25 Healthy Snack Ideas
And the List Keeps Growing!
Finding 25 healthy snack ideas seemed impossible, but what started as a list of 10 items has now grown to over 25, with new items being added all the time.
My personal favorite healthy snacks are whole almonds, Clif Luna bars, and any kind of cheese. I keep some snacks stashed in my purse for when I am hungry and on the run.
I am always scanning the grocery store for new snack foods and am personally a big fan of organic foods for many reasons. Not ingesting pesticides while creating sustainable farming appeals to my newfound sense of preserving the planet for my children.
But simply because the label says “organic” or “all natural” does not mean it is necessarily the best nutrition or caloric combination. In the healthy diet mom kitchen every calorie needs to be packed with nutrition.
I recently saw organic toaster pastries in the cereal aisle of my grocery store. I rejoiced at the idea of my beloved childhood pop-tarts being healthy. Organic flour and organic fruit and frosting! Bring it on. With a trembling hand, I forced myself to read the label.
Each pastry had 200 calories, 20 grams of sugar, and 1 gram of fiber. The only real vitamins were 8% of the RDA of iron. I knew I would be better off eating a bag of cereal, a power bar, or many other snacks.
How often do you see a grown woman in aisle five of the grocery store holding a pop tart box and loudly weeping? Such is the curse of a food label reader.
25 Healthy Snack Ideas
1. An ounce of cheese or cheese stick
2. Power Bar -- I prefer Clif Luna bars
3. Yogurt-- Plain with a teaspoon of fruit spread
4. Yogurt parfait with fresh fruit
5. Hard boiled egg
6. Carrots and hummus
7. Red, yellow, orange bell peppers with hummus
8. Sugar snap peas with hummus
9. Cottage cheese and apples
10. Peanut butter and celery
11. Peanut butter and crackers
12. Peanut butter on a banana
13. Cashew butter on crackers with fruit
14. Trail mix with almonds, raisins, dried apricots, cereal
15. Glass of Milk
16. Handful of Whole Almonds
17. Fruit smoothie
18. Piece of whole fruit with a few whole walnuts
19. “Baked” cinnamon apples -- put sliced apples in the microwave for 2 minutes until soft. Top with cinnamon.
20. Frozen (no sugar added) fruit
21. Frozen fruit popsicles
22. Dried apricots with whole shelled walnuts
23. Edamame beans
24. Meat roll (turkey,ham,lean roast beef) spread with light cream cheese and shredded carrots
25. Bowl of cereal and milk
26. Bag of cereal for on-the-go
27. Crunchy peanut butter on apple slices (thanks Bj)
28. Pear slices with 1/2 oz of blue cheese
29. A cup of low sodium chicken and vegetable soup
30. Apple slices rolled in swiss cheese and turkey
31. Peel and slice a banana in half lengthwise. Spread each slice with 1 tsp soy or sunflower seed butter. Top with a line of fresh blueberries. This is a nut-free, gluten free, dairy free snack packed with protein, fiber and antioxidants.(Thanks Angela)
I welcome your suggestions of healthy snack ideas and would love to keep the list growing. As always, your email information is completely secure and will only be used to respond to you.
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