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Apple slices + cheese

After school, before homework. Crunch and protein with no cracker in sight.

Servings
1
Total
3 min
Skill
Easy

Steps

  1. 1

    Cut the cheese into cubes, not slices

    One slice or about an ounce of sharp cheddar, cut into cubes. Cubes stay separate in a container; slices sweat against each other and weld into one lump by mid-afternoon.

  2. 2

    Apple wedges, then lemon

    One apple into eight wedges, a squeeze of lemon tossed through. Same trick as the peanut butter snack: acid slows the browning for a few hours, which is the difference between eaten and binned.

  3. 3

    Sharp cheddar, not mild

    Sharp cheddar against a sweet apple is why this combination works at all. Mild cheddar disappears next to the fruit and the whole thing tastes like just apple.

Coach's notes

  • Roughly 7 g of protein from the cheese and about 4 g of fibre from the apple, which is a real snack rather than just sugar.
  • This is deliberately the alternative to the cracker plate. Fruit and cheese does the same job with actual food.
  • Cheese is perishable. USDA says 2 hours out, 1 above 90F, so an ice pack in a Florida school bag.
  • Honeycrisp, Fuji and Pink Lady hold up cut. Red Delicious goes mealy within the hour.