Snack Ideas

Adapted from an article on Diabetic Living

I don't have a problem eating a healthy dose of fruits and veggies in a day. Where I run into a problem is snacking. I enjoy snacking in the early afternoon and in the evening when I watch TV or read. Realizing that is an area of my life that needed a major change, I began searching for healthy snack ideas. This is what I found.

Sugar Free Pudding Cup with banana slices

1/2 Pita Bread Pocket with Hummus (1 T.)

1 C. strawberries and 1/2 C. lowfat cottage cheese

1 C. grapes-any kind

English muffin w/1 oz cheese and 1/4 of a small apple, sliced: Broil in toaster oven until cheese melts
*1 oz. of cheese is a very small amount, so watch this. One pre-cut cheese cube is usually an ounce.

Popcorn, 3 C. Light, no butter no salt

Whole Wheat Bread + 1 T. PB
*Best types: Coarse Barley Kernel Bread, 75% Kernels, 80% Kernels (20% white flour), Oat Bran, Pumpernickel, Sourdough Rye

1 sm. orange

10 oz. glass of skim or 1 % milk

1 orange-high in Vit. C and fiber, which keeps glucose under control

1 Frozen Fruit Bar-Sugar Free+ Vit. C

3 Graham Cracker Squares

15 baby carrots and 2 T. Light Ranch
*high in beta carotene, fiber and Vit. A
I found cutting my own carrot sticks may be more work, but the taste is so much better

Cheerios 3/4 C. I think this will help that hand-to-mouth, TV trance kind of snacking I enjoy so much. :-)


I hope you were able to find at least one healthy snack idea you will try.

Energy Packin' Pancakes

Energy Packin' Pancakes
1 C. soy or rice milk
4 cage-free eggs, seperated
1 C. all-purp flour
dash of salt
1 T. Sucanat or maple sugar ( I used Splenda)
1 1/2 t. baking powder
cooking oil

Preheat griddle/med-low heat
Beat the soy or rice milk and egg YOLKS in a sm. bowl.
Mix the dry ingred. in a med. bowl
Beat the egg whites with a whisk until fluffy
Add the soy/yolk mixture to the dry ingred, stir until blended
Gently fold in egg whites
Put 1 t. oil in skillet. When it's hot, add the batter, 1 T. at a time.
Cook the pancakes until lightly brown on the bottom, approx. 3-5 min. Flip and cook until golden, about 1-2 min. more.

NOTE: We preferred the pancakes a smaller size than normal. They taste like a combo of pancakes and french toast. Very yummy!
A lot of work, so consider doubling recipe to have pancakes leftover for another day.


From the book, Healthy Kids.