Need tips on packing fresh fruit

sidey1

DS is really getting into fingerfoods and will eat pretty much any cut up fruit. I'd like to pack a fruit snack for him to take to daycare every day, but need to send it cut up into pieces because he goes to a small daycare and they don't have time to cut it up themselves. Any ideas on how I can keep it fresh until snack time?

sidey1

I probably should have said I'm trying to avoid lemons if possible, DS hates them. He refused to eat any puree that had alot of citric acid in it.

ASmallWonder

He really won't taste the lemon because you need very little.  Otherwise, he'll have to eat brown apples or just skip apples and stick with non browning fruit

LisaLisa1980

Use fruit that won't go brown . Do they have a fridge you can use??

Strawberries will keep, cut up grapes, nectarines. If you pack a banana, will they not take the 3 seconds to cut it up in spears?

Citrybell

Orange juice also works on apples if he would like that better. Really any citrus juice.

aibrean

I think vinegar works too.

sidey1

I never thought about trying orange juice, duh! I'm going to try a few variations and see how it works, I'd like to try out the vinegar too.

musicalsilver

For apples, I've found they brown much less if I nuke them for a bit.  I started doing that when the apples were a bit too hard for LO to manage on his own, and found they didn't brown so much when I stored some in the fridge.  So you could try that for apples at least.

Magallyta

well for apples I usually steam them w/some cinnamon & a little bit of vanilla extract. It gives it favor & its softer for finger foods. I cut them up & they are great to take around. I give these apples w/her yogurt & its a big hit!!!