Congratulations on making it to your final week of the Fit Family Make Every Bite Count Challenge! This week we will focus on fruit and vegetable snack ideas.

Snacks that use more fruits:

Fruit sandwiches o Slices of apple or banana with peanut butter between o Slices of pear with cheese in between

Dip fresh fruits into unsweetened applesauce or low-fat yogurt. o For a special treat, dip fruits in a flavored yogurt or with some dark

chocolate, place them on parchment paper, and freeze

Add some honey and cinnamon to apples and bananas and bake them for about 10 minutes

Snacks that use more vegetables:

Vegetable chips

o Carrots, zucchini, or kale can be cut up, drizzled with olive oil, sprinkled with a little salt and pepper and baked for a short period of time! The perfect chip replacement

Fresh cut vegetables with yogurt dip

o Add your favorite seasonings to plain non-fat Greek yogurt and use it as a dip with any vegetable

Roasted chickpeas

o Drain and pat the chickpeas dry, add 2 tablespoons of olive oil for savory chickpeas or 2 tablespoons of honey for a sweet treat. Then add some garlic salt to the chickpeas with olive oil and cinnamon to the chickpeas with honey!

Fruits and vegetables are easy to incorporate into snacks for your kids. Whether you cut up some of their favorites to have for an easy grab and go snack, or bake them for a salty or sweet treat, your kids are sure to start loving some of these options.

Although this is the last week of the challenge, we hope that you have learned some new strategies to help increase your child’s fruit and vegetable intake and that you’ll continue to encourage fruits and vegetables on a daily basis to positively influence your child’s health status. Don’t forget to submit your log to the Health Department to enter the raffle for a chance to win some fun prizes!