Healthy snacks the children actually eat

Snack time at Tinker is a small ritual. Children help set the table, pour their own water and pass the bowls.

Six favourites

• Apple slices with a thin spread of nut-free seed butter
• Cucumber and carrot sticks with yoghurt dip
• Homemade oat and banana bites
• Wholegrain crackers with mild cheese
• Frozen berries in summer
• Warm vegetable soup in a cup in winter

Trying new foods

Offer small portions, eat together, and let children serve themselves. Some foods need to appear ten times before a child tastes them, and that is fine.