What is a healthy snack I can make for my health class?

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austin.voj

In my high school health class we need to bring in a healthy food item later this week. It has to be made, so I can't just buy something from the store. Preferably something with simple ingredients that I can whip up with stuff I already have at home. Item I pick gets 10 points for best answer. Thanks!

Answer
Here are some healthy ideas :)
If you can try to use natural organic foods

~ Sweet potato chips or regular potato chips baked - made by thinly slicing sweet potato or potato, glazing with olive oil, sprinkling on salt/pepper and baking.

~ Hummus and veggie platter - raw carrot sticks, celery sticks, cucumber slices or sticks, sliced cherry tomatoes, lightly steamed broccoli, slices of bell peppers. You could also cut whole wheat pita into triangles for dipping or have whole wheat pita chips.

~ Fruit salad

~ Apple slices with but butter for dip (like peanut butter or almond butter) or apple halves spread with nut butter, sprinkled with cinnamon

~ Trail mix - different nuts, seeds, dried fruit (such as blueberries, cherries, cranberries, raisins, etc), you could also add in bits of dark chocolate

~ Greek yogurt parfaits with organic granola or muesli and berries

~ Whole grain crackers (such as Kashi crackers) with cheese and grapes

~ Whole grain crackers with nut butter & cinnamon

~ Whole grain or buckwheat waffles or pancakes with nut butter & natural jam or agave nectar or honey, with cinnamon

~ Cottage cheese with slices of peach, mixed berries or pineapple chunks


Recipe ideas:

* Hummus
http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/recipes/107

* Dried apple slices
http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/recipes/3076

* Carrot apple muffins
http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/recipes/1476

* Cherry pecan bran muffins
http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/recipes/2892

* Yogurt honey muffins
http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/recipes/2602

* Oat date bars
http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/recipes/2748

* Apple cinnamon oat squares
http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/recipes/2867

* Apple sandwiches with granola and peanut butter
http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/recipes/2535

* Roasted chickpeas
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/roasted-chickpeas/detail.aspx


I hope this helps :)

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What are some healthy meals\snacks for breakfast, lunch and dinner that I can make at home?

Witty rema

What are some healthy, easy meals\snacks for breakfast, lunch and dinner that I can make at home?
10 points for the most ideas for all the meals\snacks!

Answer
Breakfast:

- Egg whites (better for you than the whole egg) with a little salt and pepper, maybe some cheese to add flavor, on wheat toast.
- Grapefruit (it's sooo healthy for you, it can be a snack too)
- Cottage Cheese Pancakes: http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/recipes/351
- Oatmeal
- All fruit smoothie. Have non frozen fruit and add ice or use frozen fruit and add a little 100% fruit juice. You can make it a *healthy* milk shake by using low fat milk instead of juice and adding a little sugar (sugar isn't unhealthy in small amounts, but fake sugar like sweet and low and equal are bad for you)

Lunch/Dinner:

- Chicken breast with lemon pepper or other seasonings
- A spinach tortilla with chicken cooked in some bbq sauce. Add lots of lettuce and a little bit of light ranch (like a teaspoon, if even that).
- Salad- there are thousands of possible salads you can make but what I love doing is a bunch of lettuce, some spinach if you like that, salt, pepper, garlic (powder and only a small amount) and vegetables like tomatoes, cucumbers, or even carrots and peppers
- Taco Salad: brown some lean beef, drain any fat, add seasonings (McCormick has a taco seasoning packet for 50 cents). Make a bowl full of lettuce, tomatoes if you want, some beef, some cheese if you want, and tortilla chips if you want (less healthy version).
- Chicken in a bag- McCormick's has these awesome chicken bag seasonings where you throw chicken in the bag (they provide) with some carrots, potatoes, whatever you want, add the seasoning and bake for about an hour. One of my husbands favorites!
- Costco sells individual salmon fillets. Take one out of the fridge/freezer, season to your liking, throw on a pan, the grill, or in the oven and cook.
- a sandwich- between whole wheat bread slices, pita style, or wrapped up (spinach wraps are really delicious, or whole wheat wraps which I'm not a huge fan of).
- Make some quinoa or brown rice in a rice cooker or in a pot if you don't have one. Add some black beans, salt and pepper, and some mozzarella if it's still to bland. I like to add some sriracha (chili hot sauce) into the rice as it cooks and some garlic seasoning. It adds some kick and makes it taste really good without adding the sodium from cheese.

Snacks:
- peppers
- celery. If you hate it alone add some organic peanut butter (no preservatives) you can even go to many stores and grind your own peanuts into peanut butter.
- peas, green beans, cucumbers, tomatoes, other vegetables but not potatoes or corn.
- apples, pears, bananas, berries, grapefruit, and other fruits.
- some nuts or a homemade trail mix (raisins, peanuts, almonds, some dark chocolate chips, whatever else you want)


Dessert
- a small amount of dark chocolate is actually really good for you. The higher the cocoa content the better :) But only a small amount.


Those are my favorites but check out this site: http://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifehack/over-100-quick-and-easy-healthy-foods.html

for more options. There are an unlimited amount of healthy foods out there you just have to find what you like and stick with it :)

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