Snack Attack!

Let me just start off by saying that 30 squats before every meal is kicking my butt... literally! ;)

So today's topic... SNACKS! I LOVE to snack, I would just eat snacks all day long if I could. One of my current goals is to clean up my snacking habits, so I thought in this post I would make a list of some of my favorite HEALTHY snack ideas :) Little tip before I go into the list, *snack size baggies*! They are the PERFECT size to portion out your snacks. And that way, you can grab a little snack size bag of tortilla chips instead of the entire bag. Portion control! Woo! Okay... so snacks!

-Rice cakes with peanut butter
-String cheese
-Raw almonds w/ dried cranberries
-Turkey roll ups (side note... I'm currently trying to get away from buying pre-packaged lunch meat turkey. So many additives!! I will either be finding an INEXPENSIVE organic brand, or I will be experimenting with roasting my own turkey breast...)
-Sliced peach with cottage cheese
-Tortilla chips with salsa
-Banana w/ peanut butter
-Pretzels (I'm on the lookout for the whole wheat kind)
-Veggie sticks w/ hummus
-Pita bread (whole wheat!) w/ melted cheese, hummus, or peanut butter
-Canned tuna or salmon
-Sliced avocado
-Blueberries dipped in honey flavored Greek yogurt and frozen
-Frozen grapes
-Grape tomatoes
-Strawberries
-Greek yogurt w/ granola or whole grain cereal
-Fruit smoothies
-Peanut butter, banana, oatmeal, almond smoothie
-Hard boiled eggs


I'm also starting to experiment with substitutions in baking. I've found some recipes that don't use butter, oil, eggs, or sugar, but plain Greek yogurt, applesauce, and bananas. My first try will be healthy chocolate muffins! Depending on how my little man is later this afternoon, I will be trying them today! If that doesn't work out, I'll make them tomorrow. I will post pictures and the recipe tomorrow! :)

Happy snacking!