Roasted chickpeas are healthy, high-fiber snack food. Roasted
chickpeas are healthy, high-fiber snack food. (Tammy Ljungblad,
Kansas City Star)  Back-to-school means so many things to so
many people. Kids feel a combination of excitement and
nervousness. Parents look forward to regular schedules and
knowing their kids will be learning after a summer of fun. But
for some parents, it can also mean the dreaded snack duty, that
unlikable task of providing a healthful snack for an entire
class of children.  The stress that this task causes some
parents has been parodied in movies and television shows, and
has been a topic among working and stay-at-home parents. Many
find themselves confused when kids in the class have allergies
and the school says that snacks have to be healthful. What
exactly does that mean? What constitutes a healthful snack?
Besides boycotting, which isn't really an option because
children, especially small ones, need a snack or two during the
day to carry them from mealtime to mealtime, what