I love food. I love to read about food and get recipe ideas from blogs and magazines. I love to shop for food. I love preparing food. And more than anything, I love to eat food! And I love to eat good food which also includes what I snack on.

Snacks are a key part of any good weight loss program as they help prevent hunger – but sometimes it’s easy to get stuck in a snack rut and to feel like there just aren’t any good options out there.

In todays video I share the top 5 healthy go-to snacks in my household.

So, what did you think? Are you willing to try any of these? Which ones? Share your own healthy snack ideas in the comments below – everyone can use a little dose of snack inspiration.

Cottage cheese + apple slices with a sprinkle of cinnamon
Recipe Type: Snack
Author: Jennifer Powter
Ingredients
  • 1 cup cottage cheese
  • 1 apple cut into slices
  • sprinkle with cinnamon
Instructions
Veggies with hummus
Recipe Type: Snack
Author: Jennifer Powter
Cut up veggies – I personally love carrots, celery, cucumber and peppers with hummus ¼ cup hummus – this is an appropriate portion
Ingredients
  • 2 cups (1 15oz can) Garbanzo beans, well rinsed and drained
  • ⅓ cup tahini
  • Juice of 2 fresh lemons
  • 1 tsp of sea salt
  • 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • 2 cloves garlic (more if you like)
  • 1 tsp cumin *optional but I always add
  • garnish with fresh parsley
Instructions
  1. Mix everything in a food processor. Pulse for a few minutes until ingredients well combined. Taste. Adjust seasonings to your liking. Transfer to a bowl, cover and chill. GREAT with fresh veggies.
Ryvita with cream cheese, balsamic syrup, cherry tomatoes and basil
Recipe Type: Snack
Author: Jennifer Powter
Ingredients
  • 2-3 Ryvita crackers
  • ½ tbsp of cream cheese on each cracker
  • drizzle of balsamic syrup (recipe below – this is one of my secret ingredients for everything btw!)
  • 8-10 cherry tomatoes sliced in half
  • sprinkle of fresh basil
  • 1 bottle of inexpensive balsamic vinegar
  • 2 tbsp of brown sugar or honey
Instructions
  1. Pour vinegar into a small sauce pan, stir in the sugar.
  2. Heat vinegar to gentle boil or over medium heat on stove top. Adjust heat to maintain that boil. Stir occasionally.
  3. Boil until liquid is reduced by half for a thin syrup (reduce by ⅔ for a thicker syrup) – could take up to 20 minutes or so depending on how much vinegar you used
  4. Allow to cool to room temperature and transfer to a jar. Store in refrigerator.
2% plain or Greek yogurt with banana slices and a sprinkle of granola
Recipe Type: Snack
Author: Jennifer Powter
Ingredients
  • ¾ plain yogurt (I like 2%) OR ½ cup of 2% plain Greek yogurt and add 2 tablespoons or so of “flavored” greek yogurt.
  • ¼ cup of granola
  • ½ banana, sliced
Instructions
  1. I personally love coconut flavored Greek yogurt with banana slices or the lemon flavored Greek yogurt with raspberries but can’t handle all of the added sugar so I tend to “mix” my yogurts a lot.
  2. Most people have 1 cup granola and then add in a little yogurt – this is wayyy to much granola. It’s a very dense food and is better used in smaller servings
Ryvita crackers with nut butter and apple slices
Recipe Type: Snack
Author: Jennifer Powter
Ingredients
  • 2-3 Ryvita or Wasa crackers
  • 1 tbsp of your favorite nut butter
  • thin apple slices
Instructions
  1. Be creative! Dip your apples in nut butter, or lay your apple slice over the nut butter on your cracker.