To be sick of wasting food and having no idea what snacks to buy for 11 year old?

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It’s half term and my 11 year old wants to rustle up some snacks herself. What sort of snacks do people buy for their 11-13 year old kids to make?

Hot dogs, popcorn and chips with dips.

What does she like and any diet/weight issues?

Toast, sandwiches, cereal.
Fruits for fruit salad, with cream if needed
Cheese cubes to dip in seeds
Nuts and dried fruit
Hummus and cucumber/carrot sticks

Mine just eat cereal (shredded wheat, Weetabix, bran flakes etc...)

I wouldn't be happy with them cooking or heating up food without adult supervision due to the risk of them burning themselves or <worse> causing a fire. But they can make sandwiches with pre-sliced cheese, peanut butter etc, Tortilla chips & dips.

Find a flapjack recipe? Help them to bake?
Can add all sorts / raisins/ mixed dried fruit/ nuts/ choc chips etc.

www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/yummy-golden-syrup-flapjacks

Quick cook pasta and the inevitable pot noodle have made an appearance.

Crackers and cheese
Tomato soup and bread
Peanut butter toast
Crumpets
Ham sandwich
Veg and hummus is ds2s snack of choice

Toast with various things on
Cereal
Crisps
French toast
Scrambled egg
Pot noodle

All regular snacks here.

At 11?? You know at 11 they will be cooking in food tech?

All of my children can use the hob from age 10 and know how to be safe in the kitchen. You have to start somewhere.

Snacks my eleven year old eats:

apple and yogurt to “dip”
hummus and carrot sticks
toast never fails!

What do you mean by snacks? Mine just ate breakfast, lunch and dinner. If they were hungry between, they’d eat a banana, apple, leftovers, popcorn, some nuts. Just whatever was available. I think I don’t understand the question!

Why pre sliced cheese? Using a grater or sharp knife ( if taught correctly) is a life skill.

I have started making batches of chicken bone broth and mixing it with cup of soups or pot noodles. Keeps them full and I never realized how easy it was

Cereal
microwave hotdogs and burgers
sandwiches/ toast
Pot Noodle/ noodles

Crikey!
There's another thread on young people not being very resilient
This post does seem to be why!

Kids seem to graze all day now don't they?

Have you asked her what she wants?

Mine likes those porridge pots where you add boiling water and stir. Obviously more expensive than just buying a bag of porridge oats but she likes the autonomy of being able to make them easily and there are different flavours like choc hazelnut and caramelised biscuit

Fruit, crackers, cheese, popcorn, cereal bars, crisps

If extra hungry things like noodles, bagel, toast

I know in general we’ve become a nation of people who eat too much, but pre teen and teen kids get hungry due to growing. 4 meals a day isn’t uncommon at that age

mine batch makes home made flap jacks and banana bread to snack on throughout the week. Otherwise fruit bowl

Mine like the microwave rice packs, eggs, pasta, noodles, houmous.
They also often make pancakes or will bake cakes, cookies etc.

At 11?? You know at 11 they will be cooking in food tech?
All of my children can use the hob from age 10 and know how to be safe in the kitchen. You have to start somewhere.

Yes, but with adult supervision. My DS & now my GC have cooked with me since they were able to stand on a stool to reach work surfaces. They've grated things, stirred sauces, made pastry, learned how to use knives safely etc.

But I thought OP was looking for things that their 11 year old could prepare without adult being present.

Well indeed. You just need to wait until their 16th birthday when they will wake up magically able to use a sharp knife and a hot hob without any prior attempts. 🙄

Be a proper parent!!

My 11 year old only really eats fruit between meals, but she is capable of making her own breakfast and lunch so toast, bagels, sandwiches, cheese and crackers etc.

This is so so far behind where they would need to be at this age.

My kids can rustle up a cake or cookies without help, flapjacks too. Ramen noodles, simple stir fries too. They also like making cheese toasties in the toastie maker.