Healthy Snack Ideas
- Fresh fruit like apples, oranges, bananas, grapes, berries, peaches, plums, nectarines, pineapple
- Dried fruit like raisins, dates, prunes
- Fruit canned in juice like fruit cocktail, peaches, pears, mandarin oranges, tropical fruit
- Baby carrots, sliced cucumbers, celery sticks, bell peppers sticks with low fat salad dressing
- Tossed salad with low fat salad dressing
- Whole wheat crackers like low fat Triscuits
- 1/4 cup cottage cheese & 1/2 cup fresh or canned fruit
- Low fat yogurt (top with Grape-Nuts, if desired)
- Yogurt smoothie: 8 oz. light yogurt, 1/2 banana, 1/2 cup strawberries or other fresh fruit
- Pretzels
- Trail mix: 1/4 cup Cherrios, 1/8 cup peanuts, 1/4 cup Chex Cereal, 1 small box raisins
- Dry cereal (some stores sell one-serving cereal packs)
- Granola bar, cereal bar, Slim Fast bar, Power bar, Cliff bar
- Rice cakes or Popcorn cakes
- 1 small low fat muffin
- Fig bars, graham crackers, animal crackers or oyster crackers
- Baked tortilla chips or baked potato chips
- Low fat pudding cup or Sugar free Jello cup
- Air popped popcorn or 94% fat free microwave popcorn
- 2 Tbsp. nuts or sunflower seeds
- 1/2 cup low fat ice cream or frozen yogurt (top with fresh fruit, if desired)
- Peanut butter, celery & raisins
- 1 oz. low fat cheese & 4 low fat crackers
- 1 Tbsp. reduced fat peanut butter and 4 low fat crackers
- English muffin pizza (1/2 English muffin with tomato sauce & 1 oz. low fat mozzarella cheese)
- 1/2 bagel topped with ½ Tbsp. light cream cheese or all-fruit jelly
- 1/2 ham, chicken, turkey or roast beef sandwich
- 1 small flour tortilla topped with 1 oz. low fat cheese and 2 Tbsp. salsa
- 1 slice raisin bread toasted and topped with 1/2 Tbsp. light cream cheese and all-fruit jelly
- 1/2 baked potato topped with 1 oz. low fat cheese or 1 Tbsp. light. margarine or 1 Tbsp. light sour cream
- 1/2 cup tuna, egg, chicken or seafood salad in 1/2 pita (use low fat mayonnaise)
- Heat until warm: 10 baked tortilla chips, 2 Tbsp. low-fat cheddar cheese. Top with 1/4 cup salsa
- Heat under broiler: 4 low fat Triscuits topped with 1/4 cup tuna and 2 Tbsp. low fat cheese
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