Healthy Tips!

ON THE GO!

These type of snacks are tricky. What do I want? Do I want the apple or the cupcake? Right there is a simple, yet popular, comparison we use to define the decision process of picking out a snack to eat.

What people don't realize is that there are so many options on what to make and how to prepare them. There's also so many excuses people use to try and convince themselves why the healthier option just isn't as convenient. Yeah, that's right, I caught you red-handed. I've got some easy pick up 'n grab snacks that are just as convenient as, say, a chocolaty granola bar from a 7/11.

Here are three ways you can come up with easy snacks:

1.) Prepare them prior to your daily outing! It's a lot easier on you if you already have it made and need to leave quickly.

2.) If you don't have time for option one, just simply lay out the ingredients you want to use and make it quickly before you leave. 

3.) Lastly, if you really have no time to make anything at all, start looking into healthier substitutes for things you usually eat when you go shopping. For example, compare peanut butter and almond butter along with a fatty, high sugar granola bar to a high protein, low sugar one.

Here is a very simple recipe that I personally enjoy. It has lots of beneficial nutrients such as potassium, Vitamin A and C, Fiber, etc. 

- ½ a cup of strawberries

- ¼ cup of blueberries

- 2ish leaves of dino kale

- ½ ripe avocado

- 1 large ripe banana

- ¼ cup of Greek yogurt

- ¼- ½ of soy milk depending on the thickness

- 1 handful of ice 

This smoothie comes out to be a greenish-brown color, but that's only because of the added vegetables. To answer your question that is already developing in your head, no, you cannot taste all of the kale and avocado. Those provide many nutrients and are actually considered "super foods." Avocado provides very healthy fats and kale provides many vitamins that help clear up skin and keep the body going strong. 

That's simply one little snack you can make easily. That total process is approximately 10 minutes at most. It only gets to that point if you're totally focused on the measurements as well. 

Here is a little tip:

Keep AWAY from the "reduced fat" labels at all times. Back in the 70's, the food industry thought that the fats in food were the reason for obesity. To solve that issue, they removed a lot of the fat from foods. However, a lot of the flavor in food comes from the fat. So, "how did they maintain the flavor?" might you ask? They replaced the fat that had been removed with sugar. Yeah, that's right, sugar. 

"32 Healthy Store-Bought Snacks." Family Circle. Web. 08 Dec. 2016.