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Ask Maxwell: What Is Your Daughter’s Favorite School Snack?

Maxwell Ryan
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Maxwell left teaching in 2001 to start Apartment Therapy as a design business helping people to make their homes more beautiful, organized AND healthy. The website started up in 2004 with the help of his brother, Oliver. Since then he has grown ApartmentTherapy.com, added TheKitchn.com, our home cooking site, and has authored four books on design. He now lives with his daughter in a lovely apartment in Brooklyn.
published Sep 1, 2021
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My son doesn’t like the snacks I pack for him to take to school and it’s demoralizing to me. What’s your daughter’s favorite? Any good ideas?

Shelley

Dear Shelley,

I will tell you that Ursula is actually — God bless her! — very good at choosing the healthy snack route, though she’s no stranger to ice cream and candy after school and no one’s looking. When I asked her directly what she LOVES, this is what she said. I am quoting:

“Peanut butter and dates, pretzels/carrots/cucumbers with hummus, chips, popcorn, avocado toast, smoothie.”

The very last one — smoothie — is code for something that could well be close to a milk shake, but I didn’t dig in. One of her favorite shops in the whole world is Jamba Juice and the other is — hands down — Starbucks, where she LOVES herself a Dragon Drink so much that she’s tried to make them at home.

But I digress.

My big tip for you this week is a snack that an adult friend got me on to and is super healthy and super addictive and tasty: Cauliflower Bites. I urge you to try them on your son. I would bet 100% that he likes them AND can’t believe that he’s eating cauliflower. 🙂

Best, M

PS. and if you like cooking and MAKING THEM AT HOME — stunning — check out all these recipes on our cooking site, Kitchn.

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Maxwell Ryan is a father and was an elementary school teacher in NYC before founding Apartment Therapy. He’d love to answer your question: askmaxwell@cubbyathome.com. This piece was created for Cubby, our weekly newsletter for families at home. Want more? Sign up here for a weekly splash of fun and good ideas for families with kids.

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