Healthy Snack Suggestions
It’s always a good idea to include some protein and fiber with your snack to help control appetite and aid in control of blood sugar levels. Snacks high in carbohydrates or sugar and low in protein are non-filling and cause you to want to eat more. Nuts are a good snack, however, since we are a nut free facility, we do not provide nuts or nut butters but provide sunflower seed butter as an alternative. If you have a child who does not have a nut allergy, nuts can be offered at home.
- Cheese cubes, Baby Bel cheese circles, laughing cow cheese wedges, mini mozzarella balls or mozzarella cheese stick
- Hard cooked eggs or Deviled eggs
- Tuna salad, chicken salad, egg salad, cottage cheese
- Rolled turkey, ham, roast beef
- ½ sandwich
- Pumpkin or sunflower seeds
- Individual cups of guacamole or hummus
- Dips made with whole milk Greek yogurt or sour cream
- Bean dip
- Baby carrots, celery sticks, cut up cucumbers, Zucchini sticks, sliced peppers, cherry tomatoes
- Plain or Vanilla Greek or whole milk yogurt
- Some low sugar brand yogurts such as Danone Two Good, Trimona Bulgarian Whole milk, Oikos Triple Zero Greek, Siggis whole milk, Wallaby’s Organic
- Fresh Fruits such as clementine, apple, pear, individual bags of apple slices, berries, cantaloupe, watermelon, avocado
- Keto parmesan crisps
- Chick pea snacks
- Pea snap crisps
- Veggie straws
- Back to Nature crackers, Cauliflower crackers, Triscuit crackers, Annie’s whole wheat Bunnies
- Plain or Multi grain tortilla chips, Stacy’s simply naked pita chips
- Barefruit apple chips
- Natures Bakery fig, baked in or oatmeal crumble bars
- Keto cookies or Keto cereal
Some Suggestions on How to Pair Your Snack with a Protein
- Cut up vegetables, healthy crackers, tortilla chips, Keto parmesan crisps can be paired with a few cheese cubes, sliced or mashed avocado, hummus, guacamole, cream cheese, home-made dips such as bean dip
- Fruit can be paired with cheese cubes, cottage cheese, hard cooked or deviled eggs, nuts or nut or sunflower seed butter
- Cut up fresh vegetables can be dipped in home-made dips, guacamole, hummus, or paired with hard cooked eggs, cheese, celery can be filled with cream cheese, nut butter or sunflower seed butter with added sunflower or pumpkin seeds
- Plain or vanilla Greek or whole milk yogurt mixed with berries, with spoonful Keto or low sugar cereal or cookies to make a parfait
- Cheese, tuna, egg salad, chicken salad paired with crackers, fruit or vegetables
- Hard cooked eggs or mini mozzarella balls + cherry tomatoes
- Roll a slice of turkey or ham over a cheese slice or cheese cube
