Like you, I’m trying to learn how to eat healthier. I wanted a long list of healthy snack ideas to choose from when preparing my shopping list, so I decided to create one. Now I’m sharing it with you in the hopes that you”ll find it beneficial too!
- Tomato slices with mozzarella cheese sprinkled on top and a dash of olive oil
- Caramel rice cake
- 3 cups of air-popped popcorn with 1 tablespoon grated Parmesan cheese topping
- 1/2 bagel with 1 tablespoon cream cheese
- 1/2 cup frozen yogurt
- Cut up some fresh fruit and stir it into 1/2 cup of low-fat cottage cheese
- 9 animal crackers
- 50 thin pretzel sticks
- Apple slices and string cheese
- Sliced zucchini, sprinkled with olive oil, a little salt and a little Parmesan cheese
- 1/2 cantelope, scrape out all of the seeds and put low fat or fat free frozen yogurt in. Delicious on a warm summer day!
- Slice an apple into rings, spread peanut butter on and sprinkle with a little coconut or maybe even a few chocolate chips
- Fresh avocado on toast – Remove the meat of the avocado from the skin and mash in a bowl (sprinkle on a little lemon juice to retain color), toast your favorite bread and spread avocado on it. Add salt and pepper.
- Mix together 1/2 cup of mini shredded wheat, a small amount of dried fruit and nuts (one large tablespoon)
- Baked tortilla chips and salsa
- 1 cup of non-fat or low-fat yogurt
- 1 hard boiled egg
- 1/2 turkey sandwich made with mustard instead of mayo
- Yogurt and fresh fruit parfait – layer vanilla yogurt and your choice of fruit. Some ideas are blueberries, strawberries, bananas, melon, etc. Need an on-the-go snack? Layer your yogurt and fruit parfait in a waffle cone!
- Banana split made healthy by topping your banana with yogurt flavors – strawberry, vanilla, chocolate, blueberry, etc. Then sprinkle a little low-fat granola on top.
- Wrap a piece of uncured (no nitrates or nitrites) ham or turkey around string cheese.
- Dip apple slices into one tablespoon of natural peanut butter.
- Dip a large pretzel stick into one tablespoon of natural peanut butter.
- 1 banana
- 1/2 cup fresh cut up vegetables – carrots, broccoli, caulflower, radish, jicama, bell peppers
- 30 grapes
- 1 cup Cheerios with low fat milk
- 1 peach or nectarine
- 1 cup berries – blueberries, strawberries, raspberries
- Veggies and hummus
- Smoothie
- Homemade granola bars – this is a yummy recipe!
- 1 cup cut up melon
- Greek yogurt and granola
- Protein balls – these are very popular right now. They require no baking so it’s easy to whip up a bunch and pop them in the fridge for quick and easy munching. A basic recipe is: 1 1/2 tbsp peanut or other type of nut butter, 3 tbsp oatmeal, 1/2 tbsp honey and 1/2 tbsp dark chocolate mini chips, rolled into balls. There are lots of varieties to this basic recipe, eight can be found at Bless this Mess!
- Fruit and nut clusters from Sunsweet
- Nature Valley protein bar
- Whole grain waffle with a small amount of spreadable cheese and preserves on top
- Balanced Breaks by Sargento – wonderful little packages of cheese, fruit and nuts
- LaraBar snack bar
- 1/2 cup of pistachios
- Emerald 100 calories nut snacks
- Kashi granola bar
- Garden Lite muffin
- Two cups of watermelon
- Celery with peanut butter
- Sugar free frozen fruit bar
- 1 cup cherries
- Clif snack bar
- Orange Pecan Granola – my sister makes this and it’s a family favorite
- Dried fruit, such as apples, apricots, cherries, cranberries, etc.
