Healthy Snack List (By Craving)

Sometimes you just have to honor the craving, and satisfy it -- but it doesn't always have to be potato chips and ice cream.  If you are craving a particular flavor, give these real food options a try:

Healthy Snack List

Crunchy
apples
frozen grapes
rice cakes
organic popcorn: use coconut or palm oil to pop in a covered pan
carrots
crunchy crudités of veggies and dip (hummus, tabouli, vinaigrette, favorite dressing)
celery and peanut butter (use organic, non-hydrogenated peanut butter in glass jar)
hummus with whole grain toast, baby carrots, rice crackers
handful nuts (preferably raw, unsalted)
toasted chickpeas
roasted pumpkin seeds
kale chips
1/2 large or one mini 100-calorie Raw Revolution bar
Mary's Gone Crackers with nut butter or tapenade
Mary's Gone Crackers everything flavor twigs and sticks

Sweet
wheatgrass
fresh pressed juice (or Suja or Blueprint brands)
fresh, whole fruit
apples and almond butter
sprouted date bread with jam (Manna Bread or Ezekiel cinnamon raisin)
raw ice creams (see recipes on raw page)
unsulfured dried fruit:  mango, fig, date, raisin, apricot, etc.
use leftover grains to make sweet porridge: drizzle maple syrup and sprinkle cinnamon, add almond milk and bananas, etc.
smoothies: fruit, almond milk, cacao powder, nut butters, etc.
fruit “ice cream:” blend frozen banana in a food processor with nuts, berries or raisins and serve; can be strained for a creamier consistency
freshly squeezed fruit and vegetable juices: make your own and try different combos.
apples or sweet vegetables (yams, sweet potatoes, squashes like acorn, butternut, kabocha) cut into chunks, sprinkled with cinnamon and baked
organic dark chocolate chips or carob chips
70% or more cacao organic dark chocolate (like Theo brand)
coconut water
Sweet Leaf or Omica brands liquid stevia

Salty
olives
pickles and pickled vegetables, such as carrot, daikon, beets and lotus root
tabouli, hummus
steamed vegetables with tamari/shoyu or umeboshi vinegar
organic tortilla chips and salsa or guacamole
sauerkraut
fresh lime or lemon juice as seasonings or in beverage
fresh tomato slices with olive oil and Celtic sea salt (and avocado)
kale chips
dulse or kelp flakes (see Mock Tuna recipe)

Creamy
smoothies
avocados /guacamole
rice pudding/quinoa pudding/chia seed pudding
dips and spreads, like hummus, eggplant dip and baba ghanoush
puréed soups
puddings made with avocado or mashed banana
mashed sweet potatoes
coconut milk
mashed cauliflower