77 Healthy Snacks

With the new year in full swing I'm renewing my resolution to feed my family healthy foods. To help me with my goal I've come up with a list of 77 healthy snacks to keep good food in our tummies when we're getting the munchies. I've tried to compile my list using mostly whole foods and as little processed food as possible. I know everyone has a different definition of healthy so keep in mind that this list is made up according to my definition.

And here they are:

1. Apple slices (My kids love apples more than just about anything.)
2. Home popped popcorn (We love to pop ours with coconut oil. Yum.)
3. Celery sticks
4. Hummus and veggies
5. Tuna on crackers
6. String cheese
7. Roasted pumpkin seeds or squash seeds ( I love this recipe.)
8. Applesauce
9. Frozen grapes (These are super popular in the summer at our house. It allows you to stock up when grapes are on sale without them going bad before they can get eaten.)
10. Almonds
11. Craisins
12. Olives
13. Guacamole and chips (Homemade guacamole is easy. Just mash up an avocado and stir in a dash of salt, garlic powder and some dried minced onions. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.)
14. Clementines (These are my favorite citrus to buy because the kids can peel them themselves)
15. Quick fruit smoothie (frozen berries, ripe banana, yogurt)
16. Hard boiled egg
17. Roasted chickpeas
18. Cottage cheese with peaches
19. Cinnamon raisin almond balls (These are quick and easy to make and incredibly delicious. I highly recommend giving them a try!)
20. Fruit leather (We love to make our own using a dehydrator)
21. Crackers and cheese
22. Mini fruit salad (Strawberries, kiwi, blackberries)
23. Dip banana slices in yogurt, roll in coconut and freeze
24. Cantaloupe
25. Apple slices with nut butter, cinnamon, and raisins
26. Yogurt
27. Chips and salsa
28. Whole wheat bread spread with nut butter
29. One ingredient banana ice cream
30. Kefir smoothie
31. Pineapple (Love pineapple)
32. Homemade popsicle (Blend together frozen berries, yogurt and banana, pour into molds, freeze.)
33. Granola
34. Raisins
35. Nectarine
36. Baked cheese crisps
37. Parfait (Yogurt, strawberries, granola)
38. Pickles
39. Homemade Larabar
40. Carrot sticks
41. Grapefruit (My son loves his grapefruit)
42. Cucumber slices
43. No-bake energy bites
44. Grilled cheese sandwich
45. Crackers spread with nut butter
46. Frozen banana bites
47. Trail mix (Make your own by throwing together craisins, almonds, sunflower seeds, and dried blueberries or cherries)
48. Dried apricots
49. Tropical smoothie (Mango, pineapple, strawberries, yogurt)
50. Apple chips
51. Broccoli florets
52. Fruit sushi
53. Blueberries (I love this bite size snack for little mouths)
54. Fruit kabob
55. Baked potato
56. Pink hummus and veggies
57. Frozen pineapple
58. Dried fruit mix
59. Pistachios
60. Kale chips
61. Beef jerky
62. Yogurt frozen
63. Homemade graham crackers
64. Banana (This is my favorite quick snack when I'm hungry)
65. Frozen applesauce slushy
66. Pears sprinkled with cinnamon (My daughter loves this)
67. Oven roasted fries
68. Granola Bars
69. Yogurt bites (You can make your own if you own a dehydrator)
70. Cheese slices
71. Spinach artichoke dip and crackers
72. Watermelon (For added fun, cut into shapes with cookie cutters)
73. Kiwi (Cut in half and scoop out with a spoon)
74. Orange slices
75. Toast
76. Zucchini chips
77. Tortilla and cheese

So . . . what would you add to the list?

What are your go-to healthy snacks?

Valentine's Day Inspiration

There are so many great ideas out there for Valentines Day.  I couldn't help compile a list of a few of my favorites.  I hope you like them too and get some inspiration for your own Valentine's Day.

Enjoy!

 "I'm wild for you" Valentines @ Design Mom

 Heart Breakers @ Made

Printable Valentine Cards @ Junelily

 Happy Valentines Day for "crayon" out loud!

