Having trouble finding healthful snacks? Here are 16 snack smart strategies to help
you get started:
- Soup: Homemade is best, with lots of vegetables. Avoid excess salt, fat, or monosodium
glutamate (MSG). Make a batch during the weekend to eat during the week.
- Mediterranean picnic snack: Two whole-grain crackers, 1/4 ounce cheese, five cherry
tomatoes, and three olives.
- Apple wedges with thin slices of cheese.
- Cut-up vegetables with salad dressing or dip.
- Edamame (cooked soybeans).
- One-quarter of an avocado with a slice of cheese and a whole-grain cracker.
- Mini-bag of popcorn and an apple banana or half a regular banana.
- Peanut butter (or any other nut butter) on whole-grain bread or crackers.
- Chicken strips with salad dressing or melted cheese.
- Pretzels or whole-grain crackers and an orange.
- Cheese in individually wrapped portions and 10 grapes.
- Low-sodium beef jerky and cherry tomatoes.
- Cereal, protein or nut bars (under 200 calories) and apple slices.
- Low-fat, low-sodium deli meats and broccoli with dressing.
- Nuts and baby carrots.
- Cereal with 3 grams of fiber or more with low-fat milk.
© 2008 Amy Brown. Dr. Brown is an associate professor of Medicine in the Department
of Complementary and Alternative Medicine, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University
of Hawai‘i at Manoa.