Healthy/nutritious snack options

cazzcampbell

Hi everyone! I’m wondering if anyone can recommend any good snack options? I’m looking for options that are healthy and nutritious, rather than particularly low calorie. I can often find my intake is low around 1200 calories where I’m aiming for 1700 or so and I’d like to fill those calories in a bit with more healthier choices than I’ve been having.

DancingMoosie

I like:
fruit with light greek yogurt
Apple slices and Kay's naturals protein snack
Cucumber and tomato salad
Crunchy veggies with hummus or yogurt dip
Protein iced coffee
Protein bar(quest, nugo, Rx, etc)
Hard boiled egg

cwolfman13

My snacks are usually jerky, fruit, peppers and this awesome bean dip my wife makes, Tillamook cheddar squares, or popcorn. I also like a half avocado and some Kosher salt once in awhile and just scoop it out of the shell with a spoon. My wife has also been making this awesome strawberry/blueberry thing with homemade mint whip cream (our mint in the garden is going crazy)...I guess more of a desert, but sometimes I have it as a snack out on the patio when it's hot out.

DancingMoosie

@cwolfman13
I want that strawberry blueberry mint whip thing!

cwolfman13

DancingMoosie wrote: »

@cwolfman13
I want that strawberry blueberry mint whip thing!

It's just strawberries and blueberries...the whip cream is the kicker. I know my wife uses the heavy whipping cream and makes a simple syrup on the stove with tons of mint leaves, sugar, and water (I have no idea of the ratios...I know the sugar to water isn't the typical 1:1 though). When it's done, she fishes out the mint leaves and then presses them through a strainer to get any extra liquid back into the syrup and uses that when she's making the whip cream. It makes quite a bit of whip cream though...I think we've served it as desert for 8 people at pool parties.