mini-cheddars cheesy biscuits

Maybe you were too strict with what your daughter ate when younger hence her unhealthy relationship with junk food now.

There is little you can do about the grandchildren as they are not with you all the time. You can insist they wash their hands before playing with the musical instruments.

It's the complaints about them not eating their meals very well that makes me roll my eyes
I do sympathise with that, they need to have an appetite for npmeals.

I had a lovely neighbour years ago who said her little girl wouldn't eat so I used to invite her in for lunch with DS sometimes, we both thought it might encourage her if she saw him enjoying his food. They were both about three at the time.
It didn't help much but then the Mum said the little girl wouldn't eat breakfast so she often gave her a big bag of crisps mid-morning ..... then she wouldn't eat lunch ........

I love cheeselets as well Julie27 I can only get them at Christmas here so
I have a mad splurge then

If you have the dehydrating option on your air fryer then it should be possible to make apple crisps and maybe other stuff which will seem like a 'snack' but less watery than fruit.

My 5 year old granddaughter loves apple crisps made in the air fryer, I don’t think she has been given anything like mini cheddars or I am sure she would like them as much as I do

I love mini cheddars and always have a multi pack in just in case I fancy some. But actually I very rarely do! Maybe one or two small packs a month. My GC love snacks but aren’t too bad in this day and age I suppose. My DD has a whole large tin full of indescribable ‘treats’ which I personally think they eat too much of. My comments are not welcomed so I keep quiet now! None of her children are overweight, in fact the four year old (born a premmie at 26 weeks) is tiny but I think there could be healthier alternatives. Both my DD and DSil are on the weighty side and love to snack so that doesn’t help. I can only do my best when the GC are with me! I don’t really understand the national obsession with snacks as I have always found it hard enough to cope with the ‘three meals a day’ thing as it is! And as I get older I usually don’t TBH.

JaneJudge

the red leicester ones are like the crack cocaine of the mini cracker world...

wonderful comment!

I saw the Red Leicester ones in a shop but didn't allow myself to get them. Glad I didn't now as they're obviously dangerous.

It starts with one red Leicester, and spirals downwards from there.

You'll be lying on the sofa, in supersized leggings, surrounded by empty packets before long, waiting for your next fix!

Re the leggings and sofa situation - already there!

I do think these snacks have an addictive quality - they seem to be universally popular, at any time of day, with any age group!

Witness the TV series 'There she goes' (Brilliant) in which mini-cheddars are used as a bribe, and reward for good communication/behaviour. They've got something!

Must be making a fortune.

It’s so hard to shut up isn’t it. With so much information out there I am bewildered that my DD hasn’t picked up on it. Especially with me as her mother….. I think I’m a bit OTT.
So I’ve just fed my DGS a fish finger sandwich for lunch. I’ve scrutinised the ingredients and think they are OK but..big but…he only eats white sliced bread with thousands of ingredients.
I do try but quietly!
No snacks!

I imagine they're high in salt.

Only imagining, though, because if I checked, I'd be horrified, probably. (And who wants to be horrified?)

One of my GSs eats willingly only tinned cream of tomato soup with bread (no butter, but brown bread good). He is lanky, very active and seem very healthy.

What to do?

Well, children have got to eat, and unless yours are the type that love tasty lentil meals, then....

If you eat proper food with a balance of protein and fats etc and nothing highly processed there will be no need for snacking as you will not feel hungry. Snacking increases the blood sugars and it is no good for you, storing up a host of health issues in the future.

Might be no good for you * Shropshirelass* but ohhhh so lovely I don’t buy them as I would not be able to stop they are so yummy but surely everyone needs a little snack now and then

Kowl size8 is minute I think I d look obese against you but I’m not overweight I don’t agree with your daughter constantly giving the children minichedders but is she really or does it just seem that way to you What age are these children and why is your daughter ‘feeding’ them can’t they feed themselves? And if she is feeding them how do their fingers become so sticky ? 🤣

Shropshirelass

If you eat proper food with a balance of protein and fats etc and nothing highly processed there will be no need for snacking as you will not feel hungry. Snacking increases the blood sugars and it is no good for you, storing up a host of health issues in the future.

Snacking has often nothing to do with being hungry; take it from one who knows!

I never allowed snacking between meals for my daughter when she was small, though, because it stands to reason that dinner is less appealing when you're already full.

There is no need for snacking .....
Repeat .....

Does that get rid of the urge to snack?
No!

I've just remembered, DD left some snacky things in the cupboard from Christmas!!
I didn't know I wanted anything until I saw this thread.

Best eat one before they go out of date 🙂

Oh yes.
Waste not, want not.
P.S let us (me) know what you find.

Oh no. This reminds me...just checked...YES! Two lovely packets of Mini Cheddars left. Not for long!

I think Callistemon is sitting in the Christmas cupboard as we speak.
Snacking, no doubt.

Ooh! I have the big ones!

Oh no I really fancy some now and haven’t got anything in the cupboard because once it’s in the cupboard it doesn’t stay there it has a bad habit of finding its way to my mouth
Now I can’t think if anything but minichedders …….going shopping tomorrow