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What (healthy, vegetarian) snacks do toddlers love? Suggestions, please!
Our kid just turned one year old, and we need quick food to placate her while preparing a real meal, and snacks while traveling to the next meal.
She does not love cheerios. Banana spears and apple slices are sometimes popular, and sometimes thrown some distance. Bread (whole grain) has been the biggest hit, sometimes with almond butter but often she'll chew on it indefinitely even when plain.
@skyfaller Kid1 liked peas as a toddler, shelled and in pods. Also corn kernels and diced cooked carrots. I'd put a few things out on the high chair tray for snacking while I made dinner. Small bits of soft veggies are good for little grasping fingers and later good practice for using a spoon. It's pretty easy to clean up spills, too, though peas sometimes roll a long way
Kid2 liked none of that, so ymmv
It strongly differs from toddler to toddler.
Mine changed what they liked about every 2-3 weeks. Just try everything that is available. Don't buy to much at one, because it can change from one day to the next. Make sure to vary and not just concentrate on one thing that works well, because than you will suddenly have nothing.
With ours, cut up fruit and vegetables worked well and for traveling, we usually had some dry food based on puffed corn meal or legume. Just make sure, they don't have salt or spices or anything in it.
@skyfaller if I don’t have anything sliced to hand my kid has always really loved Once Upon A Farm’s tractor wheel bars! They’re pretty minimal ingredients-wise for a packaged snack
@skyfaller for our (now 16yo) kiddo, when he was that age, it was a lot of cucumbers because that’s what he would eat. He liked those veggie straws at school, but he’d never eat them with us. The fruit sauce pouches were usually a hit, until they weren’t. Oh, he also was very into plain tofu cubes at that age. It was one of few proteins he would eat. Toddler food preferences are a constantly changing puzzle.
@skyfaller Our kid loves cucumber and olives as snacks, also cheese
@ackthrice I've been worried that cheese might be too salty, but I'm also worried about yogurt with added sugar, and I guess there's a lot to worry about but giving her variety is good.
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@skyfaller My grandniece was all about water chestnuts and canned baby corn when she was about 18 months old. No stir fry prep station was safe from her marauding hands.