HEAD START/EARLY HEAD START Sample Head Start Snack Menu Monday Tuesday applesauce (1/2 cup) with Graham crackers (2 sq) baked Tostitos(8) Sundae anyday * with picante sauce (1/2 cup fruit Topped with 2 oz and ВЅ oz cheese Yogurt) ВЅ cup pineapple with Вј cup cottage cheese ВЅ cup fresh veggie sticks with ranch dressing And ВЅ oz cheese 1/3 cup Chex ВЅ oz (1/8 cup) cereal peanuts, and ВЅ cup banana Вј cup raisins, and Вј cup apples Wednesday Thursday Friday Apple sliced (1/2 cup) with 1 TBL. peanut butter 5 Vanilla Wafers, ВЅ cup fresh fruit вЂњAnts on a LogвЂќ * 8 Animal celery, peanut Crackers, butter, raisins, ВЅ cup fruit and ВЅ cup low fat milk вЂњItalian KabobsвЂќ * ВЅ cup cherry tomatoes, olives, And ВЅ oz cheese ВЅ oz String cheese, ВЅ cup pear slices 1/3 cup Life cereal, ВЅ boiled egg, 4 Saltine crackers, ВЅ cup low fat milk ВЅ cup shredded carrots ВЅ c orange slices, Turkey Roll Up * waffle, ВЅ cup 1/3 cup 1 tortilla, ВЅ oz applesauce to Life cereal shredded cheese, spread or dip 1 slice turkey Graham crackers (2 sq), 1 oz. peanut butter, carrot sticks * Child Prepared fruit kabob, ВЅ cup fruit pieces, ВЅ oz cheese cubes Multicultural Sample Weekly Nutrition Activities п‚· п‚· п‚· п‚· п‚· п‚· п‚· п‚· Friendship fruit salad Apple Smiles (apple wedges with peanut butter in the middle and Rice Krispie teeth) Sugarless applesauce Trail Mix cornucopias in ice cream cone, apple slices Angel sandwiches with cookie cutters, orange slices Wheat bread and peanut butter and banana sandwich Pumpkin sandwiches (cut with cookie cutters) and baby carrots Monster faces with peach halves (face), shredded cheese (hair), raisins (eyes), cherry (mouth), pretzel (nose) *** For DAILY snacks use whole fruits/vegetables 4/week. *** *** For WEEKLY snacks include whole fruits/vegetables every time. 7/2012 Sylvia Coulson, RLD Head Start Nutrition Consultant