Healthy Snacks

No matter if it is while we are watching television or a quick bite to and from picking the kids up at school, we all love snacks. We can't get away from that fact. So why fight it?Our whole life we have been told that snacking is bad for us.Some of it is true, while on the other hand, it is nothing more than fiction. Snacking performs a very important role in outlives. Some times we snack because we are bored.We eat because we are bored. That 600 pound man didn't get that way because he was eating three square meals a day. He got that way because he was eating too much food.Our bodies tell us when we are hungry.

That doesn't mean that it that all the time we are hungry we need food. But, if you have a good diet it does. There is no reason to cut out snacking all together. Snacking is also a great way to avoid things that we do as a pick me up some days. For example, we can eta piece of fruit instead of going for that soda or candy bar.

The key thing to do is, to know what to eat and what not to eat. Here we will give you some snacking ideas that will help you choose what is right. It doesn't require a genius to figure it out, but you might be surprised at some of the suggestions. This might sound habit strange, but I would suggest to you that you get a food dehydrator. You can get one for next to nothing and they are easy to use.

I know that learning how to use something new isn't always as easy as it sounds, but believe me, these things are a snap to use.You can dry all kinds of things in your dehydrator. The key thing to remember is to cut things thin. The thinner the item is cut, the faster they will dry. Fruits are a great thing to dry. You can dry what ever is one sale at the super market that you can find. You can also dry canned items. I would suggest that you start out with a few easy things. Start out with strawberries. They are about as easy as you can get.

Here is something that I love to do as a snack. I take a handful of banana chips,strawberry chips, and about two apple chips. I take them and put them in some low fat yogurt. That makes for a snack that is good for you and something that I love eating.

It doesn't get any better than that. You can snack on the dried food just plain. Grab some fruit chips instead of potato chips or candy. You really can't go wrong with dried fruits.They will last a very long time if you keep them in a baggie as well.You can also make fish jerky, turkey jerky and beef jerky.

I love making jerky because it saves me so much money. I don't have to pay over ten dollars a pound for jerky. I can use what ever cut of meat that is on sale at the store. You can always go with the same boring veggie platter for a snack.

A great veggie plate can be made up of any type of veggies. I would suggest that you make yours out of what ever is in season. That will produce the best veggie plate that toucan.You need to make sure that you aren't eating a healthy diet and snacking on foods that aren't good for you. I know tons of people who have a very good diet, but their problem is that they eat all kinds of junk when they snack.

This doesn't serve any purpose at all.I'm sure you know people like this as well. Actually, I feel like yelling at them and calling them a moron.Also try putting a little oil and vinegar dressing on them. Don't use too much, butjust enough to taste. Sprinkle salt to taste and also put some pepper or some pepper flakeson them. I love using pepper flakes because it gives the veggies a zing. You can alsosqueeze half a lemon over them for zing if you like.

If you must have some crabs, avoid the bad stuff. Don't go running for the potato chips.Instead, eat some sliced potatoes and add some seasoning to them. I like to use Cajun seasoning myself. I think that adds the kick that they are lacking since there isn't any fat.Another great snack idea is the small fruit cups that they sell in the stores. Don't get thrones that are in heavy syrup.

Heavy syrup is a nice way of saying loaded with sugar. Alsosome of the pudding cups aren't too bad either. They also have yogurt cups these daystoo. They are good, especially if you get the ones with the fruit on the bottom. There youhave it. The next time you feel guilty because you ate the wrong snack food.