HEALTHY SNACK IDEAS

Ideally prepare these the night before a busy day. Carry snacks in snap lock bags, clear plastic containers for fruit & nuts.

• Carrot/celery sticks with hummus/ tzatziki dip

• Rice cakes or wholemeal muffin with jam & cottage cheese (for sweet urges) or vegemite & cottage cheese (for savoury urges).

• Small amounts of dried fruit e.g. raisons (14), dates (4), apricots (6) or nuts e.g. Almonds/cashews/brazil (8-10)
• Rice crackers & salsa

• Slices of fruit e.g. orange/watermelon/kiwi fruit or, Vegetables e.g. capsicum/carrot/ celery

• Small bunch of grapes

• Small yogurt tub

High Protein Options

• Protein shake

• Make your own nut mix & have about a small palm full for a snack. Mix of pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, raw almonds, dates.

• Cut thick slices of low GI bread (rye or grain is good) into 3 strips with different toppings e.g. Turkey with grated carrot, Light philly & chopped capsicum, Smoked salmon & cucumber, Lite ham & cherry tomatoes

• Open sandwich grill with low GI bread, sliced tomato and avocado & cracked pepper.

• Small tins of baked beans or mixed beans

• Hard boiled egg on vita wheat or by itself.

• Cucumber rounds with a tin of Salmon or Tuna in Springwater