Guest guest Posted July 2, 2002 Report Share Posted July 2, 2002 My children like Barbara's Bakery Shredded Oats cereal. It's very hard, but they like crunching it up. It doesn't crumble and make a mess. We put some in ziploc bags for them to hold in their seats. Pretzels are another good snack. Newman's Own Organic Pretzel sticks are big enough to hold easily. We also like the Organic Valley Stringles string cheese. They are little sticks of cheese (mozzarella I think) that are individually wrapped and easy to pack. Carrot sticks and grapes are also favorites. Country Choice makes delicious Vanilla Wafers cookies. Fig Newmans are another good choice if they enjoy that type of cookie and won't smear it all over. Hope this helps. ine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 2, 2002 Report Share Posted July 2, 2002 I bring a freezer bag with a couple of ice packs in it. My favorite thing for snacking is peanut butter apples, or fruit (apples, again, are the best) and cheese. It helps to have some protein, it lasts longer. Homemade jerky is good. I also like cold sausage, but it's not to everyone's taste. (when I was a kid we ate cold homemade oven-fried chicken: I still love it!). Nuts are good too. Celery with pnutbutter or Chevre (the kids love chevre, and it's pretty cheap at Costco). If you have carbs, like bread, be sure to have some butter too, but bread gets messy. Sometimes I make a soft flatbread though, and roll it up into rolls with soft cheese, jelly, butter, or make a pnut-butter and jelly roll for the young'uns. -- Heidi At 01:34 PM 7/2/2002 -0700, you wrote: >We're going on a 6-hour trip with a 7yo, 4yo, and 9mo baby. I'd like >everyone's best ideas for good and not-TOO-messy car snacks if you have >them! Trying to avoid the Cheerios and Goldfish route that we have taken >in the past. :-P > >~ Carma ~ Heidi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 3, 2002 Report Share Posted July 3, 2002 We just got back from a long trip! I made a bread stick snack mix with sourdough bread, butter, garlic, a little honey and sesame seeds baked (about 30 min total at 300) and then add dried fruit and nuts. It may be a little messy for younger ones but is not hard to clean up as it is dry ingredients. I put it in those little ziplock snack bags. Water bottles is the best for drinks. If they do spill it is not a big deal. My kids always like drinking from their own bottles. I also bought those gummy treats from the health food store. The kids love these. They could be a choking hazard for little ones. I always thought it hard to feed little ones in the car! I was leaving the grocery store yesterday and helped a lady out crossing the street. Her youngest whom she had given a whole package of gummy lifesavers was chocking and had three of them in his mouth... The grapes we took got really messy! They got stuck on the seats etc. My children are 8, 5, 3, and 2. I tried carrots as well and again I was concerned about choking as these were the baby carrots and I did not cut them any smaller. They tend to stuff too much in their mouth at once. At least the gummy treats I would give one at a time to my youngest. Grace, a Augustine I wish you enough sun to keep your attitude bright. I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun more. I wish you enough happiness to keep your spirit alive. I wish you enough pain so that the smallest joys in life appear much bigger. I wish you enough gain to satisfy your wanting. I wish you enough loss to appreciate all that you possess. I wish you enough ''Hello's " to get you through the final goodbye. --anonymous ----- Original Message ----- From: Paden Family Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2002 3:34 PM Subject: car snacks We're going on a 6-hour trip with a 7yo, 4yo, and 9mo baby. I'd like everyone's best ideas for good and not-TOO-messy car snacks if you have them! Trying to avoid the Cheerios and Goldfish route that we have taken in the past. :-P ~ Carma ~ " Self-reliance is the antidote to institutional stupidity. " ~ Gatto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 4, 2002 Report Share Posted July 4, 2002 From NT - crispy nuts, trail mix, rugelach, macaroons or other cookie recipe, popcorn (with different flavors added). These are all dry enough that crumbs are easy to clean up. It's easy to fall into the processed snack food habit for things like car snacks (most of which are based on not-soaked-or-sprouted flour), but with some planning ahead I've found it possible to stick with healthy or at least not unhealthy snacks. Aubin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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