School Snack Ideas

No matter how many school snacks I have prepared, I always look for new school snack ideas!

Preparing school snacks for my kids is a daily habit to take care of them and a daily way to say “I love you”. However, it’s also a daily small challenge!

I deeply believe that good food is a way to pamper yourself, take care of your health and get energy for the day. I get up almost 30 minutes earlier to prepare their snacks. It’s my way to show them that it shouldn’t be all about speed. It’s worth taking the time to prepare your food, even if it’s just a snack.

I usually use snack boxes with different cases, which I try to fill with tasty, healthy and colourful snacks. Most of them are homemade.

What do I put in the snack boxes

Some of the materials I often use are the following:

fruits
cakes, muffins, cookies or biscuits
cheese breads or sesame bagels
crepes
sandwiches salty or sweet (with nut butter or tahini, honey, cinnamon and cacao powder)
vegetables, such as cucumbers and carrots
beef, pasta, or chicken when they have a part of their lunch at school
nuts
chestnuts
cheese or turkey slices with bread or bread sticks

The choice of fruits depends on the season. We prefer seasonal fruits that we can easily find in the market.

Get to the kitchen with the kids

We try to prepare with the kids many of the homemade staff since that allows us

to spend some time together
to learn how to be organized and productive

The preparation of cakes, cookies, cheese bread etc. is one of the weekly habits that make our everyday routine before school more manageable, as well as preparing kids’ outfits every Sunday.

The following photo collages are some instances from my kids’ snack boxes.

Good food is a way to pamper yourself, take care of your health and get energy for the day. It’s not all about speed. It’s worth taking the time to prepare your food, even if it’s just a snack.
Vassiliki