Que tens avui? -school snacks

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My daughter attends a public school here in our town.(near Barcelona) Everyday I pack her carmonyola (lunchbox) with a healthy snack which she eats around 10.30.

We always eat a good breakfast (- read further Breakfast like a king, ) therefore she only needs a small snack.

My daughter is a creature of habit (as we all are) she is happy with her fruit but she also loves to tell me that she eats her friends chocolate biscuits (she wouldn´t be a normal child if she didn´t like chocolate biscuits!)  Her lunchbox always comes back empty so no need to change our habits.  Everyday she is given something different, fruit (fresh is better) sometimes dried fruit and I try to put a little something she can share with her friends - if they are interested! Once a week she has a homemade cake.

I believe in order for our bodies to get the maximum benefit of eating fruit it should be eaten on an empty stomach at any time during the day but better mainly before noon. Which is why I feed my daughter fruit for  breakfast and mid morning snacks.  (as well as the afternoon)  Fruit is digested in the intestine and not in the stomach. It is also rapidly digested and goes through the digestive system in around half an hour. The brain runs on glucose and fruit is the most efficient source of blood sugar, hence better concentration .

EAT WELL - DO WELL.

Unfortunately my daughters school does not have a ¨no sugar policy¨ neither did they seem very receptive when I suggested a fruit day prior to my daughter starting the school. Parents can fill lunchboxes with whatever they desire. Chocolate Principe biscuits and Nutella Bimbo sandwiches are very popular.
Fabricated snacks (including Bimbo bread!!) contain E numbers which are known to be associated with problematic behaviour in children together with risks of allergic reactions, such as asthma and breathing problems.
http://www.exploreenumbers.co.uk/e-numbers-and-childrens-behaviour.html

I choose to try and limit the fabricated snacks to a minimal and try to provide food that has nutritional value.
Here are some ideas for school snacks.  The cakes and bread rolls I normally put in the lunchbox frozen by snack time they are ready to eat and not too hot and sticky.

                RASPBERRY CUPCAKE & DRIED FRUIT

More ideas:

Pumpkin seeds (ready to eat) hulled

Seedless Grapes - From Mercanda or Al Campo

Banana

Clementine / Mandarins

Dried Apricot

              DRIED BANANA & CARROT CUPCAKE

  Homemade briox - see my   recipe

 ALL THESE SNACK IDEAS ARE ALSO GREAT TO HAVE AS HANDY HANDBAG TREATS TOO!

                   DRIED CRANBERRIES    &  A PLUM

             GRANARY ROLL WITH SOFT CHEESE

    

               ROASTED ALMONDS  &   A PEAR

WALNUTS      &        PLUMS

HOMEMADE LEMON NUMBER BISCUITS

MIXED SEEDLESS GRAPES & ALMOND

What do you give your child for school snacks?
Does your child's school have a fruit day?
What´s your opinion on fabricated snacks?