How does your garden grow @ Skip to my Lou

I dig you @ Fry Family

Tic tac toe @ Shim & Sons

You make my heart bounce @  The Crafting Chicks

You rock! @ Fiskars

I've have my eye on you @ Dandee

 I love you this much @ A Day in my Life

 DIY heart envelopes @ Forty Weeks

Printable Valentines Cards @ Pumpkins and Posies

 

You're the bomb @ Make It Do

Personal Valentines @ Pieces of Me

 You are a"maze"ing @ How Does She?

You melt my heart @ Bunny Cakes

Don't you know Valentine's Day is for suckers and other sweets like you @ Bunny Cakes

You're dino-mite @ Pizzazzerie

Wishing you a super valentines day @ Little Bit Funky

Play dough valentine @ g*rated

Stitched heart bookmark @ 30 Handmade Days

Featured

I'm super excited to have my quiet book featured in Plumetis Magazine this month. 

Check it out here.

Fruit Sushi

Have you ever hear of fruit sushi?  My daughter spied it in a magazine quite a while ago and thought it looked yummy.  Every few months she'd bring it up, "Mom remember that fruit sushi?  We should make it sometime."  The last time she mentioned it I committed myself that we would finally make it.  

They can look beautiful like this:

Source

. . . But we just went to town with ours. They didn't look nearly as grand but we had a fun time.  Last week I bought everything we needed to make our fruit sushi and then for lunch one day we made them up.

We cut our fruit leather into strips and then wrapped them around our sliced up fruit.

We then sprinkled on a little coconut and they made a fun and (mostly) healthy snack.  My kids loved it.

What healthy snacks are popular at your house?

Paper Snowflakes

We've had a pretty mild winter so far this year.  When we do get a little snow it never seems to stick around for more than a day  You'll never find me complaining about that.  The kids are a little disappointed that there is no snow to go sledding in and to build snowmen but I figure we still have at least four more months for that.  Me?  I'll take all the snow-less days I can get.

So while we're waiting for the snow to come I found this great little tutorial for how to make paper snowflakes at Bon Temps Beignet.

I've never been good at cutting snowflakes out and they never look too good but Liz's simple tutorial makes cutting out snowflakes fun and fancy.  My five year old and I have had so much fun seeing what we can come up with.  And I won't even tell you the crazy amount of paper we've wasted doing it . . . 

Check it out and give it a try.  You'll have fun!

Princess Finger Puppets

A couple months ago I ran into just about the cutest little finger puppets I ever did see.  Jill over at Made it on Monday came up with these pretty little princess puppets and I just haven't been able to get over at how darling they are.  I couldn't resist making some for my niece for Christmas this last year.

Perfect for a pretty little princess puppet show.

Jill glued hers together but I chose to sew some of the pieces and then use fusible webbing to put the rest of it together.  I just can't resist using fusible webbing when doing felt projects.

 . . . And a perfect little castle purse to store all those little princesses in.

I used stiff felt for my castle bag and extend Jill's pattern to make the castle a little bit longer.

The best part is that Jill was nice enough to share her patterns with all of us.  I just LOVE it when bloggers do that.  Thanks Jill!  Stop by Made it on Monday to get your own.

I just love these little dolls . . .

Giveaway Winner!

Are you ready for the My Memories Giveaway winner?

Me too!

Random.org will pick our winner.
And it is . . .

Random Sequence Generator

Here is your sequence:

28

Timestamp: 2012-01-05 02:22:05 UTC

Who is number 28???

Marla said...wow..so many choices! I really like Bright Christmas and Warm Winter Wishes. Thanks for the giveaway!

Congratulations Marla!

Please email us at ServingPinkLemonade@gmail.com and we can get you set up!

Thanks to everyone who entered, and a big thank you to My Memories for sponsoring this giveaway.  

Don't forget that you all can use the coupon code: STMMMS54187 for $10 off My Memories Suite Scrapbook software and a $10 coupon for the MyMemories.com store!