Healthy sandwiches with protein

Updated May 11, 2013.

If the children a large part of their diet and calorie snack between meals, offer healthy snacks with protein. Protein is essential to the growth of the young also filling, so that the calorie a dual function. A word of warning: Beware of fat and salt. Both are for most children, in small quantities.

Try some of these options for a healthy protein snacks:

• low-fat cheese (sticks, cubes, discs, towers)
• Turkey, ham, roast beef or
• Turkey sausage, meatballs or sausage
• jerky, salami, pepperoni, or (view the versions of Turkey, in the little fat)
• boiled eggs
• Nuts
• Peanut butter and other nut butters
• Cream cheese
• Hummus or other soy sauces
• Yogurt (natural blend of fruit and / or a little honey, or look for low sugar flavored versions)
• Tofu
• Edamame (whole soybeans)
• Cottage cheese
• roasted chickpeas
• Crackers or chips enriched protein