Healthy Snack Ideas
No matter if it's while we're watching television, or a quick bite here or there, we all love snacks. We can't get away from that
fact. So why fight it? Our whole life we have been told that snacking is bad for
us. It will ruin our appetite, it will make us fat, it will break us out in
pimples. Some of it's true, but not all.
Snacking performs a very important role in our lives. Sometimes we snack because
we are bored. We eat because we are bored. That 300 pound man didn't get that
way because he was eating three square meals a day. He got that way because he
was eating too much food. Our bodies tell us when we are hungry. That doesn't
mean that all the time we are hungry we need food, but if you have a good diet
it does. There is no reason to cut out snacking all together.
Snacking is also a great way to avoid things that we do as a "pick me up"
some days. For example, we can eat a piece of fruit instead of going for that cola to
get a jolt of energy. The key thing to do is, to know what to eat and what not
to eat. Here we will give you some snacking ideas that will help you choose what
is right. It doesn't require a genius to figure it out, but you might be
surprised at some of the suggestions.
Get a food dehydrator. You can get one for next to nothing and they are easy to
use. Learning how to use something new isn't always as easy as it sounds, but
these things are a snap to use. You can dry all kinds of things in your
dehydrator. The key thing to remember is to cut things thin. The thinner the
item is cut, the faster they will dry.
Fruits are a great thing to dry. You can dry whatever is on sale at the
supermarket that you can find. You can also dry canned items. I would suggest
that you start out with a few easy things. Start out with strawberries. They are
about as easy as you can get. Not only are strawberries easy, but when they are
dried, they carry a punch of sweetness that only sugar can match. The great
thing is, these are sweet, but they don't have the calories of candy.
You can also dry veggies as well. Do you love the instant soup mixes they
sell at the store but hate all the added salt? If you dry your own
veggies, you can make your own soup and you can control how much salt is added.
Here's a yummy snack: take a handful of banana chips, strawberry chips,
and about two apple chips, and put them in some low-fat yogurt. It doesn't
get any better than that! You can also snack on the dried food just plain.
Grab some fruit chips instead of potato chips or candy. You really can't go
wrong with dried fruits. They will last a very long time if you keep them in a
baggie as well.
You can also make fish jerky, turkey jerky and beef jerky. Making jerky
saves so much money, too. You don't have to pay over ten dollars a pound
for jerky. You can use whatever cut of meat that is on sale at the store.
So if you get bored with the same veggie platter for a snack, try the dried
fruits and veggies.
A great veggie plate can be made up of any type of veggies. You can make
yours out of whatever is in season. That will produce the best veggie plate that
you can. Also try putting a little oil and vinegar dressing on them. Don't
use too much, but just enough to taste. Sprinkle salt to taste and also put some
pepper or some pepper flakes on them.
Pepper flakes gives the veggies a zing. You can also
squeeze half a lemon over them for zing if you like. You need to make sure that
you're eating a healthy diet and snacking on foods that are good for you.
Sometimes people have a very good diet, but their problem is that they eat all
kinds of junk when they snack. This doesn't serve any purpose at all.
If you must have some carbs, don't do anything stupid. Don't go running for the
potato chips. Instead, eat some sliced potatoes and add some seasoning to them.
Try Cajun seasoning, too! It adds the kick that potatoes are lacking since
there isn't any fat.
Another great snack idea is the small fruit cups that they sell in the stores.
Don't get the ones that are in heavy syrup. Heavy syrup is a nice way of
saying "loaded with sugar". Also, some of the pudding cups aren't too bad either.
They also have yogurt cups these days too. They are good, especially if you get
the ones with the fruit on the bottom.
The next time you feel guilty because you ate the wrong snack food, come back
and read this article again. This will help you curb those hunger cravings and
allow you to snack without the guilt! When you're fit, you feel better
about yourself and this translates to a myriad of positive changes in your life!
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