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