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Banana Sushi (a fun & healthy snack for kids)

January 26, 2018 by Meg 26 Comments

After school snacks are essential at our house. This quick and easy, protein-rich banana sushi is a favorite healthy snack your little monkeys will love!After school snacks are essential at our house. This quick and easy, protein-rich banana sushi is a favorite healthy snack your little monkeys will love! Almost every day, the first thing my son says to me when I pick him up from school is “Mom, I’m really hungry.” Now, keep in mind, he eats a full lunch at school, and he has a small snack about 20 minutes before I pick him up. But this kid has the metabolism of a marathon-running cheetah…so he is ALWAYS hungry (send HELP when he becomes a teenager).

Consequently, afternoon snacks are essential at our house. And it can’t just be a piece of fruit and a few crackers. Nope. Not gonna cut it. We need protein. We need complex carbohydrates. We need serious calories.

We have several healthy snack foods we eat regularly and enjoy, like these granola bites and these mini blueberry muffins. We also love dipping fruit or pretzels in this super simple dip. But sometimes we need a little more variety.

Enter banana “sushi”. Let’s be clear, this snack really has NOTHING to do with sushi, except that it’s rolled up and sliced like a California roll. Which is good, because I’ve never really understood the appeal of raw fish. Sorry, real sushi lovers. Don’t hate me. But this version we can hopefully all agree to love.After school snacks are essential at our house. This quick and easy, protein-rich banana sushi is a favorite healthy snack your little monkeys will love!

I created these on my own before I realized that they are apparently a thing on Pinterest. Still, assuming I’m not the only one who hadn’t heard of them before, I thought I’d share them with you because they are (1) SUPER easy, and (2) a TOTAL hit with my boys.

This healthy snack only takes a few minutes to pull together, and it’s packed with good-for-you ingredients to get kids from after school until dinner time without falling on the floor from hunger pangs…real or imagined (not that we’re ever that dramatic at my house…oi).After school snacks are essential at our house. This quick and easy, protein-rich banana sushi is a favorite healthy snack your little monkeys will love!

Whole grains, fruit, protein…and just a dash of sweetness from a bit of Nutella. Because it is a truth universally acknowledged that everything is better with Nutella.

Here’s what you need to make your own completely-NOT-Asian sushi snack:

Banana Sushi

Banana Sushi

Prep Time: 5 minutes
Total Time: 5 minutes

This quick and easy, protein-rich banana sushi is a favorite healthy snack your little monkeys will love!

Ingredients

  • 1 flour tortilla (I like to use whole wheat, but you can use white, too)
  • 1 banana, peeled
  • 2-3 Tablespoons peanut butter
  • a small smear of Nutella

Instructions

  1. Spread peanut butter on one side of a tortilla. Add a thin line of Nutella.
  2. Peel banana and straighten it a bit (it’s okay if it cracks a little). Place on top of Nutella.
  3. Roll tortilla up around the banana, trying to make it as tight as possible.
  4. Slice your “sushi” roll into 1/2-1 inch rounds and serve.
Cuisine: Snack
Want more after school snack ideas? Try these!

  • Easy after school snacks
  • No bake granola bites
  • Chocolate almond date balls
  • Toddler Trail Mix

After school snacks are essential at our house. This quick and easy, protein-rich banana sushi is a favorite healthy snack your little monkeys will love!

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Comments

  1. Suzanne

    May 1, 2020 at 11:18 pm

    This looks delicious, thank you for sharing!

    Reply
  2. Carrie

    May 6, 2020 at 8:40 pm

    Made this today with my 1st graders over a Zoom cooking lesson. It was a huge hit! Super easy for kiddos to do on their own(ish) and using ingredients that people have on hand anyway. Thank you!!

    Reply
    • Meg

      May 6, 2020 at 8:44 pm

      I LOVE that you were able to do this with your whole class. You must be an amazing teacher!

      Reply
  3. Abigail

    May 26, 2020 at 2:41 pm

    I didn’t have nutella so I subbed it in for chocolate sauce. SO GOOD! Highly recommend for anyone bored at home like my family and I. I ate the whole thing!

    Reply
  4. andrew

    August 25, 2020 at 10:45 am

    ok

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