0 Seven Super Snacks -- Our Most Favorites!

We (me AND the kids) love these snacks and have them often, most of them, nearly daily!  They are THAT yummy and THAT nutritious!!

In case you have kiddos too, we love this album: Snack Time is a great children's CD (and song) by Bare Naked Ladies...you can listen to some of it here!

#1 Popcorn! on the STOVE -- here is a link to yummy stovetop popcorn!

#2 Chocolaty Goodness -- combine plain yogurt (Greek or regular), mashed ripe banana, and unsweetened cocoa!  Add coconut, chia, or whatever you like!  Here's a link to a post about it :)

#3 Avocado and Triscuits (or on toast or in a wrap, or just cut an avocado in half long ways and grab a spoon!) For the Health Benefits of Avocado, click HERE :)

#4 Laraballs! ...really yummy, healthy, no-bake cookies!  HERE you can learn about these tasty snacks!

These are delicious No-Bake Brownies!

#5 Fresh Fruit! (actually we love frozen, freeze dried, and dried too!)

We LOVE, LOVE, LOVE "juice down your elbow" peaches, cherries, and watermelon in summer!

#6 Trail mix (combine any kind of nuts with some raisins and Cherrios), or just nuts as a snack!

#7 Dark chocolate!  Click on the image below to read about the Health Benefits of Chocolate!

We make it ourselves in no time!  Here is a Recipe!!!

Besides the above healthy snacks, here is a link to my Savory, Salty, and Sweet Snacks Page! ...and you could use anything from Dreamy Desserts as a snack, or Delightful Dips , and Sandwiches and Salads :)  Ha!  I guess most of my recipes would work as a nice snack!  My hubby thinks I am nibble, nibble, nibbling all day long anyway, maybe he is right! Oh, and even Delicious Drinks are always a fun snack!

Plus, 100 Days of Real Food wrote a post with 85 yummy snacks!  Check them out, plus, all of the other super-useful posts!!

COMING SOON!  Dark Chocolate made at home and Meal Timing!

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0 Colleen's Costco Cart

I LOVE Costco -- check out some healthy Costco Choices!  These are some things I got on my last big (photographed) trip to Costco.  It was expensive, but lots of this stuff lasts a LONG TIME.

 

These DAIRY choices provide lots of vitamins and minerals, high-quality protein, and minimal saturated fat.  As often as possible, choose LOW-FAT, or NON-FAT versions of dairy because the SATURATED fat that's harmful to your heart, arteries, and brain comes primarily from animal products.  HEALTHY FATS come from plant sources.  Read a bit about KEFIR and YOGURT benefits HERE :)

 

Above are some products that are not only low in saturated fat, but also provide PORTION control!  Eat one piece any way you like it and then your done!

 

Costco often offers ORGANIC fresh and frozen options, and this is amazing -- they are often LESS expensive than the conventional version at your regular grocery store!  Corn, broccoli, and berries are three examples of organic for a super-BARGAIN!!  The more WE keep buying organic, the cheaper organic will be -- so stock up!!  In the meantime, read #11 in this post for a simple way to clean produce!

 

Organic greens: salad, spinach, and baby kale, as well as organic carrots from the fresh produce section are awesome -- great price, great food!

Organic strawberries are more expensive, still they are a good place to spend your money, if you choose.  Strawberries are a fruit that is normally a lot higher in pesticide content.  Also, as you might guess, organic strawberries are a steal at Costco compared to wherever else you'll find organic strawberries.

Avocados are an awesome deal at Costco.  It's basically buy 4, get one free, or better, compared to other stores.  If you worry that you couldn't use that many, check out how they can last up to 3 weeks or more (including ripening time) HERE!  Also, avocado BENEFITS HERE!

 

FARRO and BLACK wild rice are great alternatives to your usual healthy grains.  Farro can be used in place of and prepared similarly to rice.  My pickiest child once said “this is my most favorite grain!” when enjoying some farro!

Get a huge supply of popcorn from Costco -- great for stove top or air-popping popcorn! Then, if you haven't yet, try lime-pepper popcorn right away!

I haven’t mastered the whole dried bean-soaking-cooking process, but we’ll talk more about that one day soon!  It is certainly a great way to save money, and storage space!  Above is a lovely mix of dried beans and lentils.

Costco’s brand, Kirkland, has come up with a whole-grain sandwich thin that is just like Arnold’s Sandwich Thins, which are a great grain option, high in fiber, and low in calories :)

 

These are two great snack options, especially for SCHOOL LUNCHES!  Both products have NO-SUGAR ADDED and contain FIBER, vitamins, and minerals!  Perfect alternatives to fruit roll-ups and fruit snacks!

Stretch Island Fruit Strips come in grape, strawberry, raspberry, apple, cherry, and apricot (the last 2 are my favorite flavors!).  Individual packages are convenient and FUN for KIDS!

These Mariani dried apricots are delicious!  Check 'em out more closely HERE!

 

Some healthy FATS!  Natural peanut butter -- no sugar or hydrogenated oils!  Currently, made from conventional peanuts, since the peanut shortage, but hopefully this is a temporary change.  Either way, the container is even bigger now, and a super-BARGAIN compared to prices at regular grocery stores!  For a bit more about peanuts read HERE!

Pine nuts are great for PESTO -- recipe to come on another day -- so you can have homemade pesto in a flash, delicious and nutritious!!  Great in summer when you can grow your own basil, or get some from a green-thumbed friend who does!

 

Here are some great SAUCE options!  Want a healthy MEAL in a flash -- just prepare a nice healthy pasta (a whole-grain variety, or cook any pasta al dente -- like the Italians -- to slow the absorption!), and a quick veggie, and a meal is ready!

To read more about pasta sauce click here!  The orange sauce is an eggplant product -- to read more about the health benefits of eggplant read here!

SHARE IF YOU DARE: What do you love at Costco? What foods and ways do you make the large Costco quantities not go to waste?

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