In order to stave off the nasties, I stock my house, car and purse with a plethora of good for you snacks that are made with ingredients you can pronounce. To find healthy and chemical free snacks you need to be a food detective.
When a person sees that a food is low in calories or fat they are tricked into thinking a food is good for them. The truth is, in order to make those sugar free and low calorie snacks, the manufacturers replace food with chemicals. To make the best, most healthy choice, start by reading the ingredients first and then look at the nutritional information.
Here are a few of my favorite snacks that are kid and mom approved:
1) Kind Bars and Mojo Bars, they use real whole foods like nuts, spices and chocolate to make satisfying and filling snacks. I keep these in my purse for myself but don't hesitate if my children want to eat one as a snack since I know they don't contain artificial ingredients.
2) I love these GoGo Squeez Applesauce pouches. Trader Joe's also carries applesauce pouches that are similar. The ingredients are listed as Apple, Banana, Apple Juice Concentrate, Lemon Juice Concentrate. They have a variety of flavors.
3)Freeze dried fruit is great to have on hand, this is from Trader Joe's and is unsweetened and unsulfured. No added sugar, just dehydrated strawberries. My kids like to munch on them straight out of the bag, but you can throw them on top of cereal or yogurt too.
4) These packets of Justin's Nut Butters are great to throw in your bag. They aren't filled with sugar and can be eaten right out of the package or on whole grain crackers.
When a person sees that a food is low in calories or fat they are tricked into thinking a food is good for them. The truth is, in order to make those sugar free and low calorie snacks, the manufacturers replace food with chemicals. To make the best, most healthy choice, start by reading the ingredients first and then look at the nutritional information.
Here are a few of my favorite snacks that are kid and mom approved:
1) Kind Bars and Mojo Bars, they use real whole foods like nuts, spices and chocolate to make satisfying and filling snacks. I keep these in my purse for myself but don't hesitate if my children want to eat one as a snack since I know they don't contain artificial ingredients.
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| Kind Bar and Mojo Bars |
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| GoGoSqeez Applesauce, can be found at Whole Foods, Costco and Target. |
3)Freeze dried fruit is great to have on hand, this is from Trader Joe's and is unsweetened and unsulfured. No added sugar, just dehydrated strawberries. My kids like to munch on them straight out of the bag, but you can throw them on top of cereal or yogurt too.
4) These packets of Justin's Nut Butters are great to throw in your bag. They aren't filled with sugar and can be eaten right out of the package or on whole grain crackers.
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| Justin's Honey Peanut Butter, can be found at Whole Foods and Target. |
5) I also like to have small bottles of water or these Horizon Organic shelf stable milks on hand. The chocolate flavor is really good and I sometimes steal those from the kids as recovery drink post gym.
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| Horizon Organic Milk |
What is your favorite snack?
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