A snack attack calls for a quick solution — like the grocery store.
When you need a healthier snack then take a quick dash into the closest grocery store. It’s efficient and it can work beautifully in your home town or on a road trip out of town. Here are lots of options to choose from as you fill a hunger-gap between breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Dash to the Produce Department for these single serving choices:
- Bananas
- Apples
- Clementines or tangerines
- Baby carrots
- Cut-up melon, mango, or pineapple
- Cut-up carrots and celery
Dash to the Deli for these creative foods:
- Roast beef or turkey, 2-3 slices
- Small order cabbage slaw
- Mild cheese rounds, wrapped
- Hummus cup, in multi-pack
- Olives from the olive bar
- Small roll or bagel
Dash to the Grocery Aisles for these fun foods:
- Applesauce cup, in multi-pack, no sugar added
- Diced peaches or pears cup, in multi-pack, in juice
- Popcorn or plain pretzels, in single serving bags
- Mini-Raisin boxes
- Mini-Craisin boxes
- Nut pouches
- Peanut butter, in single serving cup
- Granola-nut bar, in multi-pack, with less added sugar
Dash to the Dairy Department for these creamy foods:
- Lower fat cottage cheese with fruit, in single serving cup
- Lower fat or nonfat string cheese, wrapped
- Nonfat or low fat yogurt, in single serving cup, with less added sugar
- Cracker-size cheese squares to put with a whole grain cracker.
The Grocery Store is a Quick Solution for Healthier Snacks
There are many positive outcomes of a grab-and-go, healthier snack when you are hungry. They include overcoming a feeling of being ‘hangry’, to planning ahead for a day when your meal schedule won’t be normal. And, if you have kids or grandkids then both of these 2 scenarios will need quick action, as you know. When you drop into a grocery store for a nourishing snack, it will always pair perfectly with water. So, be ready and carry water with you at all times if you can. While you’re getting organized, take a look at this free download called 6 Quick Mediterranean Grocery Tips. There’s a whole world of delicious nutrition and it starts with one small step!