Your comment could be me! I do all of these things ha ha. Mine is a teen now and still takes a little portioned metal container with cut up fruit and veg but “it’s cool” because they call it girl dinner.

My 9 year olds (and 5yo) love roasted broccolini. I think you should try again! They are also sometimes into roasted Brussels sprouts if they are really hungry.

Sorry, forgot two other things my kids enjoy as snacks – chia seed pudding and overnight oats. Easy to prep ahead and have in the fridge.

Might defeat the purpose of trying to reduce refined foods, but the refined version of coconut oil has less coconut flavor.

I made some gluten free morning glory muffins recently (almond flour and flax seed replace wheat flour, and the recipe used coconut sugar and maple syrup instead of refried sugar) – so good, and a fair amount of fruit and veg. We make smoothies and I always throw in about half a cup of frozen riced cauliflower. You can’t taste it but it adds a veggie and helps it get thicker and creamier!

And my daughter likes those snackle boxes – we cut up a ton of veggies to fill ours and she treats it like a salad bar and makes giant salads. We haven’t used ours in a couple months and she has been asking for it!

My kids are also wild about kale chips! You can do all different kinds of flavouring too. Roast at 400 for 10 minutes or air fryer for 5ish.

Cottage cheese blended with melted chocolate chips and refrigerated overnight is a pretty convincing chocolate mousse.

Love the turkey meatballs! Anytime I make meatballs I also put shredded zucchini and 1 shredded carrot per pound. This also keeps them from being to dry.

When it is warmer I also keep some overnight oats on hand in small jars for a snack.