Power pellets {Listography 2011}.

 

Each Wednesday, Emily, @ Notorious MLE, Danielle, @ Elleinad Spir, and myself are working our way through the lists of Listography 2011.

  

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This week's list: 

List your favorite snacks.  

  

If I included "indulgent" snacks here, this list would be quite long- & I'm sure not too exciting, I might add.  Healthy, 'guilt-free' snacks are a little harder to come by, and I'm still in the midst of developing a nice repertoire of go-to's... so I can go to them rather than the Lays, the Skittles, the Peanut Butter, the Ben & Jerry's, the Choc- Oh, sorry. HEALTHY is the list I'm going for here.  In that case...

{Disclaimer: these aren't necessarily low-fat, but they're much better alternatives than those above.}

1. Protein Plate from Starbucks.  I often need a protein-fix, & this always does the trick.
2. As do these Special K Protein Bars (thanks to Danielle).
3. One more "protein" snack... Smoothies w/ protein powder (more on this in a future post).
4. My 2-second guacamole- avacado + salsa + s&p + olive oil- smeared on whole grain bread.
5. Iced coffee, iced lattes, or a Doubleshot Light.
6. Popcorn w/ olive oil & sea salt (can't believe I haven't yet written about popcorn... soon).
7. Not exactly healthy, but just not right leaving it out... CHEESE (any & all- except Swiss).
8. Hummus with veggies or cooked edamame with a little olive oil, s&p.
9. Any type of healthy power-packed muffin (just made these, + Eating Well has some great recipes).
10. Greek Yogurt, topped with fruit, honey, & almonds or homemade granola.

And there you have it. 

What about you??  What are your favorite foods to snack on?  I'm always looking for new ideas... anything to keep me away from the CHIPS.  Let me know in the comments or visit Danielle to link up a post of your own. 

    

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