When your family has a busy schedule and you find yourselves in the car a lot, it can be super easy to do some serious snacking while you are on-the-go. However, it seems like the easiest and most portable snacks are not always healthy snacks. With a little extra planning, you can turn snack time in the car into a much healthier in-between meal. So if snacking is a must while you are in the car, here are a few ways to make sure everyone in your family is grabbing healthier snacks to keep them moving and grooving.
- Fresh fruit is always a great option for a healthy snack. Since you are going to be in the car, go for easy to serve and less messy fruit options like sliced grapes, sliced apples and peeled oranges. Stock up on snack sized plastic bags to store the fruit.
- We are also big fans of freeze dried fruit like strawberries, blueberries, and bananas. Before the trip, divide the fruit into individual servings and place in plastic sandwich bags. These healthy snacks are great to leave in your car so someone can grab the snack whenever they need it.
- Fresh veggies like carrots and celery sticks are a great option and easy to serve with dips like peanut butter and hummus, which can be found in individual travel sizes as well. Get creative with the containers and it will make serving and cleanup easier for you.
- Dried fruit like raisins and cranberries are yummy and easy options and can be divided up in snack size plastic bags or go ahead and buy the snack sized boxes and pouches for these items.
