Finding healthy snacks for kids with food allergies can be a challenge, but is important in providing nutritional needs while keeping the child safe. Snacks should be carefully chosen so they provide nutritional value, but do not cause an allergic reaction. Always check the ingredients to verify that the product is safe for the child and does not contain any ingredient that could possibly cause an allergic reaction.
Kids like fun, tasty snacks, which can sometimes be difficult to provide when the child has food allergies. Some foods that are safe for children, but also are healthy, fun and good to eat are fruit kabobs, which are also fun to make. Cutting up different varieties of fruits and placing them on a kabob is a fun and healthy way to satisfy a child's hunger. These make great snacks as well as another fun food, "ants on a log". These are simple celery sticks with soy nut butter or sunflower butter spread on them with raisins sprinkled on top. Low-fat yogurts can provide a tasty dip for cut-up fruits or spreading some hummus that is sesame-free on whole grain crackers or pita triangles offers a delicious and nutritious snack for kids.
Other great snacks for kids with food allergies include dried fruits that are unsweetened, rice cakes that are topped with sunflower butter, popcorn that is air-popped and drizzled with oil, apple slices with sunflower or soy butter spread on them and whole-wheat tortillas cut into triangles and toasted with fresh salsa, bean dip and guacamole. Mixing 100 percent orange juice with vanilla flavored soy milk and pouring into Popsicle molds can provide a tasty cold treat for children to enjoy or freezing bananas on a Popsicle stick then dipping them into a yogurt and rolling them in rice Chex or puffed rice is definitely a fun and nutritious treat for children. Smoothies can also be easily made for kids as a beverage treat that provides good nutritional value. Using frozen berries blended with a milk alternative along with a banana in a blender for 30 seconds will make a quick and delicious smoothie.
These fun and delicious snacks can provide a safe and healthy way to satisfy kids with food allergies. With more and more children under the age of five developing food allergies, becoming creative with healthy safe foods will keep the child from feeling deprived and most importantly keep them safe from having an allergic reaction.
