Healthy hotel room snack suggestions?

[riu girl]

Driving from Ontario and staying at ASMo for 4 nights.
Can anyone suggest any healthy room/theme park snacks for a DS4 and DD7 that can be brought from home. Room will not have a fridge but we have access to a toaster and microwave at the food court.

Thank-you,

Riu Girl

 

[alohamom]

Everywhere we go, I take Nutragrain cereal bars. I know you can buy them in the U.S. but they make excellent travel food for kids.(I know they are packed with preservatives but better than Doritos!)I also take fruit cups and spoons, and always have some sort of fresh fruit for my kids because we eat a lot of it on a regular basis and really do miss it if we don't have it. I take a collapsable cooler and keep that in hotel rooms if I don't have a fridge for ice and drinks.

 

[SandraC]

Still a little junky, but I take granola bars and dried fruit snacks. Kinda sugary, but not a chocolate bar. S

 

[pampam]

Many times we have taken microwave popcorn to the food court and prepared it in the microwave oven. We take it back to our room and eat it from the bag. We also eat apples, nuts and I make a cookie with only oatmeal, fruit(applesauce or banana) and 1 egg white. Nutritious enough to eat for a meal, but children think they are getting a treat.

 

[MaMudduck]

Originally posted by pampam
and I make a cookie with only oatmeal, fruit(applesauce or banana) and 1 egg white. Nutritious enough to eat for a meal, but children think they are getting a treat.

Explain more, this sounds good! Do you microwave it? How long?

 

[CdnMom2]

We take everything mentioned above, but rely more on the chewy granolas with cranberry/apricots etc. or yogurt-covered (if you/the kids like them -- check before -- some won't eat them) than the doughy cereal bars that also get squished easier (but we take some of them too).

We also take along those small pepperoni sticks ?"Pepperettes" & cheese strings. I find the protein helps keep the energy & health going along with the more sugary stuff. The cheese helps cleanse the teeth a bit from the gummy/chewy stuff in between brushes. We take frozen tetra packs of juice too (McCain, NoName, etc.)

And I buy those little Disney gummy snacks in packets (Pooh Bear/Buzz/Princess/Mickey, etc. box by Betty Crocker I think). You can clean up after Hallowe'en with clearance priced gummy snacks (peaches, rasberries, etc.) as treats in their waist pouches. Yes, those are not nutritious, but are a nice added affordable treat & temporary energy boost they can access during the heavy touring days in the park.

Your own GORP mixture, or a mixture of cereal with some Cheerios-type cereal (whatever level of nutrition you choose) & add some Disney character or other sweety cereal should keep them happy too -- easy to have in room as a bowl treat eaten dry or with cooler milk for breakfast or sandwich-bagged & taken with you to park.

Apples are great to balance off all this -- crisp, hold shape, fresh, travel much better than say Bananas or thawed out grapes-- but don't take across border. And Florida oranges, of course, in the mornings.

 

[CdnMom2]

bag of baby carrots in cooler (kept fresh with hotel ice in a baggy) is nice in the hotel room

 

[pampam]

Here is the recipe for Oatmeal Fruit cookies.
It's from the Susan Powter "Food" book. I adapt the recipe to whatever I have in the house, and have never had a problem. You can any way you like and it will still be a good cookie. My adaptations are in brackets.

2 medium bananas, ripe, medium, to make 1 cup (or use unsweetened applesauce, fresh nectarines, peaches, etc.)

2 egg whites (or 1 whole egg. If you do that, the fat content will be higher. However it may not matter to you.)

1 cup pitted and chopped dates.( Sometimes I use dried cranberries)

1 1/2 cups rolled oats (I use the quick cook type but I'm sure whatever you have on hand will work too)

1/2 cup raisins ( or omit the dates and use 1 1/2 cup of raisins if you wish.)


1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. Mash bananas, leaving some chunks. Add egg whites and dates, and mix to make sure dates are separated and well coated.
3. Mix in rolled oats and raisins. Set aside for 10 minutes. Wipe a cookie sheet with a little oil. Place a spoonful of dough on cookie sheet, and flatten with a back of a spoon.
4. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, until the edges are lightly browned. Cool and remove from pan. Store well covered in refrigerator or freezer.


I never refrigerate mine. I make them at home, take them to Florida, and 3-4 days later they are all gone. We sometimes eat them for breakfast. Or we might take them to the parks with some almonds for lunch. Or we might have them for a bedtime snack. There are no refined sugars in them, and only a trace of fat. They are good for people trying to avoid wheat too. Only fruit, oatmeal, and egg white. Quite nutritious, really. I find that 5 or 6 will fill me up.


I wonder about the pepperoni sticks someone mentioned. Make sure there is no beef in them. I don't think beef is allowed yet across the boarder. My husband, a truck driver, had his can of beefaroni confiscated at Fort Erie boarder crossing.