that's easy to form into balls that stick together. If the mixture seems too dry, add a splash more maple syrup, or add a drizzle of coconut oil)
• Using a small cookie scoop or tablespoon, roll the dough into balls.
• Transfer to a small storage container and keep in the refrigerator.

These snack are perfect to take along in a lunch box and our BodyICE kids cold/ hot packs are perfect for keeping your snacks cool and fresh.