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What about yogurt- either in a tube or one of the smoothies for ease? Hummus and carrots and crackers?

The morning snack is the least important to me because my son eats a significant breakfast.

If he eats too much snack, he then won't eat lunch at 11:30 so I keep it small. A small yogurt, a protein powder mini muffin, applesauce, crackers, that kind of thing.

Yogurt, mini muffins (I make a big batch of banana choc chip or pumpkin choc chip), kids RX bars, mini Tupperware of fruit, a prepackaged fruit cup, we also do cheese, veggie straws, applesauce pouch, a full banana.

Yogurt seems like a good idea, but I agree it would be easier to focus on protein at breakfast and lunch. Other idea would be hummus with pita chips or beef/turkey jerky.

We are only allowed to pack one item for snack. They eat their snack right before recess, if they have a big snack it cuts into playing time.

I've done:
Cuties (already peeled and ready to eat)
Strawberries
Banana
Granola bars
Pretzels

I don't worry about making sure it is a large snack, he gets lunch just over an hour later.

@erinbaderin: My oldest has always been a pretty picky eater. I don't necessarily worry about balanced meals, I just look at what he is eating for the entire day. His biggest meal is at dinner time, I can usually get him to eat a lot of veggies, etc. But for my toddler, his biggest meal is at lunch time. He eats way better in the middle of the day then at the end.

So far we've alternated among:
- grapes
- pretzels
- sectioned clementines
- strawberries
- blueberries
- pear
- cantaloupe

Sometimes I throw in a goodie to surprise her:
- Annie's gummy bunnies
- cheetos
- popcorn
- milano cookie
- chocolate chip cookie

We only have one late afternoon snack. Last week we did a bag of Pirates Booty and an apple sauce. She gets yogurt, cheese sticks and fruits as part of her lunch so I don't do those for snacks.