- Graham cracker with chocolate hazelnut spread and sliced strawberries
- Packet of instant oatmeal – check the list of ingredients on the box and opt for the healthier choice, one of which is Kashi GoLean Hearty, Honey and Cinnamon
- 3 small pieces of dark chocolate
- Quesadilla – small whole wheat flour tortilla with 3 tbsp shredded cheese (for added flavor, spoon on a little salsa)
- Celery filled with peanut butter and topped with raisins
- Tuna on whole wheat crackers
- Edamane – in pod or out, dry roasted, boiled or steamed
- Cocoa roast almonds – 1 ounce
- Whole grain crackers with swiss cheese – place the cheese on the crackers and melt the cheese in the microwave
- Popcorn clusters by SmartFood
- (4) 3-Cheese OreIda Bagel Bites
- Cut up some fresh fruit, freeze it and then top with whipped topping (save calories by using the fat free version)
- Kale chips
- Peanut butter, banana and chocolate smoothie
- Fresh fruit smoothies
- Cucumber tea sandwiches – start with 1 slice of toasted whole grain bread, top with hummus and thinly sliced cucumber
- Rice cake spread with a little peanut butter or yogurt or both! Now top with fresh fruit.
- Frozen yogurt fruit cups – spoon your favorite yogurt into an ice cube tray, candy mold or silicon muffin pan and put some small fruit such as blueberries, raspberries or cut up fruit on top, pushing it into the yogurt. Freeze and enjoy!
- English muffin toasted, sprinkled with pizza sauce and mozzarella cheese
- Bake a small potato in the microwave and top with a small portion of healthy toppings: salsa, cheese, broccoli, sour cream
- Nachos snack – baked tortilla chips sprinkled with cheese and melted in microwave. Then dip into salsa or guacamole.
- “Kind” snack bar
- Kraft South Beach Living Dark Chocolate Covered Soynuts
- Annie’s Cheddar Bunnies snack crackers
- Toast a slice of whole grain or wheat bread, spread a small amount of mayo on and top with tomato slices, salt and pepper
- Serving of high-fiber, low sugar cereal, such as the Kashi brand, with low fat or skim milk (it’s often in the evening that I grave a bowl of cereal)
- Rice cake topped with peanut butter and sprinkled with a few chocolate chips
- Toasted whole grain or whole wheat bread with peanut butter and banana slices
- 2 cucumber slices with prosciutto and mozzarella cheese slices sandwiched in between
- Baked sweet potato
- Pretzel sticks dipped in mustard
- 1/2 bagel with ricotta cheese on top and strawberry slices
- Peanut butter on whole wheat toast
- Slice an avocado in half, remove the pit and fill it with 2 ounces of low fat cottage cheese
- 1/2 of Pita pocket bread – fill it with lettuce, tomato and nitrate/nitrite free ham or turkey with a dash of low fat vinaigrette dressing
- A pickle
- Spread low fat yogurt on a graham cracker and top with a slice of banana
- 1/3 cup almonds
- Add some pizzazz to nonfat plain Greek yogurt by mixing in 1 tablespoon of jam
- 6 oz of vanilla nonfat Greek yogurt with 1 tbsp of mini M&M’s or chocolate chips
- 1 Orange – mandarin, navel or cuties
- 1 oz bag of Veggie Pirates Booty
- 10 Stacy’s Simply Naked Pita Chips
- Quaker popped Chocolate Rice Crisps
- 1 Mini Babybel Light (cheese)
- 1 Low-fat Fig Newman
- Low-fat Fudgesicle
- 1 serving raisins
- Mini whole wheat pita stuffed with healthy options, such as hummus, goat cheese, or feta cheese with a little sliced cucumber, shredded carrots, tomato slices, chopped green onion or any other of your favorite chopped veggies!
- 1 serving (1 oz) SunChips original multi-grain snack
Many foods are healthy as long as we watch our portion sizes. “Everything in Moderation” is a good quote to follow when it comes to eating and actually most things in life.
I hope you enjoy this list of healthy snack ideas and find some that are new to you!
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