Being a stay at home mother is the best job in the world but it isn't great for my eating habits. I tend to snack throughout the day instead of having actual meals. Which is fine if every snack was a healthy one. So I decided to stop messing around and take the first steps to better eating habits. If I want my children to eat healthy and continue to eat healthy throughout their lives I need to start now.
The first step is to change the way I grocery shop. If I make better decisions at the store I won't have any other choices while at home.
Making a grocery list is key to this step. Also, I'm sure I am not alone in saying that if I go shopping hungry, I end up bringing home several things I don't need and probably not on the list.
Here is a list of some healthy SNACK ideas:
- low fat cottage cheese and peaches
- apples, oranges
- whole wheat flatbread and cucumbers dipped in hummus
- fat free yogurt (I buy dairy-free yogurt such as soy or almond milk)
- raw almonds
- grapes
- baby carrots, celery and broccoli with fat free ranch dressing
- oatmeal
- air popped popcorn
- peanut butter on Triscuits or celery
- Kashi crackers and granola bars
- hard boiled eggs
- fat free wheat thins
- organic fruit leather
- low sodium veggie chips
- organic applesauce
- pretzels
- chunk light tuna in water, drained and placed on a bed of lettuce
- one 1 oz package of Planters NUT-trition nuts (these are SOOO good!)
- Annies organic crackers
- whole wheat bagel with peanut butter, sliced banana and a light drizzle of honey (great filling breakfast option too!)
- Apple slices with peanut butter
- Kale chips
- clementine oranges
- raisins
