What Are Your Favorite Snacks?
Create your own recipes with some favorite, healthy snack ideas this month:
- Orange segments dipped in vanilla yogurt with a sprinkle of cinnamon
- Apples, sliced thin, with crunchy low-fat peanut butter
- Popsicles made from any kind of fruit juice
- Frozen grapes
- Low fat yogurt & fruit smoothie (many recipes online!)
- Low-fat cottage cheese with unsweetened canned pineapple chunks & sliced almonds
- Low-fat cottage cheese with diced cucumber, chopped tomatoes, red onion and/or zucchini, seasoned with salsa
- Cucumber "boats" filled with low-fat red pepper hummus
- Celery stuffed with low fat cream cheese or peanut butter
- Try the many flavors of hummus as a dip for veggie sticks or tortilla strips or both
- Fat free popcorn mixed with a few pretzels, and nuts and/or dried fruit
- Low fat chocolate or vanilla soymilk (or blend with crushed ice for a ‘shake’)
- Any low fat yogurt mixed with walnuts (or another favorite)
- Any low fat yogurt topped with fresh berries
Volume 6, Issue 9, Posted 8:26 AM, 05.06.2010