Here are some ideas for healthy snacks that will fill the gap between lunch and dinner, or even in the morning.
1. Cottage cheese and berries
- 1/2 cup cottage cheese (1%)
- 1/4 cup raspberries
2. Apple and nut butter
- 1 apple
- 1 tbsp natural nut butter (e.g. peanut butter, almond butter, etc.)
3. Veggie sticks and hummus
- 1 red pepper, sliced
- 1 small cucumber, sliced
- Handful of baby carrots
- 2 tbsp garlic hummus
4. Crackers and cheese
- 6 Mary’s crackers
- 1 piece of Babybel or Laughing Cow cheese
- 1/2 cup grapes
5. Orange and pistachios
- 1 large orange or 2-3 clementines
- 30 unsalted pistachios
6. Steamed edamame
- 1/2 cup edamame, frozen
- Sea salt
Method: In small pot, bring water to a boil and add frozen edamame. Boil until softened and remove from water. Rinse well and season with sea salt.
7. Crunchy mini yogurt parfait
- Small container vanilla yogurt, any flavor
- 1/4 cup blueberries
- 1/4 cup All Bran Buds
8. Mini egg sandwich
- 1 hard-boiled egg
- 2 Ryvita crackers
9. Celery and peanut butter
- 2 stalks celery, washed
- 1 tbsp natural peanut butter
Method: Cut the celery in half and spread the peanut butter into the center. Keep in a container for an easy snack!
10. Healthy bar
- 1 healthy bar (e.g. Simply, Bounce Energy Balls, Kashi, Kind) Note: counts as your grain.
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I try to avoid added sugars in my food and found “Grape Nut Cereal” better and tastier than “All Bran Buds”. (note there are not nuts or grapes in “Grape Nut Cereal” just great crunch.
All Bran: Ingredients
Wheat bran, sugar, malt (corn flour, malted barley), salt, Vitamins and Minerals: Iron, thiamine hydrochloride, d-calcium pantothenate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, folic acid.
Grape Nut: WHOLE GRAIN WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, SALT, YEAST. (DOO2H).
Thanks, well noted!