Food Tips & Info > SnacksApril 08, 2008

Ideas for Healthy Snacks

Here are some ideas for healthy snacks.

  • Apples with low fat (or non fat) string cheese

  • Carrot sticks and celery sticks (refrigerate in a container with water and they'll stay crisp)

  • Celery with a peanut butter and raisins

  • Nonfat plain or vanilla yogurt sprinkled with low fat granola or crunchy cereal

  • Grapes - try freezing them - like little popsicle bites

  • Raw unsalted almonds (you'll get used to them raw -- they're so good and for some reason you won't eat as many as you would if they were salted)

  • Bananas (yep, the perfect snack)

  • 1/2 whole wheat bagel with almond butter and sliced bananas

  • Non-fat cottage cheese with blueberries or strawberries

  • Chilled orange wedges

  • Rice cake topped with peanut butter and a no-added-sugar, all-fruit spread

  • Top 1/2 of a whole wheat English muffin with thinly sliced tomatoes. Spray the top of the tomatoes with a little olive oil non-stick cooking spray, sprinkle with low-fat Parmesan cheese, fresh or powdered garlic, and basil, pop in the toaster oven for a few minutes and voila -- you've got a great bruschetta snack

  • Broccoli stalks! Don't throw away the stalks after you've sliced off the heads. Peel the outer layer from the stalks with a small sharp knife and you'll get to the heart of the stalk. You'll realize what you've been missing at first bite!

  • Be sure your bread products (English muffins, bagels, sliced bread, etc) are made from whole grains, not just "whole wheat"

By Laura from Long Beach, CA

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04/13/2008

Baked tortilla chips (cut up flour tortillas and bake on cookie sheet at 350 degrees for 10-15 minutes) with salsa (nothing but vegtables!).

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04/13/2008

Baked tortilla chips (cut up flour tortillas and bake on cookie sheet at 350 degrees for 10-15 minutes) with salsa (nothing but vegtables!).

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04/09/2008

Thank you, these tips came just when I needed them!

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