Snacks can serve many purposes: helping you recover between meals, preventing hypoglycemia, aiding your recovery from a workout, and more.
Whatever your reason for snacking, we have 17+ simple ideas to help you make healthy choices.
NOTE: Calorie and carbohydrate amounts are approximate and do not include optional suggestions.
| # | Snack Name | Ingredients |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cheese and Turkey Wrap | Slice of cheese, slice of turkey ham, fresh greens (spinach or arugula) |
| 2 | Green Wrap | ¼ avocado, small (6‑inch) whole‑wheat tortilla, fresh greens (spinach or arugula) |
| 3 | Savory Yogurt Parfait | ½ cup nonfat plain Greek yogurt, ¼ cup chopped cucumber, 1 tsp olive oil, salt and pepper |
| 4 | Yogurt Parfait (Sweet) | ½ cup nonfat plain Greek yogurt, ¼ cup chopped berries or other fruit, 1 tbsp chopped nuts |
| 5 | Ranch and Raw Vegetables | Raw vegetable sticks (cucumber, red bell pepper, radishes), 2 tbsp ranch dressing |
| 6 | Guacamole and Raw Vegetables | Raw vegetable sticks (cucumber, red bell pepper, radishes), ¼ cup guacamole |
| 7 | Avocado Bowl | ½ avocado, 1‑2 tbsp salsa, 1 tsp shredded cheese |
| 8 | Fruit and Cheese | Small piece of fruit (plum or tangerine), slice of cheese |
| 9 | Edamame | 1 cup steamed edamame in pods, low‑sodium soy sauce |
| 10 | Cucumber Boats | ½ cucumber (seeds removed), ½ cup tuna or chicken salad |
| 11 | Plain Cottage Cheese | ½ cup low‑fat cottage cheese |
| 12 | Savory Cottage Cheese | ½ cup low‑fat cottage cheese, ¼ cup chopped tomato and/or cucumber |
| 13 | Sweet Cottage Cheese | ½ cup low‑fat cottage cheese, ¼ cup fruit (berries, chopped pineapple, or peaches) |
| 14 | Cream Cheese and Cucumber Sandwiches | 1 tsp cream cheese, 2 slices of cucumber (makes 6 small sandwiches) |
| 15 | Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies | 1 tsp peanut butter (or other nut butter), 2 whole‑wheat cookies (makes 2 sandwiches) |
| 16 | Celery and Peanut Butter | Celery sticks, 1 tsp peanut butter per stick (optional: raisins) |
| 17 | Roasted Chickpeas | ¼ cup roasted chickpeas |
| 18 | Popcorn | 2 cups air‑popped popcorn, 1 tsp olive oil, salt, pepper, or spice blend (Old Bay, Cajun, lemon pepper) |
| 19 | Apple Slices with Nut Butter | ½ medium apple, 1 tbsp peanut butter or other nut butter, pinch of cinnamon (optional) |
| 20 | Hummus and Raw Vegetables | Raw vegetable sticks (cucumber, red bell pepper, radishes), ¼ cup hummus |
| 21 | Trail Mix | 1 tbsp pumpkin or sunflower seeds, chopped nuts, raisins or other dried fruit |
| 22 | Peanut Butter and Chocolate | 2 mini Hershey’s Special Dark Chocolate bars, 2 tsp peanut butter |
| 23 | Nut Butter Toast | 1 slice wholemeal bread (toasted), 1 tbsp peanut butter or other nut butter |
| 24 | Avocado Toast | 1 slice whole‑wheat bread (toasted), ¼ small avocado (optional: 1 tsp sunflower or pumpkin seeds) |
| 25 | Hard‑Boiled Egg | 1 hard‑boiled egg (optional: salt, pepper, or hot sauce) |