What "healthy" snacks (or meals) were you surprised to discover your kids love?

[6packofun]

I put "healthy" in quotes because that's pretty subjective to many.  I'm asking about snacks or foods that you consider very healthy and that you were surprised to find that your kids actually want on a regular basis?

[SKL]

Miss E adores beans.  Miss A (a picky eater) likes lemons and other citrus fruit, granny smith apples, Indian curry, and certain lentil snacks (don't tell her they are lentils).  Both liked grapefruit when they tasted it (I don't keep it around because I don't like it).  They claim to hate nuts, but they love pistachios.  (Didn't realize pistachios were nuts.)  They prefer hummus to peanut butter these days.  They like yogurt.  When I was a kid, I thought most of the above were yucky.

[Tap]

After having 2 kids who hate broccoli, it was surprising to have dd7 who loves it so much that when I make it, I have to plan an extra serving just for her. 

 

DD15 loves green beans.  In fact last night when she was doing homework, she opened up a can and ate them for a snack. 

 

DS20 loves sushi.  I am the only other one in my family who will eat sushi, so the kids have never had it.  It was surprising for him to come home and say that he and his friends went for a snack of sushi during a study session.

 

 

 

 

[Carrie12345]

I can't claim surprise b/c it's been the case forever with my younger 4, but they're very happy to munch on fruit and raw vegetables all day long.  It's actually a financial problem for me.  They also love to graze on any type of granola-like stuff.  And plain or lightly flavored yogurt from a local farm.

 

They still adore all forms of junk food and will usually choose it over the good stuff if available, but there aren't many complaints when it's not.

[Laura Corin]

I'm not surprised by this, but others have been: both boys adore mackerel.  Most other children seem only to like lighter flavoured fish.  One of their favourite meals is lightly poached smoked mackerel, flaked and stirred into cooked pasta, served with a steamed green veg.

 

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[milovany]

Sweet peppers.  Salad.  Salmon.  Brussels sprouts.  All the kiddos love all of these. 

[Little Nyssa]

Sliced raw purple cabbage!

[Pippen]

One of my friends had a toddler that loved green onions.

[Heidi]

I can't keep enough carrots in the house. They eat them like crazy.

[Susan in TN]

Hummus and fish

[kbernt]

Sliced raw purple cabbage!

 

Hahaha, I was just going to say raw plain cabbage. Someone often grabs a raw chunk when I'm cutting it to make cole slaw.

 

Also, 12yo has been eating raw green beans lately, although she gets that one from her dad who always eats a few when he's picking them in the garden. 

[carriede]

Green beans, sweet potatoes, carrots, hummus, cherry tomatoes.

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Our ds5 loves veggies, but will only eat them raw. He must be the only little boy who breaks down in tears when we run out of spinach and jumps for joy over a cucumber.

[Trilliums]

Kids like a lot of fruits and veggies but I was surprised by raw green beans and fig newtons.

[srs]

My kids live on rice and lentils. It is almost always the backup meal plan for the one with food problems. Everyone also likes green peas.

[bettyandbob]

hummus

[Onceuponatime]

Frozen veggies. When little mine would ask for a cup of frozen peas or corn to munch on.

[JustEm]

My picky eater loved pickled beets when I made them. I offered to all the kids and she devoured them. I thought they were disgusting

[Tammi K]

Edamame with garlic salt

[Mrs Mungo]

Broccoli, asparagus, olives stuffed with garlic.

[VeteranMom]

My kids love spinach salad, hummus, and sushi.

[The Girls' Mom]

My nephew LOVES cucumbers and lettuce.  The workers at his school were actually concerned that his family didn't have enough to eat at home because he kept bringing lettuce sandwiches to school.  (Bread and lettuce) That was just what he begged to be packed for lunch!