Healthy Snack Ideas

As snacking between meals is encouraged on a few of the eating plans, I wanted to give a you an idea of some healthy but delicious snack ideas:

• Apples, bananas, or celery cut up with peanut butter
• Celery, strawberries, whole wheat or berry bagels with cream cheese
• Hollowed zucchini stuffed with seasoned tuna, cheese, and baked in the oven
• Tortilla with: cheese, meat, and cream cheese; peanut butter, banana and honey; tuna, turkey, or chicken salad
• Saltines (Low fat cracker) with meat and cheese, cream cheese and lunch meat, peanut butter and honey
• Hard boiled eggs
• Beef jerky
• Protein bar (low sugar, high protein)
• Kabobs: cheese, meat, fruit, veggies (ex: cheddar cheese cubes, grapes, salami, red peppers)
• String cheese with or without lunch meat
• Lunch meat wrapped around a pickle, cucumber
• Lettuce wraps with meat, cheese, seasonings, veggies, cream cheese or mustard
• Whole grain english muffin topped with pepperoni, spaghetti sauce and cheese, chicken and cheese with cream cheese
• Yogurt and granola or flax seed (lower fat/sugar yogurt, whole grain granola with nuts)
• Veggie or fruit tray (‘naked’, raw)
• Homemade guacamole or hummus spread on a tortilla, crackers, pita bread, low fat chips
• Smoothies/Protein shakes (fruit, frozen yogurt, low fat ice cream, peanut butter, milk, etc)
• Trail mix: raisins, dried cranberries, walnuts, almonds, sesame seeds, dark chocolate chips, soy nuts, etc.
• Edamame
• Fruit and cottage cheese/ Veggies and cottage cheese/ Vanilla extract, cinnamon and cottage cheese
• Muffins (preferably whole grain, with berries or nuts, if homemade you can add a scoop or more of protein powder and/or use only egg whites instead of whole eggs for added protein)
• Homemade granola
• Apple butter/ Almond butter on toast, crackers, fruit
• Jalapeño poppers (cream cheese, low fat sausage or bacon, mushrooms, etc. for stuffing)
• Pork rinds
• Light popcorn
• Pretzels (plain, covered in yogurt)
• Tofu (can use in salads, wraps, smoothies for protein)
• Pre-made protein drink (low sugar, high protein)
• Side salad (add lunch meat, cheese, chicken, turkey, shrimp, hard boiled eggs, etc. for protein)
• Leftovers from lunch or dinner! (Piece of grilled meat, small salad or side dish) *With protein!