Healthy snack ideas

The key to sustaining your energy and blood sugar all day long is to pair healthy complex carbs (fruits and veggies)with a protein (nuts, hummus, avocados, cottage cheese) at each meal. This prevents the crash in blood sugar and helps to avoid becoming famished (which almost never leads to smart eating decisions!)

Here are a few quick and easy snacks:
Mini bell peppers (5-6 mini sized) *Try dipping your veggies in Hummus (3 TBSP)

Hummus on toasted Ezekiel bread

Almonds (1 handful)
Cashews (1 handful)
Pumpkin seeds (1 handful)
Pistachios (1 handful)
Quest Protein Bars
Sugar snap peas (1 handful)
Apple (optional: with Tablespoon of Natural Peanut Butter)
Banana (optional: with Tablespoon of Natural Peanut Butter)
Small spinach salad with veggies and a vinaigrette dressing – 2 cups of spinach plus 5 mini bell peppers plus 1 handful of carrots plus 2 Tablespoons dressing
Carrots (1 cup)
Cucumbers (1 cup)
Beef Jerky (1 handful)
Protein Shake (1 serving)
Strawberries (1 cup)
Raspberries (1 handful or ½ cup)
Blueberries (1 handful or ½ cup)
Blackberries (1 handful or ½ cup)

Grapes (20) and cheese stick (1)

Natural peanut butter, whole wheat rice cake, ½ banana

Pretzels & hummus

Frozen fruit & yogurt smoothie
Sweet potato (I like to add zero calorie butter spray)
Zucchini (2 cups)
Cauliflower (2 cups)
Green Beans (2 cups)
Hard boiled egg
Tuna (with a tablespoon of Olive Oil Mayo)

1 piece of whole wheat toast with 1 tablespoon natural peanut butter
Greek yogurt or plain non-fat yogurt (1 cup fat free), sweetened with 1 Tbls agave or pure maple syrup (optional), add berries
String cheese (one)
Cottage Cheese (1 cup), add berries
Steel cut oats (1 cup- cooked which is about ¼ cup dry/precooked)
Shakeology

If you'd like some help with meal planning, feel free to contact me and I'd love to chat and help you come up with some healthy alternatives.