Quick and Healthy Snack Ideas For the Workplace

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Snacks can curb your appetite, boost your energy, raise your spirits, stabilize your blood sugar and help supply you with essential vitamins and minerals between meals-not to mention get you through that morning or mid-afternoon hump. Keep your work munching smart with less than 200 calories.

Here are some of our favorite work snack ideas:

Salt-lover?

• 15 olives of any kind
• A handful of roasted nuts
• Jerky - look for turkey or beef
• Light butter popcorn

Sweet Tooth?

• Variety of dried fruit
• Low-fat yogurt (we love Yoplait Chocolate Raspberry or Brown Cow Vanilla)
• 12-ounce Mocha with nonfat milk
• 1 - ounce of dark chocolate

Protein Packer?

• 1 cup of unshelled edamame
• Greek yogurt, with 2x more protein
• 1.5-tablespoon of peanut butter spread over celery
• ½ cup of cottage cheese with either chopped carrot or apple
• Diet-to-Go Protein Shake - chocolate, orange cream or vanilla!

Need a Meal?

• Have a cheese plate. 10 olives, one laughing cow original wedge, 8 rice crackers
• Enjoy a tuna taste. Half-can of tuna, drained with ¼ chopped pepper, 1 Tbls. light mayo and 8 rice crackers
• Love to dip? Try 1/3 cup hummus with 6 carrot sticks and some pita chips
• Need a chocolate fix? 1.5 tablespoons of Dark Chocolate chips microwaved. Have a handful of mini pretzels and sliced pear to dip.
• Wrap it up ¼ cup drained, rinsed black beans mashed, ¼ cup cooked corn kernels, ½ cup salsa, sprinkle low-fat shredded cheese in a whole-wheat tortilla, heat.

Healthy Snack Ideas

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