{"id":1253,"date":"2009-01-07T11:05:35","date_gmt":"2009-01-07T16:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/?p=1253"},"modified":"2012-01-07T12:05:44","modified_gmt":"2012-01-07T18:05:44","slug":"sweet-healthier-snack-ideas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/sweet-healthier-snack-ideas\/","title":{"rendered":"Sweet, healthier, snack ideas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hope this list helps you. I&#8217;m printing it\u00a0 and keeping it inside my pantry door so I always have the ideas handy.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t forget to keep portion sizes in check. Measure out what you plan to eat and put the rest away. If you think want more, have a full glass of water first and then decide if you really want more or not.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here are a few ideas to get started. PLEASE comment away with your own ideas!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>apples dipped in sugar-free hot cocoa powder<\/p>\n<p>apples dipped in peanut butter (Check your pb portion size)<\/p>\n<p>plain apple (easy to take on the go)<\/p>\n<p>pear slices<\/p>\n<p>grapes (eat them frozen in the summer)<\/p>\n<p>plain banana (also portable)<\/p>\n<p>bananas with fat-free yogurt drizzled with a drip of chocolate syrup and a cherry on top<\/p>\n<p>tangerines\/ clementines<\/p>\n<p>WW chocolate muffins- 1 box devils food cake mix, 1 can pumpkin. Mix and bake according to baking instructions on box. Do not add any other ingredients, though. Just canned fruit and mix. Makes 12 at 3 WW points apiece<\/p>\n<p>WW pineapple muffins-1 box angel food cake mix, 1 can crushed pineapple Mix and bake according to baking instructions on box. Do not add any other ingredients, though. Just canned fruit and mix.<\/p>\n<p>Graham crackers with skim milk<\/p>\n<p>Jello fat-free, sugar-free pudding<\/p>\n<p>Pre-portioned nuts and craisins mix (keep a few bags in the pantry ready. Or mix in a container and keep a 1\/4 cup scoop nearby so you don&#8217;t over-indulge)<\/p>\n<p>Air-popped popcorn, spray lightly with nonstick spray and DUST with sugar-free hot cocoa mix<\/p>\n<p>Angel food cake<\/p>\n<p>carrots and snap peas with hummus<\/p>\n<p>Fiber One oats and chocolate bars<\/p>\n<p><strong>not sweet but still good<\/strong>-edemame<\/p>\n<p>What works for you? Please comment away so we can all stay away from that candy!! (Until we celebrate our first month of success at Valentine&#8217;s Day, anyhow!)<\/p>\n<p>For more WFMW, check out <a href=\"hhttp:\/\/rocksinmydryer.typepad.com\/shannon\/2009\/01\/works-for-me-keepsake-boxes.html\">Rocks in My Dryer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-207\" title=\"momflower\" src=\"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/momflower.jpg\" alt=\"momflower\" width=\"80\" height=\"40\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hope this list helps you. I&#8217;m printing it\u00a0 and keeping it inside my pantry door so I always have the ideas handy. Don&#8217;t forget to keep portion sizes in check. Measure out what you plan to eat and put the rest away. If you think want more, have a full glass of water first and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[380,103,151,6],"tags":[106,104],"class_list":["post-1253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food-resources","category-health-beauty","category-weight-watching-wednesdays","category-eat","tag-diet","tag-weight-watchers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1253"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1253\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10507,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1253\/revisions\/10507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}