We all know the drill, getting ready for a holiday or a weekend away is anything but chilled out. You have to wash all the clothes (for them to wear on the first day and proceed to put mud all over), use your 90s Tetris skills to get the car packed and organise a billion things to be looked after at home while you sun yourself in Byron.
Imagine how great it would be if you could outsource just one task that would make your road trip really awesome. Road trip snacks! Here are a few recipes that you can get the babes to make (and pack) for themselves. Can you picture it? Getting ready for a holiday without little people under your feet? It’s definitely possible.
Just remember to do all the oven-work for the kids and it’s a good idea to measure out the necessary ingredients prior to starting. If your kids are really young, remember that they’ll need to be supervised at all times. Check out my favourite super-good, super-easy road trip snacks recipes in the gallery.
So tell me, what do you take along on your family road trips? What do the babes in your family love to snack on?
Stace x
More great snack ideas for kids:
- The Healthy Green Juice My Kid Actually Loves
- 3 Superfood Nice Cream Recipes
- Banana Sushi + 4 More Super-Healthy Afternoon Snack Ideas
Image: Kirsten Doyle
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Smoothies
Grab a good glass bottle with a reliable top and pop a yummy green smoothie or fresh fruit smoothie in. Again, freeze this baby a few days before -- pour it straight into the bottle and leave a few cm at the top before you freeze it. I use this Fresh Strawberry and Kiwi smoothie as an ice brick for other car snacks and when defrosted it’s ready to drink.
Image: Kirsten Doyle
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Root Vegetable Chips
These Root Vegetable Chips are crispy, delicious and actually good for you. Make these with any root vegetables you have on hand, especially the ones you are wanting to use up from your crisper before they turn sad while you’re away.
Image: Stacey Clare
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Mini Quiche Muffins
Don’t let the eggs go off while you’re away – have the kids make up these yummy eggy muffins so breakfast is done for the morning you want to get on the road.
Image: Lauren Matheson
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ABCD Muffins in the Thermomix
If you're lucky enough to have a Thermomix, you'll already know just how easy they are to use. So easy, in fact, that a (supervised) child can do it. Try these ABCD muffins from Create Bake Make out for your next trip - that's Apple, Banana, Cinnamon and Date muffins to us.
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Apricot Balls
Make these balls a few weeks before you head off. They store a dream in the freezer. Oh, but don’t roll them in coconut – you don’t need that all over the car! Find the recipe on my blog, Stacey Clare - A Healthy Mum.
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Homemade Brown Rice Sushi
This brown rice sushi recipe makes a great lunch for the road and uses up the last of your veg before you go. I use normal brown rice (rather than sushi rice) and use avocado to bind it, rather than mirin (Asian sugar syrup). It’s healthier and uses up more veg too.
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Lentil Rolls
Pack in the fibre and veg and ignore the flashing lights of roadside restaurants. These lentil rolls from Lunch Lady Magazine are the ideal travelling companion. The kids can mix the ingredients, slather it onto the puff pastry and brush on the egg (a favourite job at my place), then into the oven they go.
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Nut-free Bliss Balls
Balls of all kinds are perfect for car-snacking and with three kinds to choose from, you're bound to find a healthy snack the kids will love eating as much as they love assembling. It might be a good idea to skip the 'roll in coconut' step because coconut and the car aren't a good mix!
Image: Cassandra Michelin
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Road Trip Snacks Quick Mix Cookies
This is a fool-proof, kid-proof choc chip biscuit recipe from Maxabella Loves. So simple you'll find yourself asking the kids to make them all the time. Remember to pack them into individual brown paper bags so the kids can catch the crumbs as they eat.
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Rice Paper Rolls
Whatever you've got in the fridge the night before you go, put it into a rice paper roll. This recipe has the yummiest sauce that pulls together whatever ingredients you have on hand. Use up all your vegies and make something healthy for the whole family to eat on the road.
Image: Stacey Clare
