Mine eat Oikos Yogurt. It has 20g of protein. They also get cheese string in their lunchbag. Turkey sandwich. Roasted edamame. Don't forget about sunflower seed butter.

Frozen turkey sausages. Cracker cut square cheeses. Cheesecake Factory dark bread with sunflower butter. Mini Meatballs with a spoon of tomato sauce. Shredded leftover rotisserie chicken. Whole milk Yogurt. Buying 12 little ramekins with lids helps with making this work for us.

Two of my kids love the mini beef sticks. All three will eat Babybel cheese (but don’t like mozzarella cheese sticks), roasted chickpeas, yogurt tubes. You can freeze the yogurt if you’re worried about it staying cold (it just won’t fully thaw for 2-3 hours), hummus with pretzel chips.

Anonymous wrote:In case you didn’t realize, hummus is not a source of protein, unless you are eating a significant amount. The couple spoonfuls your kid is taking for lunch has maybe 1-3 grams.

An early elementary school child needs a total of 19 grams of protein a day. 3 grams (one of those 100 calorie packs, or the same amount in a reusable container) as a snack is more than 15% of what they need. That's plenty of protein for for one snack, assuming they're also getting protein at 3 meals and perhaps another snack or two.

And the real need for protein in snacks is because of satiety. Healthy fat, like the 7g in hummus, does that equally well.

Anonymous wrote:In case you didn’t realize, hummus is not a source of protein, unless you are eating a significant amount. The couple spoonfuls your kid is taking for lunch has maybe 1-3 grams.

No shit boo boo

In case you didn’t realize, hummus is not a source of protein, unless you are eating a significant amount. The couple spoonfuls your kid is taking for lunch has maybe 1-3 grams.

- Hummus and veggies
- Egg bites or hard boiled eggs - you can add cottage cheese or yogurt to boost protein.
- Protein muffins - kodiak cakes or add Greek yogurt
- Greek yogurt and fruit
- Cottage cheese
- cheese
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Dry Roasted Edamame - specifically Seapoint Farms Dry Roasted Edamame, Sea Salt. 14 grams in 1/3 cup. Satisfies the crunchy, salty craving. Vegan if that's important. My kids also like when I put frozen edamame in their lunch. By lunch it's warm but still firm.

Anonymous wrote:Good luck. There is nothing but free that would considered high protein my kid would eat at school. Most young kids wont eat room temp cheese or yogurt- or even if it is not as cold as refrigerated (if you use an ice pack) mine will still not eat it. Perhaps one of the protein Zbars?

The vast majority of young kids will. Luckily kids need an amount of protein over the day not at every snack so your kid will be fine.

Turkey (or whatever) sandwich.

My daughter loves room-temperature babybel— I don’t know if the wax insulates it?

Hummus if the school allows sesame.

Hard boiled eggs if your kid likes them.

Good luck. There is nothing but free that would considered high protein my kid would eat at school. Most young kids wont eat room temp cheese or yogurt- or even if it is not as cold as refrigerated (if you use an ice pack) mine will still not eat it. Perhaps one of the protein Zbars?

Cheese sticks, beef jerkey, yogurt, muffins I make with protein powder.

We like the “seed nola” bars from 88 acres.

Also cheese sticks.

Looking for higher-protein snack ideas for my 4.5yo to eat at school. His school is nut free. Any favorites?