When most people think about eating healthy they think about boring foods and eating salads every day. Eating healthy can be so fun if you are creative!
Here are some yummy healthy snacks to add to your snack list.
Crunchy
- Apples
- Frozen grapes
- Rice cakes
- Plain popcorn – use coconut or canola oil to pop kernels in a covered pan on the stove
- One or two hard pretzels – the large Bavarian variety
- Crunchy crudités of veggies and dip (hummus, guacamole, vinaigrette, favorite dressing)
- Celery or carrots with peanut or almond butter (use non-hydrogenated peanut butter)
- Hummus with whole-grain toast or rice crackers
- A handful of nuts
Sweet
- Wheatgrass shot
- Fresh, whole fruit
- Organic yogurt with fruit or granola
- Apples and peanut or almond butter
- Sprouted date bread with jam
- Frozen yogurt – freeze yogurt and make your own!
- Dried fruit (avoid products with added sugar)
- Use leftover grains to make a sweet porridge – drizzle maple syrup, sprinkle cinnamon, add nut milk and bananas, heat with fruit juice, etc.
- Smoothies – mix whatever you have in the kitchen such as fresh or frozen fruit, ice, coconut water or nut milk, yogurt or avocado, kale or spinach, carob powder or raw cacao, nut butter, seeds, etc.
- Fruit “ice cream”– peel a banana, freeze, blend in a food processor with nuts, berries, or raisins (it can be put through the screen of a juicer for a creamier consistency)
- Freshly squeezed fruit juices – make your own and try different combos
- Sweet vegetables – yams, sweet potatoes, squashes (acorn, butternut, kabocha) – cut into chunks or fries, sprinkle with cinnamon, and bake
- Dates stuffed with almond butter or other nut butter
- Organic dark chocolate chips or carob chips
Salty
- Olives
- Pickles and pickled vegetables, such as carrot, daikon, beets, and lotus root
- Tabouli and hummus
- Oysters and sardines
- Kale or seaweed chips
- Steamed vegetables with tamari/shoyu or umeboshi vinegar
- Tortilla chips and salsa or guacamole – try whole-grain chips such as “Garden of Eatin” or “Food Should Taste Good” brands and freshly made salsa or guacamole
- Sauerkraut – it will also knock your sweet craving right out!
- Fresh lime or lemon juice as seasonings or in beverages
- Salted edamame Small amount of organic cheese
Creamy
- Smoothies
- Yogurt
- Avocados
- Rice or chia seed pudding
- Dips and spreads, like hummus and baba ghanoush
- Puréed soups
- Puddings made with silken tofu, pumpkin, avocado, or
- mashed banana
- Mashed sweet potatoes
- Coconut milk
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