what is your favorite healthy snack? i need more to pick from. right now i am diggin the special k multi grain crackers. YUM!
Pickeled pigs feet is pretty good just for snackin' when you're on the go. I like that special K cereal with them real chocolate chunks in it. Thats some good eatin' as well.
Just picked up some Kellogg's Special K Strawberry Fruit Crisps at BJ's this past weekend. You get two in a package and they are like mini-pop tarts. They are only 100 calories and really delicious! You can really taste the filling! I haven't seen them in the stores yet but BJ's carries them.
I eat proportioned cheese slices, cashews, apples, blueberries, etc. Of course, not everyday, but I try to. For an in-between sweet treat, I'll do one of the 100 cal. Quaker Oats peanut butter granola bars. I try to shoot for no more than 1800 calories a day, which seems to match my metabolism and exercise regiment.
Something I need to do now that I have done in the past is bring grapes to work. They are great for munching on while doing work and so good for you.
I love grapes too but the last time I was in Walmart, grapes were $3.88 a pound!!! And on sale at Food Lion for $2.99 a pound! Is Chile having floods or something???
I don't mean this as a holier than thou type attitudue. It is my PASSION to educate others about what is really in their food, how to make simple adjustments to make better selections. I feel the same way about chemicals in our body care products. Call me greenie, granola, crunchy..whatever but I have learned over the last few years some scary information that caused me to change my life and that of my family. However, I am never going to be perfect or be able to do it 100% but I will do my best. So please please take this with the love and caring it's meant with. Some not so good ingredients.... Berry Crips ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE [VITAMIN B1], RIBOFLAVIN [VITAMIN B2], FOLIC ACID), SUGAR, GLYCEROL, FRUCTOSE, VEGETABLE OIL (SOYBEAN, PALM, AND PALM KERNEL OIL WITH TBHQ FOR FRESHNESS AND PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN AND COTTONSEED OIL)†, DEXTROSE, MALTODEXTRIN, CONTAINS TWO PERCENT OR LESS OF MODIFIED CORN STARCH, APPLE POWDER, NONFAT MILK, REDUCED MINERAL WHEY, STRAWBERRY PUREE CONCENTRATE, INVERT SUGAR, LEAVENING (BAKING SODA, SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE), SOY LECITHIN, SALT, CORNSTARCH, DATEM , NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, CELLULOSE GEL, CITRIC ACID, MALIC ACID, SODIUM CITRATE, MONO- AND DIGLYCERIDES, CELLULOSE GUM, CARAMEL COLOR, TRICALCIUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM ALGINATE, COLOR ADDED, XANTHAN GUM, RED #40 LAKE, VANILLA EXTRACT, BHT FOR FRESHNESS. Also: Granola Bars (Quaker) Ingredients GRANOLA (WHOLE GRAIN ROLLED OATS, SUGAR, CRISP RICE [RICE FLOUR, SUGAR, SALT, MALTED BARLEY EXTRACT], WHOLE GRAIN ROLLED WHEAT, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN AND COTTONSEED OILS* WITH TBHQ AND CITRIC ACID ADDED TO PRESERVE FRESHNESS AND/OR SUNFLOWER OIL WITH NATURAL TOCOPHEROL ADDED TO PRESERVE FRESHNESS, WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR, MOLASSES, SODIUM BICARBONATE, SOY LECITHIN, CARAMEL COLOR, NONFAT DRY MILK), CRISP RICE (RICE FLOUR, SUGAR,BARLEY MALT, SALT), CORN SYRUP, INVERT SUGAR, PEANUTBUTTER (PEANUTS, SUGAR, HYDROGENATED COTTONSEED AND/OR RAPESEED OIL, SALT), SUGAR, GLYCERIN, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS. CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF SORBITOL, CALCIUM CARBONATE, SALT, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, BHT (PRESERVATIVE), CITRIC ACID Grapes are great...just buy USA only as other countries (CHILE) do not have the same regulations against harmful pesticides and chemicals on their food crops. I know, I know...but here are some alternatives: Target's Archer Farms brand has a TON of healthier granola bars/fruit bars (like nutrigrain), fruit leathers..and they were just on sale. Raw (unsalted, unflavored) almonds, walnuts mixed with dried cranberries or raisin...yummy..even add some carob chips for that chocolate flavor (they really are not that bad!) Fruit or crakcers with all natural peanut butter (Jiff has a natural peanut butter that can be stored in the pantry and does not need to be stirred) String cheese Herbal Tea Raw veggies and dip Happy Eating...it's a daily "adventure" for me too!
Love unsalted walnuts and almonds; also, I bake up a few cans of drained garbanzo beans seasoned with cajun seasoning/smoked paprika or herbs. They dry nicely and satisfy that need for something crunchy.
Thanks JellyBean for the info. It is hard to find snacks for Diabetics that don't have so much sugar in them or carbs or calories! You had some good ideas.
why eat healthy? Ea all the junk food you can....with all the preservatives they contain you'll last forever. :jester:
Ranch flavored Quakes Skinny Cow Mint Icecream sandwiches Yoplait Light Fat Free Key Lime or Orange Cream Yogurt
