Sometimes you just need a mid-day snack to help get you through to the next meal. Here, we’ve included some of our favourite snacks to eat between meals!
When choosing a snack, look for whole foods vs. highly processed pre-packaged foods, and avoid snacking late at night. Our bodies were designed to rest and repair over an extended period of time when we sleep, and eating late at night interferes with this process. In fact, our digestive tracts have a ‘cleaning’ mechanism that only operates between meals, leading some experts to believe that we should leave space between eating each meal instead of grazing throughout the day. If you are trying to lose weight, I recommend that you limit snacking.
All that being said, if you have a big appetite you may want to pack one or two of these in your lunch (or a serving of salad from the salad bar) to go along with it; just don’t fill up before dinner! These items aren’t reflected in your grocery list so you’ll need to add them!
Healthy Snack Ideas
- Chickpea Snack Mix
- Trail mix
- Green Smoothie
- Hard-boiled egg
- Hummus with crackers or veggies
- Air popped popcorn
- Apple slices with almond butter or cheddar
- Healthy granola bar
- Avocado toast
- Pieces of fruit
- Cheese & grapes
- Veggies & dip
- Healthy muffins
- Roasted or raw almonds or other nuts
- Yogurt, berries & granola
- Cucumber slices
- Edamame beans
- Peanut Butter Chickpea Blondies
- Whole wheat fig bars
- Chips and salsa or guacamole
- Salad
- Celery & peanut butter with raisins
- Kale chips
- Chia pudding
- Sliced pear & cottage cheese
- Leftovers
- Energy balls
- Power Cookies
