Crisps

[carlyb]

My ds likes the odd packet of organix crisps (puffs). I have realised that these are VERY expensive. My Mum has suggested giving him the smiths salt and shake crisps, minus the salt.
Are these ok to give a 19 month old or are they too fatty? thanks

Northerner - Oh yes... ds calls them "green crispies"! He got his hands on a tube that I had bought for a party and once he popped.... he couldn't stop!

Am I right in thinking that Pringles are a none food as they go right through? I'm sure I heard it somewhere, can anyone enlighten me either way..

Pringles are my absolute downfall, I could eat them by the tube. And pickled onion monster munch - mmmmmmmmmm!

I let Lottie have either

quavers (only ever half a packet)
those baked vegetable crisps, like bits of beetroot and parsnip
Organix puffs
white chocolate covered raisins (about 8 of them)
the odd white chocolate button (about 6)
White chocolate fingers
home made muffins
banana cake

She has these sometimes after her healthy main meal (always offer fresh veg etc), desert(yoygurt or something), bits of fresh fruit and then I let her have a treat from the above list about 3 or 4 times a week depending.

I can't remember where I read it, but I think it was the FSA site... "There is no such thing as a bad food only a bad diet."

My personal motto is "everything in moderation, even moderation"

Georgina, i like your philosophy

MMMMMMMMmm, Pickled onion Monster munch
and pickled onion walkers!

Nice one Georgina

Don't set me off on pickled onion monster much, mmmmmmmmmmm. No chance of dd getting her hands on these, back off girl these are mummies

They are so much smaller than they used to be though.

I was going to put that but then thought it might just be my gob getting bigger . Wagon wheels also.

my philosophy exactly GeorginaA
LOL M2T re popping the pringles...WE all ove them in my house. I hide them under the stairs as I don't like sharing

It's a great philosophy... especially now the easter eggs are in the shops! I tell dh it's a pregnancy craving, but he's not fooled - probably due to the fact I had loads of chocolate eggs last year when I wasn't pregnant...

I hasten to add that ds doesn't see me chain eating chocolate

I fear dd1 is no stranger to the crisp, particularly at her childminder's. She is a pretty healthy lass, I have to say, and so keen on her fruit I have to hide it from her.

Thomcat, you put me to shame. Well, most people put me to shame, obviously. Feel even more inferior than usual.

I give my two Bamba, usually one packet between the three of us. It's my absolute favourite crisp-type snack, and relatively low in salt.

Trifle - I thought (like M2T) that it was Quavers that were coloured by paprika and that Wotsits were absolutely full of e numbers - including the nasty one (E312?) that can cause hyperactivity.

I was sure I'd checked this myself once - but I will check again!

As it is, ds (3.5) doesn't seem to be affected by any e-numbers and would quite happily eat as many Smarties, Wotsits, crisps (or, as he calls them "chimmies" as we would let him - without any apparent ill effects.

Havn't heard of Bamba - what is it, where can you buy it?

Wotsits - Ingredients Maize, vegetable oil, cheese flavour [cheese powder (7%),flavour enhancers (monosodium glutamate), colour (paprika extract), flavouring], salt.

Quavers - Ingredients Potato starch, vegetable oil, cheese flavour [cheese powder made with animal rennet 0.1%), flavour enhancers (monosodium glutamate, disodium 5'-ribonucleotide), flavouring, colour (paprika extract)], rice flour, soya flour, salt, yeast, onion powder, pepper, wheat flour, colour (annatto).

^^As taken from the Walkers website here

I do give my kids crisps and agree with the others that have said that things in moderation will not harm them.

Our local farm shop (sort of high street version of a farmers market with everything produced locally) sell crisps made not from potato but from parsnip, beetroot, cleriac or carrot. Have also seen sweet potato on occasion. Still have some salt (not worried as we never add salt to anything we cook at home so overall amounts are still low), but at least there are no artificial flavourings, and they do introduce vegetables which I might not otherwise give ds.

I LOVE Worcester Sauce Flavour French Fries , just cant get them easily.They are lower fat than a lot of other types.Didnt even check the monosodium count, may be gap in the market for strong flavours withought the crap!!!

DD 6 months, loves rice cakes as do I , got through a packet a day when pg so may be thats why she likes them!!!

This hasnt got anything to do with the programme on bbc2 right now has it????

Bamba is a peanut snack, looks a bit like fat Wotsits, only not so fluorescent. I get them from the Kosher section at Tescos.

Just got a packet out for the ingredients: peanuts, corn, veg oil, salt, rosemary extract; 0.1g sodium per bag.

Oooh, I'm looking at the packet and thinking about opening it...

Did a quick google on MSG and children and found \linkwww.dooyoo.co.uk/kids_and_family/kids_equipment/baby_food_hints_tips/_review/40719/this{} which might be helpful. It is banned in all foods specifically marketed and created for children under 24 months. But Wotsits etc I guess slip through the net because they're not "designed" for babies/toddlers.

Organix will send you loads of money off vouchers and a few free samples if you register on their site. They also have a campaign running to improve the quality of children's food.

That's this site

im going to cheat the wat my nan did for us when we were little on my ds put out a snack plate on the weekend with
1 apple
1 banana
1 small bar of choclate
1 small bag of crisp
and there was other fruit as well cant remember off the top of my head though
she always took the attitude if you say no to something they want it more so give it to themin mderation plus she was the kind of person with the attitude once its gone it one so we new if we ate the crisp and the choclate that was it for he week so we was left with the fruit plus our main meals which were always quite healthy
and i grew up prefering a apple to a bar of cholate and if i do have one i always hear my nan saying thats it for the week its your own fault for not having the fruit first