Fruit is a pretty handy snack, At most, you’ll only be left with a peel or seeds to toss in a trashcan when you carry a piece of fresh fruit with you. That and your napkin, of course (paper towel!)
For younger kids, the skin of fruits can be tough or make it less appealing. With one or two teeth, it is hard for them to even break through the outer covering of some fruits such as apples.
Prepare for a day of shopping or a car trip by peeling some fruits and putting them in a container or Ziploc bag.
Sprinkling with a few drops of lemon juice will keep fleshy fruits like apples and pears from turning brown, which is another reason some kids don’t like to eat fresh fruit.
Fresh fruit is a good snack idea on the run because the sugars in fruits keep your blood sugar more stable than chocolate bars. Not only that, but they make the fruit yummy.
Plus, you are getting your daily allowance of nutrients from natural sources every day, and some very healthy fiber too.
Try to find chances to add fruit to whatever you eat each day
Drop a few raisins in a cup of yogurt or add some blueberries or other fresh berries, for a quick and sweet treat. Add fruit to your cottage cheese, or to your salad.
The newest way to enjoy fruit on the run is dried. Fruits have been preserved in this manner for years, (often with a candied glaze) for years but now it’s becoming popular to eat it, and to eat it without the sugary coating.
They may not always look good, but they were often dried at their peak of ripeness. We all snigger at prunes, but what are they only dried plums. (And now Sunsweet brand does actually have individually wrapped, juicy prunes you can eat on the go, as sweet as candy, but with a ton of fiber).
So eating dried fruit is the latest snack fad. You know how fads go. Fad or not, this is a good one. Dried fruits concentrate the sugar for an even sweeter taste. Eat these dried fruits alone or as a garnish.
Just be careful with the dried fruit as some of it can be preserved with some fairly heavy chemicals. Go for natural ones in health food stores where possible.
Be especially careful with apricots, as they often use sulfites to preserve that lovely orange color, but can trigger an allergic reaction in many people. Try to shop for your dried fruits in healthfood stores, where you can buy in bulk and freeze to keep them preserved for even longer.
