Tips

Snack Tips

• Create a pick ‘n’ mix bag with grapes, cheese cubes and plain popcorn or make an after-school snack plate with cubes of cheese, rice crackers, green apple and raisins 
  
   
• Cut a small slit in the lid of a tub of yogurt, insert an icy pole stick and freeze. Peel off the lid and enjoy a frozen yogurt icy pole on a summer day 
  
   
• Mini quiches and frittatas made with milk and cheese will keep kids going for longer 
  
   
• Keep kids hydrated with a tropical slushie made with fruit, yogurt and ice 
  
   
• Serve homemade chicken nuggets or fish bites with dairy dips e.g. avocado and sour cream, cucumber and yogurt or sweet chilli and cream cheese 
  
   
• Serve a bowl of yogurt as a ‘dip’ on a fruit platter for kids 
  
   
• Next time you have a few pieces of leftover fruit from a fruit platter or kids snack, freeze them and add them to your next smoothie 
  
   
• Pour leftover milkshakes or smoothies into ice trays and freeze. Use the ice blocks in your next milkshake or smoothie
  
   
• Fill wholegrain pita wraps or tortillas with grated cheddar and grated apple. Toast in a sandwich press until golden
  
   
• Cherry bocconcini are just the right size for little mouths, serve with a few sweet cherry tomatoes 
  
   
• If you’re short of time, dairy is a great snack on its own. Give kids a portion of milk (plain or flavoured), some cheese and crackers or a tub of yogurt and away you go.