Info about Snacks
Healthy Foods for Snacks and Meals
If you are the kind of person who likes to snack after getting home from work or school, read the nutrition facts on the side of your favorite bag of chips.
You will probably see that one serving (the equivalent of about 10 chips) may contain 8-10 grams of fat (10 percent of which is saturated fat), and 200 milligrams of sodium. This is not healthy.
Instead of reaching for these high fat, high sodium, empty calorie snacks, try the ones listed below. If you want to extend your choices of healthy foods throughout your diet, the snacks are followed by a list of healthy food alternatives.
• Healthy Snacks
• Plain rice cakes covered with melted low fat cheese or low fat peanut butter and raisins.
• Flavored rice cakes such as apple cinnamon or white cheddar.
• Whole grain pretzels with honey and sesame seeds.
• Whole grain bagels with low fat peanut butter, nuts, and raisins.
• Non-fat tortilla chips with fresh salsa.
• Air-popped popcorn sprinkled with cayenne or a low fat cheese.
• Celery sticks covered with low fat peanut butter and raisins.
• Frozen fruits such as blueberries, strawberries, cantaloupe, and bananas.
• Fresh fruit and nonfat yogurt mixed in a blender.
• Popsicles that are made from blended fruits or frozen fruit juices, and nonfat or low fat milk.
• Fruit juice spritzers made from fresh fruit juices mixed with sparkling mineral water.
• Fruit juice herbal spritzers made from fresh fruit juices mixed with herbal ice teas.
• Mini pizzas constructed on rye crisp crackers that are spread with spaghetti sauce, low f
at cheese, chopped vegetables (peppers. mushrooms, tomatoes, broccoli) and then baked in 350° oven for 15 minutes.
• Cabbage leaf roll ups made from a cabbage leaf spread with low fat peanut butter and raisins.
• Cheerios, almonds, and raisins mixed and stored in an airtight container.
• Snax made by mixing one pound of light margarine; one box each of Cheerios, Rice Chex, Corn Chex; a package of thin pretzels; one pound of nuts. Each of garlic powder, celery seed; and a sprinkle of Worchestershire sauce. Bake in 225° oven for two hours, stirring frequently. Store in airtight container.