My kids have to bring a healthy snack from home everyday for snack time. (I really miss the old school where we had to bring a snack once a month for the whole class vs. this everyday thing....) Anyway, I'm looking for ideas...here's a few I had, please add yours

Cheese and crackers
Muffins-apple, pumpkin, raspberry, rhubarb, etc
Cereal bars (homemade)
Granola bars (homemade)
goldfish and raisins
carrots and ranch (or other veggies and dip)
Fruit-grapes, peaches, nectarines, apples (with pb to dip?)
Yogurt sticks
String cheese

Does your school have the no peanut butter or peanut oil in products?Ours does and we have to read labels before buying things.Makes it tougher to find things to send.

No, we are very lucky that we can still send things with peanut butter and we can send homemade things, also. SO NICE!!

boiled eggs
applesauce and graham crackers
cottage cheese with fruit
raisin bread
bagel with cream cheese
pb crackers (sunbutter for the nut free)
popcorn

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How are you able to send in ranch and cottage cheese and keeping it cold until snack time?

We can not send out snack in the lunch box(teachers will not let you)and snack isn't until 10 and Ryan is on the but a little after 7.

Cheese & Crackers,
Gold fish,
String cheese,
Frozen yougurt sticks and they will be thawed and cold by snack time,
Fruit cut up,
Cucumber slices,
granola bars,
Cereal,
Cheez-Itz,
Canned fruit,
Raisins,
Pretzels,
Ranch flavored oyster crackers,
Saltines with jelly on them,
Graham crackers with frosting in them,
Bread with Nutella,
Bread with jelly.

Well this is what I sent with DS#2 today...
-(4) mini pita's stuffed with cream cheese
-sliced cucumber, carrots and celery with catalina dressing for dip
-sliced pepperoni
-cubed cheddar cheese
-slice of homemade chocolate chip cake (no icing>> really trying to get away from icing when I make cakes)

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Man, they sure have a lot more rules about food than they did when I was in school, or even when M'ija was in school.
I can remember throwing a Snickers and a Dr. Pepper in my backpack on my way out of the house in the morning and having it at recess.

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Here are some idea's I found on a web site for lunches but a lot of the things you can use for snacks also.

Healthy, Packable Foods for School Lunches
(and others who eat away from home)

■Cut veggies with dip
■Veggie ideas: cherry tomatoes, carrots, pea pods, cucumbers, cauliflower or broccoli spears, celery, fresh green beans, colored peppers,
■Dip ideas: hummus, homemade yogurt dip or yogurt cheese dip, ranch dressing, even ketchup if it’ll get them to eat their veggies!
■Apples and natural peanut butter (kids love to dip!)
■Frozen peas
■Homemade yogurt (with frozen fruit and/or granola in it)
We eat yogurt every day with lunch, and it is packable! That’s one reason I love my glass storage containers in the 1-cup size.
■Fresh fruit, whole or cut depending on the child
■Bananas, oranges, apples, pears, plums, melon, grapes, cherries, strawberries, peaches, nectarines…try to stick with what is more or less in season and watch the Dirty Dozen list.
■Dried fruit
■Homemade whole grain muffins/quick breads
■Hard-boiled egg with salt and pepper (cut in half is easier to handle)
■Sandwiches (on 100% whole grain bread or homemade):
■Natural peanut butter and raw honey
■PB and jelly (I made honey-sweetened freezer jam this year; just be sure to watch the ingredients for high-fructose corn syrup if you buy it)
■PB and banana
■PB and pickle
■Leftover roast chicken or turkey
■Egg salad, chicken salad, or tuna salad (even try canned salmon like tuna if the kids like it)
Be sure not to serve tuna more than once a week or so because of chemical build-up.
■Cream cheese and jelly
■PB and cream cheese
■Son’s new favorite: cream cheese with strawberry slices and raw honey
■BLT (low- or no-nitrite bacon is best, regular stuff is a compromise food)
■Bean spreads (search for recipes that used mashed beans as a sandwich spread - a great way to get protein in without breaking the bank or dealing with lunchmeat nitrites/nitrates)
■Try making a wrap to switch it up, but watch the tortilla ingredients for trans fats. I make my own homemade tortillas.
■Cheese and whole grain crackers
■Cottage cheese with various mix-ins
■Homemade “lunchables” - a reader idea from Llama Momma - stack crackers, cheese slices, and meat slices for the child to assemble with apple slices and cream cheese dip.
■Leftovers that can handle the “thermos” treatment:
■Homemade soups
■Homemade mac-n-cheese
■Many casseroles
■Spaghetti and other pasta dishes
■Stir fry with brown rice
■Of course, heat on the stove before packing in the thermos. Not that I would use the microwave anyway, but mic’d food just doesn’t hold the heat long enough, no matter what.
■Potato salad
■Cold grain salads (GNOWFGLINS has an example; I tried making one with whole spelt and balsamic vinaigrette that was delicious)
■Cold bean salad (same idea as above - you know me and beans!)
■Leftover homemade whole wheat pizza
■Homemade granola bars
■Homemade applesauce or storebought natural (no sugar) applesauce. Add cinnamon for your kids to sweeten it up a little without adding a sweetener. My kids also like cinnamon-applesauce stirred into their yogurt.
Working Moms’ Acceptable Shortcuts (or, Compromise Foods for “Sometimes” Lunches)

■Natural applesauce single cups
■Goldfish crackers, only the “Made with Whole Grain” version (they’re very good!)
■Pretzels, as long as there isn’t HFCS or trans fats in the ingredients
■Boxed cereal and milk
■Canned fruit cups (? Maybe ?)
■Store granola bars…but be wise about reading ingredients
■Plain yogurt with fruit in it or organic yogurt cups
■Pita bread and hummus
■Lunchmeat, as an occasional thing unless you get nitrate-free meats
■There have to be more items for this list…help me out, busy mommies!
Unacceptable items (or, This Counts as Dessert if you Pack It!)

■Potato chips
■Lunchables
■HFCS-laden yogurt cups and Gogurts (sorry, I know kids love these, but they’re not worth it!)
■“Fruit Snacks” (this stuff is candy!!!)
■Fruit Roll-ups and similar (see above)
■Little Debbie anything
■Pudding cups (is there any “real food” in pudding cups?)
■Jello cups (ditto)
■Processed cheese slices or cheese and cracker packages
■Processed beef jerky
■Storebought cookies
■Pop-tarts
■Pastries, crescent rolls, biscuits from a can (trans fat alert!!)