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SWAP IT Savoury

SWAP FROM these types
of SOMETIMES FOODS

Chips / Crisps

Pretzels

Flavoured biscuits / crackers (e.g. Shapes)

Coloured popcorn

Noodle snack

Crackers and cheese/sweet dip
(e.g. Le Snak or Dunkaroo)

Jatz-style or country cheese style crackers

SWAP TO these types of EVERYDAY foods

Snacks that require no preparation

Looking for some savoury everyday snack ideas that require no preparation? See below for some easy everyday snacks.

  • Woolworths and Coles carrot and celery sticks

  • Cob’s sea salt
  • Coles original
  • Woolworths original
  • Chazoos (butter or nacho cheese variety)

*These foods pose a choking risk and may not be suitable for childcare aged- children, especially those under 4 years of age.

  • Flavoured rice crackers (Sakata, Peckish thins, Damora, Wice)
  • Flavoured rice wheels (Damora, Healtheries (burger flavoured), KidsCare Rice Wheels)
  • Wholegrain brown rice mini bites (Sun Rice)
  • Messy Monkeys whole grain bites (Freedom Foods)

  • Babybel
  • Bega cheese stingers
  • Bel kiri cream cheese
  • Cowbells cheese streamers
  • Dairylea cheesestik wedges
  • Dairylea fridge sticks
  • Dairylea cheese strips
  • Dairyworks cheese sticks
  • The Laughing Cow
  • Woolworth cheese sticks
  • Woolworths cheese cubes

  • Dairylea Colby cheese and rice crackers
  • Mainland on the go cheese and crackers
  • Westcare snack n go cheese and water crackers
  • Woolworths cheese and water crackers

  • SPC baked bean pot, Heinz baked bean mini can
  • Macro wholefoods snack packs*: sassy chickpeas, eda-yummy mix, buzzin beans, corn kernals, cheeky chickpeas
  • Macro air puffed fav-va beans: bbq, salt, pizza
  • The Happy Snack Company*: roasted fav-va beans (pizza, lightly salted, salt and vinegar, sea salt and balsamic vinegar, red pepper and chilli), roasted chickpeas (lightly salted)

*These foods pose a choking risk and may not be suitable for childcare aged- children, especially those under 4 years of age.

  • John West tuna to go
  • John West tuna and beans
  • Small canned tuna (95g) – Woolworths, Coles, Aldi, Sirena, Safcol

  • Chris’ mini dips: hummus, tzatziki
  • Obella mini dips – hummus
  • Coles Hummus / Tzatziki dip mini tub

 

A little preparation

Looking for some savoury everyday snack ideas that require a little preparation? See our list below for snack ideas that require a little preparation.

Buy snack size vegetables or chop regular vegetables and store in small containers.

  • Baby cucumbers, cherry tomatoes
  • Vegetable sticks e.g. carrot, capsicum, cucumber

Buy large tubs of dip and repackage into smaller containers.

  • Hommus / Tzatziki (Obela, Willow Farm, Chris’s Dips, Coles)
  • Tomato salsa (Old el Paso, Doritos, El Tora, Woolworths salsa)

Buy large blocks of cheese and cut into cubes or slices ready for the lunchbox.   

  • All brands of reduced fat cheese

  • Microwave plain popcorn* (Greens Lite popping corn)

*These foods pose a choking risk and may not be suitable for childcare aged- children, especially those under 4 years of age.

Buy large cans and repackage into smaller containers.

  • Heinz baked beans
  • Coles baked beans
  • SPC baked beans
  • Wattie’s baked beans
  • Woolworths macro baked beans
  • Corale baked beans
  • Boiled Egg **

** Check your service policy before packing eggs

Buy large packets and repackage into smaller containers.

Corn thins

  • Real foods
  • Coles
  • Pureharvest
  • Woolworths
  • Damora

Rice cakes

  • Sunrice
  • Coles
  • Woolworths
  • Damora Ceres

Crispbreads

  • Vita Weats
  • Premium original 98% fat free
  • Ryvita
  • Orgran
  • Damora crispetts light and crunchy

Rice crackers

  • Ceres
  • Sakata
  • Peckish thins
  • Woolworths
  • Fantastic
  • Coles

 

Quick and Easy Recipes:

Vegie sticks and homemade hummus

Recipe: drain 1 x 400g tin chick peas. Combine chick peas with 1 tbsp tahini (optional), 1 tbsp lemon juice, 1 tbsp olive oil, 1 clove of garlic and 2-3 tbsp of water. Blend until smooth.

Rice crackers with homemade vegetable dip

Recipe: grate ½ a cucumber and mix with 1 cup reduced fat natural/Greek yoghurt. Add dill (optional), lemon juice and season to taste.

Celery with cream cheese

Recipe: Wash and cut 1 celery stick into three pieces. Fill each piece with 1 tbsp of reduced fat cream cheese. Sprinkle with sultanas (optional).

Corn Pikelets

Recipe: Place 1 cup self-raising flour, 1 egg and ¾ cup of reduced fat milk in a bowl and whisk until combined. Mix in 1 cup corn kernels. Cook in a non-stick pan using 1 tablespoon of batter per pikelet, flipping once bubbles appear. Serve with cream cheese or avocado topping, or pack in zip lock bags and freeze ready for the lunch box!

See more recipes here!

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