energy bites (coconut peanut butter spiced energy bites, blueberry muffin bites, and chocolate peanut butter balls) Homemade fruit popsicles. A delicious and refreshing way to get some fruit into your kids’ bellies. Store-bought popsicles may taste delicious but often feature a laundry list of ingredients. Try making your own at home with fun popsicle molds and plant-based popsicle recipes – se e this impressive popsicle recipe roundup on Running on Real Food blog. Salsa with pita triangles/bagel chips. Salsa makes a refreshing dip any time of the year, but in summer it can be especially amazing when made with ripe fresh tomatoes. Make your own salsa at home to control the level of spiciness (most kids will appreciate leaving jalapeños out), or buy your favorite brand at the store. Finding these Spicy Sweet Chili-flavored tortilla chips at a vending machine or gas station is a safe bet. The question of what qualifies as junk doesn’t yield a clear-cut answer. But let’s just say that if it comes out of a deep fryer, you can accurately call it junk food.

Rice cakes with mashed avocado and nutritional yeast. Rice cakes make a crispy alternative to toast, plus they remind kids of popcorn. Make sure your child has good chewing and swallowing skills though because small bits of popped rice can be a choking hazard to younger kids. Peanut butter and jelly “quesadillas”. This different take on the peanut butter and jelly burrito is great for sharing with friends. For these “quesadillas” you’ll need two small flour tortillas instead of one. Peanut butter and jelly “quesadillas” Canned chili is a super easy light meal, and takes just a couple minutes to heat up. Amy’s makes several varieties, from mild to spicy, using organic ingredients. Fruit and veggie smoothie. This is a perfect ways to sneak in some veggies and less than popular fruit into your kids’ diet. You can go as simple or as complicated as you’d like by experimenting with various ingredients.

Common sweet snacks

Vegan yogurts are likewise both healthy and convenient. Opt for yogurts made from soy milk, as they have significantly more protein than those based on almond or coconut milk. To save money, instead of buying single-serving fruit-based varieties buy a big container of unsweetened vegan yogurt and stir in some pureed fruit before eating.

Coconut chips and chocolate –sweet tooth? Try making some DIY sweeties by dipping some coconut chips in dark chocolate and letting it dry. Avocado toast squares with nutritional yeast and/or Everything Bagel seasoning. Avocado is a more nutritious alternative to butter. Spread some soft avocado on a piece of toast, mash it into a chunky paste, then top with the seasoning of your kid’s choice. This also makes a great breakfast. Buy it here. 61. Marks and Spencer Colin the Caterpillar Sour Sweets Colin the Caterpillar is gelatine-free Apple and nut butter “nachos”. A festive and delicious take on the classic apple slices and nut butter – see an example recipe on Begin with Nutrition blog. These “nachos” take a little more effort to put together, yet look and taste even more appealing. Veggie nuggets – store-bought or homemade. Vegan fake meat brands have really upped their veggie nugget game lately. Some store-bought vegan nuggets are unbelievably similar in flavor in texture to those other, non-veggie nuggets that a lot of us loved in our pre-vegan days. My daughter loves the new vegan Morning Star brand nuggets.Healthy-ish, light, low-calorie, and tasty. Vegan flavours include: Original, Sweet Soy and Sea Salt, and Wasabi. Looking for more vegan food ideas for kids? See this post about 7 homemade vegan baby food recipes that are appropriate for kids from 6 months and up, and this post about what my 2 year-old vegan kid eats in a day. This is what I call drool-worthy popcorn! This caramel chocolate vegan popcorn by Mel from A Virtual Vegan looks utterly delicious, doesn’t it? 11. Blueberry Muffin Bites

Buy it here. 25. Fruitella Gummies Fruitella’s new gummies are gelatine-free | image/Accidentally Vegan UK Spread one of them with peanut butter (or nut butter of choice), and the other one – with jelly. Put one tortilla on top of the other, and cut the whole thing up into triangles like pizza. Peanut & Raisin, Apricot & Strawberry, Nutty, Original, Flax, Fruity, Chia Berry, Pumpkin, Almond & Raspberry, Peanut, Cashew & Cocoa, Hazelnut, Coconut, Raspberry

Simple Vegan Dips

Edamame beans with salt –edamame beans are excellent sources of protein for vegans – they are what tofu is made of – and they taste delicious simply steamed and salted. Try it out! Fruit-flavored yogurts can contain a lot of sugar, so plain yogurt is a more wholesome option. I’m partial to the unsweetened cashew yogurt made by Forager, which is perfect for mixing up with fresh berries or jam. You are going to love these vegan onion rings! They are incredibly easy to make, crispy, and delicious. Plus, they are oven-baked, which makes them so much healthier than fried onion rings! 6. Coconut and Peanut Butter Spiced Energy Bites It’s sometimes a search to find a gummy candy that has no gelatin, so discovering these gelatin-free sour gummies has us jumping for joy.