Thread: Children's healthy food choices?

I am going away for the whole day tomorrow . My 14 year old child and 12 year old will be left alone and I dont want them eating any junk food why I am out. They are not allowed to cook with stove, oven, or microwave. Are their any healthy snacks my kids could make without cooking?
They can cook with everything except when I'm not home.
Thanks every one but I need something that they could cook with their hands and spend a little time doing.
Okay. If I gave them the microwave.

Prepare some fresh fruit for them and keep it at eye-sight in the fridge. Studies have proven that people are more likely to grab what they see first so keep the healthy things where they can be easily seen. Clean and cut grapes, strawberries, apples, melon, and anything else you would like. Toss together in a bowl for a simple fruit salad. Seeing a variety of fruits makes the dish more appealing.

Keep some slices of cheese, sliced turkey or ham, and crackers, bread, or tortillas/wraps around so they can make their own cracker stackers (lunchables), wraps, or sandwiches.

Keep pizza or cheesy breadsticks in the fridge covered with foil or plastic wrap or in a closed container and put some pasta sauce in a tupperware for easy access. I happen to love cold pizza and breadsticks!

Some other things that are good to have around are baby carrots, bagged lettuce, pretzels, baked tortilla chips, salsa, light dressings, skim milk, low sugar cereal, low sugar fruit snacks, granola bars, and string cheese.

Hope this helps!

At ages 14 and 12 the last thing that you should be doing is planning a meal for your children to prepare while you are out, even allowing for no cooking with appliances. In just 3 years your eldest is going to be GONE - on his or her own.

If all else fails I am sure they can figure out peanut butter and jelly or a tossed salad.

my kids love:
string cheese
apples
jerky
pistachios
yogurt

trail mix
celery & peanut butter
baby carrots and light ranch dip
apple slices & peanut butter
hard boiled eggs (you could cook them tonight)
string cheese
other fruits such as bananas, oranges, sliced watermelon, grapes, etc
pudding or jello cups