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Healthy Holiday Snacks and a Giveaway

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Today I’m excited to welcome Amy from one of my favorite blogs, Super Healthy Kids! I love all of the tips Amy shares on helping your kids make healthy food choices, which we all know can become even more of a challenge during the holidays. Enjoy this terrific healthy holiday snack idea from Amy and be sure to scroll down to the bottom of today’s post for details on how to enter to win one of her fabulous Healthy Habits Kids Plates!
Healthy Holiday Snacks

The holiday’s can be a busy. It can feel especially overwhelming if you are taking your little ones on long shopping trips through crowded malls. Whether it’s long car trips, shopping trips, or even just leaving your kids home with a babysitter while you get some things done, it’s nice to have some readymade snacks for the kids to keep them happy! When your children are small, the best snacks are:
· portable
· shelf stable
· customizable
· simple (of course)
· low on the messy/sticky side of things
· dense with calories and nutrients
· and of course, Tasty!

That is why we love trail mix! In the winter time, when fresh fruits are scarce; nuts, seeds, and dried fruit start creeping into our diet. The best thing about trail mix, besides having all the qualities of an amazing and healthy snack, is that you can tailor it to your child’s preferences. We choose our snack mix from:
· cereals (low in sugar, but high in fiber)
· nuts
· seeds
· chocolates
· dried fruits
· coconut
· and anything else little fingers can pick up

So, fix your family some holiday snack mix. Choose from red things, such as dried cranberries. Choose green nuts and seeds, such as pistachio’s or pumpkin seeds. Then add some white things into the mix, such as yogurt covered raisins, or coconut. Then don’t forget to take your trail mix along for a quick and healthy snack on those long shopping trips.

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Thanks so much Amy for this fabulous idea! I can’t wait to shop around for some goodies to create our own holiday trail mix! 

Be sure and stop by Amy’s blog for even more healthy snack ideas and recipes and to find out more about her incredible Healthy Habits Kids Plates! These are such a great idea!

If you’d like the chance to win a Healthy Habits Kids Plate of your own leave a comment on today’s post sharing one of your favorite healthy (or at least mostly healthy) 😉  holiday snacks with us. I for one love mandarin oranges!

Want to earn extra entries?

1. Blog, tweet or facebook about today’s giveaway.

2. Follow Super Healthy kids on Twitter.

3. Join Super Healthy kids on Facebook.

Good luck everyone! Giveaway closes Sunday 12/12/10 at 8pm MST.

Rebecca

Rebecca

Rebecca Cooper is a 42-year-old wife and mother of four from Alberta, Canada. As a photographer, crafter, author, and blogger, she finds joy and fulfillment in celebrating everyday moments. She loves to read and eat chocolate, and is a firm believer in afternoon naps. Rebecca shares her family’s adventures, photo tips, simple craft projects + more right here at Simple as That.
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  5. Someone how I have managed to have my two year old request banas (bananas), apples, and oanges (oranges). When I run out, it is a serious problem. He has even eat 2 bananas right before dinner and hardly any dinner…but how can I complain? 😉 And…he loves anything on a plate and knows which plates are his. Doesn’t so much care for ours. 😉

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  16. healthy holiday snack….BANANAS!! what can i say im an aussie.
    almost not very healthy snack would be another banana creation.
    BBQ banana mars bar.
    banana cut a small line in it (not cutting all the way through.) chop up fun size mars bar and put into cut then wrap banana up in al foil and pop on the BBQ for a few mins. serve with ice cream.

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  17. Hi Rebecca! I just stumbled onto your amazing blog through Pinterest, and I’m an instant fan. Thanks for sharing all your creativity! I actually clicked on the link to this particular entry to find tips on low light photography, but instead I was led to this healthy holiday snacks & giveaway entry instead. Would you please be able to redirect me to the correct link? I promise I have been trying like crazy to find it on my own, to no avail. Thanks in advance! Keep up the great work.

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