Snacks that are 'fun' but still not crap

[Anonymous]

Larabars, Thsts it bars are a favorite for DD

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Goldfish? This is a non-event on the shitty junk food scale. I thought you were going to say Takis and Mt Dew.

Had to google this. They look crazy. Will try tomorrow. With my 12 y.o.

Intrigued. Off to Google

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Goldfish? This is a non-event on the shitty junk food scale. I thought you were going to say Takis and Mt Dew.

Had to google this. They look crazy. Will try tomorrow. With my 12 y.o.

Intrigued. Off to Google

Back again - no way! DS would like them but too spicy for me.

[Anonymous]

OP here. Thanks for all the replies. I don't think I expressed myself well. I'm not looking for a fight - I totally agree that everythign in moderation. I didn't fight them eating the crap food on the boat and wouldn't, especially in front of the family who gave it to them.

My question is what do you all pack that can compete with crap food? If anything? Is it even possible? I agree that Annie's snacks are junk food too, so I'm not really sure they are worth the extra cost, in my mind. And I also agree that it takes a village, and crap food is everywhere, which is why it is hard to let it go every single time it appears because it appears all the time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Thanks for all the replies. I don't think I expressed myself well. I'm not looking for a fight - I totally agree that everythign in moderation. I didn't fight them eating the crap food on the boat and wouldn't, especially in front of the family who gave it to them.

My question is what do you all pack that can compete with crap food? If anything? Is it even possible? I agree that Annie's snacks are junk food too, so I'm not really sure they are worth the extra cost, in my mind. And I also agree that it takes a village, and crap food is everywhere, which is why it is hard to let it go every single time it appears because it appears all the time.

At least Annie's doesn't have artificial colors/flavors, hydrogenated oils and high fructose corn syrup. Another option is fruit leathers that are only made with fruit/veggies. My DS also loves cotton candy grapes when they're in season.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Goldfish? This is a non-event on the shitty junk food scale. I thought you were going to say Takis and Mt Dew.

Had to google this. They look crazy. Will try tomorrow. With my 12 y.o.

Intrigued. Off to Google

Back again - no way! DS would like them but too spicy for me.

They're so colorful I can't look away!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Thanks for all the replies. I don't think I expressed myself well. I'm not looking for a fight - I totally agree that everythign in moderation. I didn't fight them eating the crap food on the boat and wouldn't, especially in front of the family who gave it to them.

My question is what do you all pack that can compete with crap food? If anything? Is it even possible? I agree that Annie's snacks are junk food too, so I'm not really sure they are worth the extra cost, in my mind. And I also agree that it takes a village, and crap food is everywhere, which is why it is hard to let it go every single time it appears because it appears all the time.

No, of course it's not possible to bring healthy snacks that will stand a chance against junk food. The only thing that will stand against junk food is a solid "no" on your part. If that sounds judgmental, it's not. I let my kids eat crap all the time. It always seems like there's some kind of fun exceptiion to why we should be eating healthy foods. It's just not worth the fight to me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I feel so challenged by my desire not to givi ey kids crap to eat yet wanting life to be easy. Example - yesterday, they went on a boat with friends. I filled the cooler with cut fruit and veggies, string cheese, and some homemade granola bars. And water. Of course they wanted to eat the other kids' Goldfish and CheezIts and juice boxes. So did I! My food went basically uneaten, and they ate the crap. What do you all buy that is still appealing and 'fun' for fun times like a boat ride but isn't junk? I feel like just giving up sometimes and buying the junk bc it's certainly easier and cheaper than buying and preparing fruits and veggies and other non-processed stuff.

String cheese and granola bares aren't healthy.

But it's a boat day, so I would just let it go unless they're boating every day.

really? why not the cheese doesn't have anytying in it but normal cheese ingredients (milk, rennet, salt), and the granola bars are super low sugar, made with quinoa/oats/etc - def not the nasty Quaker variety.

so - if you have to pack something besides fruit and veggies, what do you pack?? that you consider healthy?

If I wanted cheese, I wouldn't pick string cheese. I would pick some good cheese, and it would be a small portion. Americans eat too much dairy.

Your granola bars sound healthier than normal granola bars, but carbs still turn into glucose when processed.

