Healthy Choices Cafe

Ideas for Healthy Snacks

Any type of fresh fruit or veggie
A whole grain brown rice cake with low-fat cream cheese, honey and raisins
Baked apple crisp – sliced apples tossed with cinnamon, oats, and a little brown sugar. Baked until crisp and topped with dollop of plain low fat yogurt.
Dried or fresh fruit served with low-fat yogurt (for squeezable yogurts make sure it has no artificial food colorings and is low in added sugar).
Individually packed applesauce with no added sugar
String cheese or any small serving of cheese and fruit
Whole-wheat pita chips or home made toasted pita with hummus, bean dip or fresh guacamole
Steamed and cooled edamame (soy beans)
Raw sugar snap peas dipped in low-fat Greek yogurt dip
Apple slices tossed with lemon juice and cinnamon.
Bananas cut into 4 pieces, dipped in plain yogurt, rolled in crushed graham crackers or a whole grain cereal, and frozen.
Celery sticks stuffed with peanut butter and topped with raisins.
Fresh or steamed broccoli florets served with lemon juice, dipped into a healthy salad dressing, or sprinkled with Parmesan cheese
Sliced cheese and cucumbers on brown rice cakes.
Make a healthy Chex mix with rice Chex, whole-wheat pretzels, popcorn baked with seasonings, dark chocolate pieces, and dried cranberries.