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After reading all your wonderful snack suggestions my afternoon snack has transformed into an inspired treat. There were so many great ideas, and I love reading that you all eat your fruits and veggies throughout the day.
Aside from the various energy bars and seasonal fruit that we all eat and love, here are some great snack ideas:
- Edamame
- Pepitas (pumpkin seeds)
- Whole grain wheat thins with the Laughing Cow light garlic and herb cheese
- Radishes or cucumbers with balsamic vinegar
- 2 Wasa Crackers with 2 tablespoons of Trader Joe's chipotle hummus spread on and topped with sliced grape tomatoes
- 100 calorie mini bag of popcorn
- Non-fat or low fat yogurt (Greek yogurt is higher in protein) and fruit or cereal or both
Speak Up: Favorite Healthy Snack
When my energy level takes a nose dive in the late afternoon, I reach for a snack. Lately, my power-through-the-rest-of-the-day snack is a mozzarella cheese stick, a handful of nuts, and a piece of fruit. Let me say this though, I am getting a little bored with it.
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Speak Up: What Are Your Favorite Healthy Summer Snacks?
I told you guys about my favorite cooling foods to beat the heat that also double as tasty healthy snacks during the hot months of summer. A lot of us have our standard healthy treat (red ants on a log anyone?) that we turn to when we're feeling like a healthy summer snack and I am wondering what yours is. Speak up and share your summer snack ideas in the comments section below.
How Octomom Slimmed Down to 125 Pounds
Whatever your opinion of Nadya Suleman's decision to carry eight babies at once, most can agree that her quick slim-down is rather astonishing. When her octuplets were born nine months ago, Nadya weighed 270 pounds. In the latest issue of Us Weekly, she admitted she packed on the pounds by "eating everything in sight."
Try a "Tropical" Yam For Your Pre-Workout Snack
It could be the orange color just makes me happy, but yams are one of my favorite foods. They're one of Autumn's tasty delights.
This tuber is packed with potassium and magnesium — two important minerals you lose through sweating.
Health Benefits of Pears
Apples are in season in the Autumn, but pears are too. The soft, sweet, buttery flesh of the pear makes this Fall fruit one of my favorites. Plus there are so many varieties to choose from — Bartlett, Bosc, and Anjou — that they each seem like a different fruit.
Michael Pollan's Food Rules to Live By
I've had a crush on Michael Pollan for a while now, and though the specifics of his food manifesto may be hard for everyone to adopt, I think his basic rules are ones to live by: Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.
Healthy Recipe: Sugar Snap Peas With Wasabi Dressing
I have a newfound love of sugar snap peas, especially since I have a local source for the stringless version (read: serious time-saver).
Great for snacking when raw, these peas taste even sweeter when they've been blanched, and once cooked they work well with all sorts of dressings. Tossing sugar snap peas in a wasabi dressing is my new replacement for an old favorite snack of mine: dried wasabi peas.
Back on Track: Cut Veggies For the Week
One way to ensure you get your five to seven servings of fruits and vegetables every day is to pack precut veggies as a healthy snack or accompaniment to your lunches at work. To save yourself some trouble, wash and chop a large quantity of vegetables on Sunday night, then store them in the fridge to dole out each day.
Though some vegetables, like cucumber, may not keep for a whole week, many other chopped vegetables will stay fresh for days.
Healthy Recipe: Romesco Sauce
If you're looking for a healthy, tasty, vegetable laden sauce to accompany with fish, veggies, or poultry, search no further. Try this easy Spanish inspired romesco sauce featuring roasted red peppers pureed with nuts, olive oil, and spices.
This sauce contains a handful of nutritional super foods, eating for your heart has never been so tasty.
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