Healthy Snack Ideas

We all have been there we look in our cupboard and you can't find anything to much on.  So you break out your ice cream, chips and whatever else you can get your hands on.  With a little advanced planning and prep work you can find yourself a healthy snack to help curb those cravings.  Below are great snack ideas I personally use as well as my clients to help keep those cravings at bay.

Morning Snacks

1 Kiwi

1 Orange

15 grapes

1 small pear

1 cup cubed cantaloupe

3 dried figs

12 cherries

2 small plums

1 cup cubed watermelon

4 dried apricots

1 medium peach

1/2 cup mango

1 medium apple

2 tbsp. dried fruit

3/4 cup grapefruit sections

1/2 cup dried fruit and 12 almonds

1 cup frozen berries

Afternoon Snacks

1 oz string cheese, 2 small tangerines and 6 whole grain crackers

1 oz low fat cheese, 4 wasa crackers, 1 cup sliced bell peppers and zucchini

1 granny smith apple,6 oz yogurt w/2 tbsp raisins

1/2 cup cottage cheese mixed w/ 2 tbsp chopped walnuts, 1 plum

4 rye crackers, 2 tbsp low-fat cheese spread, 1 med. orange

6 oz low-fat yogurt, 6 almonds, 4 dried apricots

2 oz turkey, 1 oz low fat cheese, 1 slice whole wheat brea, 1 plum

1 scoop why protein mixed w/water and 1 large bananas 

High-protein energy bar

8oz skim milk, 1 oz turkey, 1 slice bread

15 baby carrots w/3 tbsp hummus

2 kashi crunchy granola bars

1/2 cup fiber one cereal w/3/4 cup low-fat milk and 1/2 cup blueberries

1 apple w/ 2 tbsp peanut butter

2 hard-boiled eggs, 6 whole wheat triscuit crackers

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