Hi -
Here's a real puzzle for some health nut to solve... (oops - no nuts allowed... hm... for some health affectionado to solve?)
Need a high-calorie healthy snack that can be taken to school, and eaten quickly, and actually LIKED by a teenager. And doesn't require refrigeration (i.e. doesn't even need an ice-pack in a lunch bag) so I can send a week's worth at a time. And it can't be expensive.
medications dictate need for snacks between meals. Must contain protein, fat and carb. The more calories per cup, the better. (kid is underweight besides, so the only thing not allowed is "lo-cal" stuff!)
That would be easy except... school policy is NO NUTS. Not peanuts, not tree nuts, not soy nuts. No nuts period. In any form.
So, I can't do GORP (good old raisins and peanuts). Or any form of trail mix.
Anything that requires opening more than one container - isn't going to happen on a 5-min break between classes. ONE container.
Any really creative foodies out there?
Thanks in advance!
Here's a real puzzle for some health nut to solve... (oops - no nuts allowed... hm... for some health affectionado to solve?)
Need a high-calorie healthy snack that can be taken to school, and eaten quickly, and actually LIKED by a teenager. And doesn't require refrigeration (i.e. doesn't even need an ice-pack in a lunch bag) so I can send a week's worth at a time. And it can't be expensive.
medications dictate need for snacks between meals. Must contain protein, fat and carb. The more calories per cup, the better. (kid is underweight besides, so the only thing not allowed is "lo-cal" stuff!)
That would be easy except... school policy is NO NUTS. Not peanuts, not tree nuts, not soy nuts. No nuts period. In any form.
So, I can't do GORP (good old raisins and peanuts). Or any form of trail mix.
Anything that requires opening more than one container - isn't going to happen on a 5-min break between classes. ONE container.
Any really creative foodies out there?
Thanks in advance!