• Date filled or fig filled cookies, or oatmeal and raisin cookies. • I prefer snacks like pretzels or breadsticks over potato chips because the former are baked, not fried. • Cucumber and carrot sticks. • Assortment of nuts: almonds, peanuts, cashews, hazelnuts. • A slice of homemade cake as you can control the amount of sugar and fat you use in the cake. Do not put icing and cream on the cake, keep it plain.Fruits that most children will accept and do pretty well in a lunch box are: • A banana or apple or pear • Orange slices or a tangerine • Grapes • Dates or raisins, you can even find chocolate coated raisins that children will love and trick them into eating the raisins! __
