Smoothies..lots of recipes on-line to make a project out of trying different combos

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So let's tackle the easy stuff first, shall we? What sorts of healthy snacks do you keep around the house when your growth-spurting kid is "hungry" every ten minutes, but wants no more than a couple bites?

Honestly? I know you are just asking for food ideas, but as an experienced SAHP, I have to tell you that you will make yourself crazy opening up the snack bar every hour for a hungry, growth-spurting kid. who just eats a few bites.

I'd suggest having scheduled snacks if needed, once or twice a day, and teaching her to keep her appetite for the next snack or meal. Every so often you can declare "Summer Rules" apply and allow open snack bar (for example at the pool on Sundays) and then it will be a special treat, not something expected.

Anyhow -- you say she likes fruit, so that's an obvious one. Homemade popsicles can be fun and time consuming and you can go all out and make them from a recipe with pureed fruit, etc.
Skewering some chunks of cheese mixed with grapes or grape tomatoes on fancy toothpicks is always fun. You can teach her to use a plastic knife and saw in a back and forth motion to slice blocks of cheese into small cubes and she can do the skewering herself.

I wouldn't have any problems with kids eating ranch dressing if they are eating green veggies, but you could perhaps mix it with some yogurt to make you feel better about it?

GL OP and have fun this summer!

This is my first experience as a full-time SAHM, to one almost-five-year-old. No camps, no travel; just the two of us, trying not to die of heatstroke.

So let's tackle the easy stuff first, shall we? What sorts of healthy snacks do you keep around the house when your growth-spurting kid is "hungry" every ten minutes, but wants no more than a couple bites?

She likes nuts and fruit, so that's good. Veggies are welcome with proper meals, but she doesn't seem impressed by a snack of raw broccoli and carrot sticks, and I hate to pour too much ranch dressing into her. I don't like hummus, so I only make it when I entertain. We both like popcorn, and it's fun to make. (I take the lid off for a couple seconds so it can fly around the kitchen.) If given free rein, she would eat PB&J and strawberries pretty much all the time, though she's happy to try new stuff, and doesn't get too fussy when I tell her there is only [this], no PB.

Bonus points for snacks that take a long time to consume and have entertainment value, ie, popcorn.