Healthy Snacks

Ideas for healthy snacks for Everyone
-Yogurt w/cereal (cheerios, Honey bunches, grape nuts, etc), raisins, fruit, etc
-Baby carrots and celery (cut up celery and put them w/carrots in a tupperware w/a little water and store for the week) and serve w/fat free or light dip (use fat free sour cream or yogurt)
-Hummus on a roll, bread, cracker or w/veggies
-Popcorn (popped yourself or low fat microwave)
-Mixed nuts and dried fruit (substitute favorite stuff)
* 1/2 ounce whole shelled (unpeeled) almonds
* 1/4 ounce unsalted dry-roasted peanuts
* 1/4 ounce dried cranberries
* 1 tablespoon chopped pitted dates
* 1 1/2 teaspoon chocolate chips
-Cottage cheese w/fruit(bananas, strawberries, peaches, pears, etc) and honey
-mini sandwich- whole grain roll w/slice turkey and low fat cheese, little mustard
-salad snack- 2 cups mixed greens with ½ cup mandarin oranges, 1 tablespoon sliced almonds and 2 tablespoons reduced-fat dressing
-Fruit smoothie:
*Blend 1 cup fat-free milk,
*½ cup frozen strawberries
*½ banana
-Pudding snack - One 4-ounce fat-free, ready-to-eat vanilla pudding with ½ cup fresh fruit and 5 vanilla wafers
-Cinnamon-raisin mini-bagel spread with one tablespoon peanut butter


For kids:
-snack kabob -low fat cheese cubes and grapes on pretzel stick
-Celery, pb and raisins (classic "Ants on a Log")
-Cereal mix (mix up a bunch of favorite cereals (cheerios, kix, chex, captain crunch, coco puffs, peanut butter puffs, etc) and add nuts and/or pretzels, chow mein crunchy noodles, raisins, etc)
-Tortilla roll-up
*mix cream cheese and salsa together and spread in a small flour tortilla,
then sprinkle with cheese and roll up. Bake on 400 until crisp and golden
brown
-Strawberry Banana Ice Pops -
* 1 (3 1/4-ounce) package instant banana cream pudding mix
* 1 3/4 cups milk
* 2 cups sliced strawberries
* 1 tablespoon sugar
(Blend it all up until smooth and pour into ice pop molds. Freeze 4 hrs)
-Yogurt Parfait - layer vanilla yogurt or other favorite, crumble crunchy granola bar or granola cereal over one layer, add fruit (such as strawberries, berries, grapefruit slices, orange or mandarin slices, apple, raisins, etc.)and keep layering!
-Muffins or bread-banana, zucchini, carrot and pineapple, etc.
-Pizza- 2 flour tortillas, thin layer mozarella cheese melted in between, layer tomato sauce on top, more mozzarella sprinkled, and then toppings you desire
-Whole grain wheat crackers or multi-grain (check fiber levels and ingred. list to make sure really whole grain) w/low fat cheese slices or light or fat free cream cheese
-Instant Oatmeal Cereal (variety pack)