Convenient healthy snacks
I don’t know about you, but I’m certainly not one of those people who can be satisfied on just three meals a day.
While I don’t need a mid-morning snack, I often have one in between lunch and dinner- especially these days since MT and I have been eating dinner later than usual during the week.
When I do have a snack, it has to be something that doesn’t take a lot of time to prepare. It also has to be easy to eat- meaning that I can eat it while holding or feeding a baby.
Foods or liquids that are very hot or ones that require the use of utensils are pretty much out of the question as well.
Here are some of my go-to snacks:
- Cherry tomatoes (Thank goodness, I didn’t realize that I loved these while I was pregnant. My heartburn would have been through the roof!)
- Olives
- Pre-sliced apple sprinkled with cinnamon
- Baby carrots with hummus
- Sliced cucumber dipped in salsa
- Shelled edamame
- Raw almonds
- Raw walnuts
- Sugar snap peas
- Air-popped popcorn drizzled in coconut oil and some sea salt
- Mary’s Gone Crackers dipped in salsa, hummus, or guacamole (They are gluten-free.)
- Dried mango slices
- Frozen red grapes
- Green smoothie (I’ll make one in the morning and drink it throughout the day.)
- Dried Goji berries
- Cup of blueberries or raspberries
- Kale chips
- thinkThin bars
Recently, the people over at thinkThin sent me some bars to try. I’m a white chocolate lover, so their white chocolate flavor has always been my favorite. However, I’m newly obsessed with their thinkThin Divine bar in German chocolate coconut. It is seriously delicious. If you like peanut butter, you’ll also love the chunky peanut butter bars.
The bars make a perfect healthy snack because they can be eaten on-the-go, and they are low in sugar, contain protein, and are gluten-free.
What is your favorite healthy snack?
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My favorite healthy snacks are nuts, yogurt, or fruit!
Easy to eat is definitely a requirement these days
I live off baby carrots and hummus at home, but for work I try to find a healthy bar that doesn’t contain soy protein (not an easy task!) Right now, I’m eating Nature’s Path Peanut Choco and Choconut (coconut flavored) bars which are great. At night, it’s always either an apple or a dark chocolate covered banana (Diana’s brand) though my mom just turned me onto a super easy snack that’s delish – frozen sliced bananas sprinkled with cinnamon (or cinnamon sugar for a sweet tooth). Getting hungry just thinking about all this!
Yum! I am going to try the frozen banana.
I love almonds, melons in the summertime, and I really enjoy cheese. Oh, and cucumbers with vinegar…
I love cucumbers with vinegar too.
my favorite healthy snack is homemade trail mix, or if i’m at home, carrots & hummus!
I still need to make your trail mix. It looks so good!
Great Post! I have been snacking between Lunch and Dinner lately too. I have got to try those bars – in a bit of a rut lately. I enjoy snacking on unsalted nuts, Cuties:), applesauce or banana or fruits/veggies:) Happy Tuesday!
Happy Tuesday! I love Cuties too, but I have to admit that it is partly because of the name.
Apple slices and pb for me!
I love rice cakes with almond butter or hard-boiled eggs!
I was on a major hard-boiled egg kick when I was pregnant. I need to bring those back into circulation!
homemade popcorn or a smoothie
Hey Erin! My favorite healthy snack is gala apples or bananas. Doesn’t get easier than that. I can’t handle having to use utensils or prepare snacks either. The more complicated the healthy snack, the more likely I am to go for my box of Cheez-Its!
Peanut butter bars? I’m not entirely sure I’d be able to have just one. Those sound dangerous, Think Thin or not
Hey Jenn! I’m glad that I’m not the only one who prefers my snacks to be utensil-free.
I like to cut up apples, warm them in the microwave, and add just a touch of whipped cream and cinnamon!
Sounds delicious!
Homemade trail mix, roasted beets with avocado & dried cranberries, cities… but lately a little bowl of borscht or a sweet potato : ) yummm!!!!
The roasted beets sound so good!
My favorite healthy snacks are veggies with red pepper hummus or slighty-spicy salsa!
i love their peanut butter protein bars!!! but i also love veggies and salsa and hummus! yum! best flavor combos there are!
My favorite healthy snack are almond thin crackers and cucumber slices with hummus. They are a great morning snack at work for keeping me full until lunch.
My favorite healthy snack is a cucumber salad! Peel, slice and cut out the seeds of a cucumber then let it sit over night in a vinegar mixture (1/3 vinegar, 2/3 water, TBSP EVOO, pinch of sugar). Sprinkle with a little sea salt and pepper the next day. Sooo yummy. I grew up eating this for lunch almost everyday in the summer and my grandma would add in a vidalia onion and a German Johnson tomato.
I also snack in the afternoon.I eat greek joghurt and just started eating dried apricots.I read that they are good for milk production, and since I am breastfeeding I am giving them a try. I also love prunes:-)
I love dried apricots too! I actually ate them a lot while I was pregnant.
Love peanut or almond butter with apple or extra dark chocolate
Dark chocolate is always a good choice.
My fave healthy snack is almonds and an apple!
One of my favorites is Greek yogurt with some PB mixed in or a piece of fruit like an apple or a banana with a handful of almonds
I love greek yogurt with granola and some strawberries! thanks for the giveaway! *fingers crossed*
I just made THE BEST granola in the world! It has oats, quinoa, sunflower seeds, chia seeds, hemp seeds, soy nuts, cocoa nibs, dried cranberries, dried corrants, diced prunes, apple sauce, honey, almond oi l, vanilla, & pumpkin pie spice Soooo good!!!!
apples and cottage cheese!