[blparent] Healthy toddler snacks

[Jo Elizabeth Pinto]

Besides, Goldfish are expensive.  You can buy thirteen ounces of Cheez-Its 
for the same price as two ounces of Goldfish.  We started telling Sarah that 
Cheez-Its are square fish, so now that's what she calls them, and she's none 
the wiser.

Jo Elizabeth

"How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young, 
compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of 
the weak and the strong.  Because someday in life you will have been all of 
these."--George Washington Carver, 1864-1943, American scientist

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From: "Bridgit Pollpeter" <bpollpeter at hotmail.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2012 3:18 AM
To: <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: [blparent] Healthy toddler snacks

> Goldfish crackers are one of the worse kid snack crackers because they
> contain high amounts of trans-fat, sodium and carbs than a lot of snack
> crackers. We use to give Penny goldfish crackers until I realized how
> much of a difference there is between them and other snack crackers.
> Keebler Club crackers are a much better choice, and so are oyster
> crackers, which Pen loves. She thinks they are goldfish and will gobble
> them up.
>
> Most snack crackers contain high amounts of trans-fats, which are the
> "bad" fats, and food high in trans-fat also contain the bad kind of
> cholesterol. Be careful of snack crackers of any kind, and be aware of
> serving sizes because it all comes down to portion control.
>
> Sincerely,
> Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter
> Read my blog at:
> http://blogs.livewellnebraska.com/author/bpollpeter/
>
> "History is not what happened; history is what was written down."
> The Expected One- Kathleen McGowan
>
> Message: 25
> Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:00:41 -0700
> From: "Erin Rumer" <erinrumer at gmail.com>
> To: "NFB blind parent listserv" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: [blparent] healthy toddler snacks
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> Hello list,
>
>
>
> Check out this site, http://www.feedingthekids.com/brands.html#78438
>
>
>
> This has fabulous healthy food and snack ideas for your kids.  They list
> everything really nicely and categorize the different kinds of food so
> you
> can go right to what you're interested in.  I've pasted a list of
> healthy
> crackers below as an example.
>
>
>
> Whole-grain Crackers and Graham Crackers
>
> * Triscuit Reduced Fat
> * Ak-Mak 100% Whole Wheat Stone Ground Sesame Cracker
> * Health Valley Original Graham Crackers, any flavor (an
> In-Between)
> * Lundberg Farm Brown Rice Cakes
> * Real Foods Corn Thins Flax & Soy (These taste great. Kids like
> them
> because they taste a lot like popcorn.)
> * Annie's Whole Wheat Bunnies (In-Between)
> * Pepperidge Farm's Whole Grain Goldfish (Though technically an
> Empty
> grain, these get extra fat because of their cheese content. So, I count
> them
> as an In-Between. Bonus: They taste exactly like regular Gold Fish.)
> * Barbara's Bakery Wheatines Saltine-Style Crackers, Original or
> Cracked Pepper (But only get the cracked pepper if you really like
> cracked
> pepper!)
> * TLC Stoneground 7 Grain Crackers
> * GeniSoy Soy Crisps (In-Between) (These are a nice source of
> protein,
> too.)
> * Smart Balance Light Butter Flavor Deluxe Microwave Popcorn
> *
>
>
>
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