Monday, April 18, 2011

29 Healthy Snack Ideas!

I am sure we have all been here... It is 3:30 and the kids are off school and headed home and they are going to be hungry!  You are really trying to feed your family a healthy diet, so you skip the pizza bites and look for a healthy snack.  All of a sudden, your mind goes blank!  You cant think of anything too feed the monstrous appetites that are going to be running through the door any minute!  Here are 29 different healthy snack ideas to help you with that!  Print out the page and stick in on the inside of a cupboard and you will have ideas at your fingertips!

1. 1c. raw broccoli or cauliflower/ 1/4 c. hummus
2. 4 c. light popcorn/1 low fat string cheese
3. 1 sl. w.w. toast/1/4 c. sliced avocado sprinkled with lemon juice
4. 1 apple sliced & sprinkled with cinnamon/2 Tbls. raw walnuts
5. 1/2 c. unsw. applesauce/2 Tbls. raw pecans
6. 1 c. cherry tomatoes/1 low fat string cheese
7. 1 oz. non-nitrate deli roast beef/1 oz. lofat cheese slices/alfalfa sprouts
8. ½ c. warm br. rice/1/2 c skim milk/1 tsp. honey or agave syrup
9. 10 lrg. black or green olives, rinsed/1 oz. lofat cheese
10. 3 rye krisp crackers/1 oz. sliced lofat cheese
11. 1/2 w.w. Eng. muffin/1 Tbls. natural peanut butter (ck the ingredients on the label!)
12. 1 c. berries/ 1/2 c. nonfat yogurt/1 Tbls. non sugar jam
13. 1 med. pear/1 oz. lofat cheese
14. 1 med. orange/ 1/2c. nonfat cot. cheese
15. 1 c. sliced red or green peppers/ ¼ c. hummus
16. ½ c. rinsed black beans/ 1/2 c. lofat cot. Cheese
17. 1 kiwi/1 lofat string cheese
18. ½ toasted pita pocket/ ¼ c. hummus
19. 1 slice sprouted gr. bread/ 1 Tbls. nat. peanut butter/1 tsp. non sugar jam
20. 1 oz. lofat Feta cheese/ 1/2c. unsw.applesauce or sliced peaches
21. 1 slice w.w. bread/1 tsp. lite mayo/1 sliced tomato/1 oz. cheese-broil ‘til cheese is melted
22. 1 scoop unsw. prot. pwd./ ½ c. berries/ ½ c. skim milk/stevia-blend
23. 1 c. Kashi whole gr. puffed cereal/ ½ c. skim milk/stevia
24. 1 hard boiled egg/1 sl. w.w. toast/1 tsp. non sugar jam
25. 1 veggie burger/1 slice tomato/romaine lettuce leaves/mustard
26. 2 large dates/1 Tbls. nat. peanut butter
27. 1/2 lofat, low sugar granola bar/1 Tbls. sunflower seeds
28. 6 oz. can of low sod. tomato or v8 juice/1 wedge light laughing cow cheese/5 w.w. crackers
29. 1/2 c. plain nonfat yogurt/1 Tbls. nat. peanut butter, nuked and stirred into yogurt/1/4 sliced banana

Go to Dustin Maher for more ideas like these!

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