Other than fruit and veges, I would pack good beef jerky, hard boiled eggs, avocado, good yogurt and healthier dips like hummus or baba ganoush.

How does one eat avocado on a boat? Not guac, but avocado?

[Anonymous]

From my childhood memories, I always liked ants on a log (celery or carrots), cottage cheese & applesauce... that's really all I remember. I recall going to a friend's house, where we ate Ritz crackers and cheese from a can, which I had never had before, and I vomited all night.

[Anonymous]

I opt for the healthiest version of the crap food when necessary, like car trips, etc. Whole-grain Goldfish, dry cereal (Cheerios, Kix, Puffins), small cooler with string cheese or yogurt pouches, applesauce pouches (w/ veggies mixed in ftw), hummus and whole-grain pretzels.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I feel so challenged by my desire not to givi ey kids crap to eat yet wanting life to be easy. Example - yesterday, they went on a boat with friends. I filled the cooler with cut fruit and veggies, string cheese, and some homemade granola bars. And water. Of course they wanted to eat the other kids' Goldfish and CheezIts and juice boxes. So did I! My food went basically uneaten, and they ate the crap. What do you all buy that is still appealing and 'fun' for fun times like a boat ride but isn't junk? I feel like just giving up sometimes and buying the junk bc it's certainly easier and cheaper than buying and preparing fruits and veggies and other non-processed stuff.

String cheese and granola bares aren't healthy.

But it's a boat day, so I would just let it go unless they're boating every day.

really? why not the cheese doesn't have anytying in it but normal cheese ingredients (milk, rennet, salt), and the granola bars are super low sugar, made with quinoa/oats/etc - def not the nasty Quaker variety.

so - if you have to pack something besides fruit and veggies, what do you pack?? that you consider healthy?

If I wanted cheese, I wouldn't pick string cheese. I would pick some good cheese, and it would be a small portion. Americans eat too much dairy.

Your granola bars sound healthier than normal granola bars, but carbs still turn into glucose when processed.

Other than fruit and veges, I would pack good beef jerky, hard boiled eggs, avocado, good yogurt and healthier dips like hummus or baba ganoush.

How does one eat avocado on a boat? Not guac, but avocado?

Guac is fine. But I would just cut avocado in half, discard the seed, sprinkle lime and pepper and eat it with a spoon. But if you can't fathom doing that - you can make avocado "toast." Yeah use good bread or good thin cracker or even cucumbers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:why dont you focus on eating three good meals a day and limit snacks? who cares about a few crackers here and there? Learning moderation is important.

I agree that people eat way too many snacks, but boating is a social occasion. Where I'm from, social occasions call for food.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:why dont you focus on eating three good meals a day and limit snacks? who cares about a few crackers here and there? Learning moderation is important.

I agree that people eat way too many snacks, but boating is a social occasion. Where I'm from, social occasions call for food.

ok so it is a special occasion, let the kids eat goldfish. What will happen if they eat a "bad" snack on a social outing??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:why dont you focus on eating three good meals a day and limit snacks? who cares about a few crackers here and there? Learning moderation is important.

Of course but this only works in a perfect world. We make good meals for our kids but the salty high sugar snacks are everywhere and often we aren't there to try to limit them and even if we are it is a losing battle that would need to take place in front of our kids friends and their parents.

So if we go for a hike I can pack sliced apples and pistacios. But that morning after the soccer game the snack was juice boxes and muffins and at the pool the next day someone will be passing out pretzels and kool-aid and we won't even be there.

I guess it takes a village?

my kids are 9, 12, 14. They just say no thank you to most of the crap people bring. They were raised on mostly healthy,clean food. If they want some doritos with a sandwich I don't stress. They are all great eaters so if they are out and eat some junk food, fine with me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:why dont you focus on eating three good meals a day and limit snacks? who cares about a few crackers here and there? Learning moderation is important.

I agree that people eat way too many snacks, but boating is a social occasion. Where I'm from, social occasions call for food.

ok so it is a special occasion, let the kids eat goldfish. What will happen if they eat a "bad" snack on a social outing??

Then they eat a bad snack. I'm sorry, were you trying to make a point?