BRYANT SCHOOL

TEANECK

EARLY LEARNING CENTER

Recommended Healthy Snack Options

Healthy snacks provide fuel for healthy minds and bodies

It's important to send your children to school with healthy snacks every day. We have
compiled a list of recommended snack choices.

For more information scan the QR Code below to visit the Center for Science in the Public Interest site on healthy school snacks

Recommended Fruit Options:
● Apples (it can be helpful to use an apple corer) ● Apricots
● Bananas
● Blackberries ● Blueberries ● Cantaloupe ● Cherries
● Clementines ● Grapefruit
● Grapes (red, green, or purple)- Cut in half ● Honeydew Melon
● Kiwis (cut in half and give each child a spoon to eat it) ● Mangoes
● Nectarines ● Oranges
● Peaches ● Pears
● Pineapple ● Plums
● Strawberries ● Tangerines ● Watermelon
● Applesauce (Unsweetened),
● Fruit Cups packaged in fruit juice, not syrup

Recommended Vegetables Options:
Vegetables can be served raw with hummus, salad dressing,bean dips, guacamole, salsa,
● Broccoli
● Carrot sticks or Baby Carrots ● Cauliflower
● Celery Sticks ● Cucumber
● Peppers (green, red, or yellow) ● Snap Peas
● Snow Peas ● String Beans
● Tomato slices or grape or cherry tomatoes- cut in half

● Yellow Summer Squash slices ● Zucchini slices
● Edamame

Healthy Grains:
Whole Wheat English Muffins, Pita, or Tortillas Crackers
Rice Cakes

Dairy: Yogurt
Cheese cubes, sticks, slices Cottage cheese

Beverages:
Water should be the main drink served to kids at snack times. Unflavored Low-Fat and Fat-Free Milk.
100% Fruit Juice

Healthy Snack Choices: Adapted from Healthy School Snacks, Center for Science in the Public Interest