Wheel-of-Snacks

A healthy snack guide to happier, healthier kids with minimal prep using ingredients you have on hand. Inspired by Emma Frisch from Time for Dins!

With back to school in full swing, we’ve been thinking a lot about snacks. Back to school snacks, after school snacks, school sports snacks, healthy snacks, snack hacks… how many more ways can we say ‘snack’?

Last week, we interviewed Emma Frisch from Time for Dins as part of our monthly community member profiles and she shared that the #1 cooking skill she recommends for other home cooks is meal planning. For today’s back to school snack guide, we asked Emma to share some of her snack hack planning with us at One Potato. Many of these snacks, such as cheese and crackers, hard boiled eggs, sliced cucumbers or other veggies, you can prep in bulk for the week ahead, and combine into two or three ingredient snacks as needed.

While heading off on her summer family travels, Emma shared her 10 Yummy, Healthy Snack Hacks 🍎🥜🍯 for busy parents and families. Inspired by her post, we combined forces and came up with this interactive snack wheel for the One Potato and Time for Dins communities.

One Potato X Emma Frisch Snack Wheel

We have two versions of the Snack Wheel - one with images of the snack ideas for younger kids/not-yet-readers, and one with words.

To make your Snack Wheel, cut the larger spinning wheel out, and then cut the smaller spinning wheel out.

Using a push pin and a small piece of cardboard, pin the smaller spinning wheel on top of the larger spinning wheel on top of the cardboard backing, allowing room for them to spin. Make a game of snack time by spinning the smaller wheel and choosing a snack combo!

If the combo is silly or yucky, you can spin the wheel again! But you might be surprised by some of the combos you come up with - be open to trying new flavor combinations.

Some Extra Add-ons/toppings include:

• Cinnamon

• Honey

• Chia Seeds

• Granola

• Dried Fruit

• Bittersweet Chocolate Chips

• Bee Pollen

• Hemp Hearts

Click this button for a downloadable and printable Snack Wheel:

Happy Snacking!