I get asked about healthy snack ideas all the time! So here they are! These could be good go-to snacks, or good add-ins to your lunches.
Fruits: banana, apple, nectarine, peach, fruit cup, sliced melon, raspberries, strawberries, blueberries, applesauce cup with cinnamon (or those squeeze packets that make you feel like your eating astronaut food!)
Veggies: carrots, sliced peppers, sliced zucchini, cucumber, grape tomatoes, broccoli. You could do raw veggies, or set aside some time on Sunday to roast some veggies to throw into lunches or in with dinner for later in the week.
Start with what to dip:
Tortilla chips, pretzels, any of the above veggies, Triscuits, Wheat Thins, Pita (chips or bread)
Choose what kind of dip:
Dip any of the above veggies in hummus, salsa, lite ranch, guacamole (wholly guacamole makes 100 calories packs), Annie's has a great line of lite dressings (Goddess and the Italian are my favorites), peanut butter, almond butter
Other Snack Ideas:
Whole grain goldfish
Yogurt and fruit
Yogurt and granola or crunchy cereal
Yogurt and chia seeds
Pudding cup
Shelf-stable chocolate milk or regular milk
Cheese and crackers
Crackers and hummus
String cheese
Granola bar (Luna, Clif, Kind, Lara are all good kinds)
Trail mix (make your own with a variety of nuts, dried fruit and maybe a few chocolate chips)
Any kind of nut (walnuts, pistachios, almonds, cashews, peanuts, brazil nuts)
Popcorn (watch the added butter and salt though)
Hard-boiled eggs
Frozen waffle topped with ricotta and jelly
Going with the cheese and cracker theme? Here's some good "appetizer" type ideas:
- Sweet Potato and Roasted Sweet Onion Triscuits with Laughing Cow cream cheese and pomegranate seeds on top
- Cracked Black Pepper and Sea Salt Triscuits with Nutella and strawberry slices on top
- Wheat Thins with peanut butter and banana slices on top, maybe even add a chocolate chip
- Sweet Potato and Roasted Sweet Onion Triscuits with Laughing Cow cream cheese and mandarin orange slice on top
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