Snack Ideas
- Low-fat string cheese or mini pizza-English muffin/mini pita, sauce, cheese
- Low-fat string cheese and whole grain crackers, such as Triscuits
- Whole grain crackers and low fat cottage cheese or nonfat ricotta cheese
- Whole grain crackers and sprinkling of low fat cheddar or mozzarella
- Cottage cheese and fruit or veggies (chopped veggies, i.e. carrots and cucumbers)
- Triscuits or other whole grain cracker with hummus or other bean spread
- Whole grain crackers with peanut, cashew, or almond butter
- Consider Light and Lively cottage cheese in individual 4 oz 6-pack
- Yogurt and fruit or yogurt alone.
- Pudding made with low-fat or skim milk
- Fresh or frozen fruit chunks with a yogurt dipping sauce (1 large carton plain or vanilla yogurt with 1 TBSP powdered sugar, mixed well)
- Fruited gelatin prepared with canned fruit (in juice, drained) Plain or low fat yogurt with fruit blended in
- Banana Split prepared with banana, low fat vanilla pudding and sprinkles
- Ants on a picnic table — graham cracker with peanut butter and raisins
- Sliced apple with cheese
- Pretzels with peanut butter
- Fruit or vegetable cabobs
- Tortillas with low fat shredded cheese & salsa, cut up into bit size pieces and warmed in toaster oven or microwave (for a very short time)
- Gently steamed vegetables with low fat salad dressing or salsa dip
- Peanut Butter Tea Sandwiches — raisin bread with peanut butter cut into triangles
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