What are some easy-to-pack, healthy snacks?
Healthy snacking keeps your energy levels high, fills in nutritional gaps in your diet and helps you avoid bingeing after you’ve gone too long without food. Here’s my list of gold, silver and bronze snacks. Gold snacks Eat these most often! Grab fruit Toss apples, bananas, pears, clementines, canned fruit cups, grapes and dried fruit, such as raisins or apricots, into your bag. Kiwi is a nutrition goldmine – cut one in half and pack it along with a spoon for easy scooping. Pick up some freshly prepared fruit salad from your local supermarket. Veg out Easy-to-pack veggie options include baby carrots, red or green pepper strips, cucumber slices, and cherry or grape tomatoes. Pack a small container of low fat salad dressing or hummus for dipping. Rethink juice Fruit juice is a concentrated source of calories that lacks the fibre that helps fill you up. Vegetable juice is a better option. It’s lower in calories and is a valuable source of lycopene (the plant compound found in tomatoes that
