{"id":663,"date":"2008-09-23T21:06:33","date_gmt":"2008-09-24T02:06:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/?p=663"},"modified":"2008-09-23T22:32:36","modified_gmt":"2008-09-24T03:32:36","slug":"making-snack-time-even-easier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/making-snack-time-even-easier\/","title":{"rendered":"Making snack time even easier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I keep a basket of &#8220;mom-approved&#8221; snack items, individually packaged, on a lower shelf in my pantry for kid self-service at snack time.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/s539.photobucket.com\/albums\/ff360\/Momstoolbox\/?action=view&amp;current=DSCF1416.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/DSCF1416.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This way the kiddos can help themselves and get the freedom to choose the snack they would most enjoy each afternoon. I also have a similar stash in the refrigerator of cheese sticks, grapes and the like, but that has yet to be replenished after Ike. (Maybe tomorrow.)<\/p>\n<p>I am on a new mission to cut back on preservatives and other less-healthy options, replacing them with fresher options. (You can read more about that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/any-healthy-eating-readers-out-there\/\">here<\/a>.) In the meantime, the basket contains a selection of 100 calorie packs, raisins, pretzels, and a few token fruits. (I keep most of my fruit out on the counter. But by keeping a few pieces in the basket, the kids are reminded, and encouraged, to consider those choices.)<\/p>\n<p>So, the snack basket has certainly worked for us for several years. I only put in the basket what I would want them to eat for a simple snack and they know what their options are.<\/p>\n<p>For more Works for Me Wednesday ideas, head over to <a href=\"http:\/\/rocksinmydryer.typepad.com\/shannon\/2008\/09\/works-for-me-ra.html\" target=\"_blank\">Rocks in my Dryer.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/momflower.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-207\" title=\"momflower\" src=\"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/momflower.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"80\" height=\"40\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I keep a basket of &#8220;mom-approved&#8221; snack items, individually packaged, on a lower shelf in my pantry for kid self-service at snack time. This way the kiddos can help themselves and get the freedom to choose the snack they would most enjoy each afternoon. I also have a similar stash in the refrigerator of cheese [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-home"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=663"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":667,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663\/revisions\/667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}