by Joyce Slaton posted in Life & Home

Parents love Trader Joe's. If you have one in your town, and little kids who need park snacks, or slightly older ones who need packed lunches, I can practically guarantee you shop there. Why" Because Trader Joe's has its (metaphorical) finger on the exact thing parents want: food beloved by children yet not offensive to parents. Snacks that are located in the nebulous space between "healthy, kids won't eat it" and "junk, parents won't buy it."
But if you shop at TJ's, you already know one of the more painful aspects of the store: They're always changing up their selection. Those veggie-stuffed ravioli that you loved so much last month, the ones your second grader wanted in her lunch every Thursday" They've been phased out. You'll never see them again. At the same time, new products come flooding in every month too. You can have some new trail mix to assuage your pain while getting over that ravioli.
So with that in mind, I took a trip to my local TJ's to suss out currently available snacks and meals that kids will eat. Here's what I found.
1. Babybel Cheese

Crazy easy to tuck into a diaper bag or lunchbox, this snack even has a built-in toy: the mini-cheese's wax coating is fun to mold and smush.
2. Fruit Sauce Crushers

So easy to feed to your baby or toddler, doesn't have to be refrigerated, kids like them, full of real fruit. I wish the sauce didn't have apple and carrot juice concentrate, which ups th...