quick snacks for when you’re on the go (prepare some of them ahead of time to keep yourself from grabbing chips, candy, or snack bars)
- Celery sticks with peanut butter and several raisins on top
- Rice cakes with peanut butter (good for getting a protein punch)
- Low-fat cheese cubes
- Hardboiled eggs
- Deviled egg (wrapped in plastic wrap)
- Fruit yogurt cup (add in some fresh fruits or nuts for a boost
- Trail mix
- Nuts or nut mix (stick to just a handful)
- Vegetable sticks with a little packet of dip (lowfat salad dressing packets found in salad bars work as easy-to-pack dip)
- Broccoli or cauliflower bites
- Half of a turkey or tuna sandwich on whole-wheat bread
- Cucumber slices (lightly salted or with nonfat Italian dressing)
- Yogurt and granola
- Leftover chicken or turkey slices (great to eat cold)
- Healthy fiber-rich or grain cereal (great to eat dry from a baggie)
- Pickles (wrapped in foil or plastic wrap)
- Box of raisins or other dried fruit
- Half a large whole wheat bagel with light cream cheese
- Apples, bananas, strawberries (any fruit works, these are naturally portable)
- Mixed berries (these freeze well in plastic bags)
- Whole-wheat crackers and low-fat string cheese
- Grapes in a baggie
- Fruit smoothie in a thermos
- Tuna and cottage cheese in mini-containers
4 months ago on 24 January 2012
quick, healthy snacks
- Low-fat cottage cheese (4 oz): 80 calories
- Raisins (50 or about 1 oz): 85 calories
- Skim milk latte (8 oz): 85 calories
- Air-popped popcorn (3 cups or 1 oz): 95 calories
- Graham crackers (8 small rectangles): 100 calories
- Thin pretzel sticks (48 sticks or 1 oz): 100 calories
- Celery (5 pieces) with peanut butter (1 Tbsp): 100 calories
- Unsweetened applesauce (1 cup): 100 calories
- An apple (small) with low-fat cheese (2 oz): 150 calories
- Baby carrots (10) with hummus (1/4 cup): 150 calories
- Peanuts (a handful or 1 oz): 160 calories
- Raw almonds (a handful or 1 oz): 165 calories
- Low-fat yogurt (6 oz): 175 calories
- Tortilla chips (12 chips or 1 oz) with salsa (1/2 cup): 175 calories
- Whole wheat Ritz crackers (10 crackers or 1 oz) with peanut butter (1/2 Tbsp): 175 calories
4 months ago on 22 January 2012
