WIAW #28: Healthy Snacking Pledge

The lovely Jenn doth decree that this month is all about healthy snacks. I am definitely not one to argue especially since snacking is my middle name. Actually, my middle name is Claire, but that doesn’t apply to this exercise.

I’m a snacker and because of that I tend to get most of my fruits and veggies in during my snacking. Here are some of my favorites.

 

·         Apples and peanut butter. This is probably my favorite snack: If you have ever been to the Cuisiner before you know that during the school year I practically live on this snack. I had it three times this weekend alone.

·         Chobani Greek yoghurt. Okay, here’s the deal. I’ve been eating Greek yoghurt way before it was cool and wide spread. I’m talking about the plain non-fruited stuff which we’ve been sucking down since 2002. Now I never complain about one of my favorite foods becoming main stream, aka cheaper and more available for me. But hey, didn’t you all say that when your friends started listening to your favorite band of 5 years that they just heard on the radio. But honestly, I want you to embrace the yoghurt for yours and my sake.

·         Hummus and bugs bunny carrots. This became a staple for me in London as it was so easy and inexpensive to pack for long days at Uni. I like big carrots since they are a lot more flavorful than baby carrots…that’s just me.

·         Kind bars. Whole lot of yummy, low glycemic energy. Great for a long day between lunch and dinner. These babies are packed with dried fruit, nuts, coconut and healthy goodness (and occasionally a little chocolate.) My favorite is the Macadamia & Apricot bar.

        Sweet Potatoes: Leftovers are great especially when you can dip those leftover baked or grilled sweet potatoes in hummus or just snack alone. (These were grilled by Aaron of course)

·         Can of V8. Sadly V8 actually has quite a bit of salt in it but I like to think the 2 servings of veggies evens it out. Plus, I don’t eat that much added salt.

·         Guilty: The occasional handful of Cheez-its. I just love these for the occasional treat. (Digestive biscuits too with my tea, sssshhh.)

 

 

As a fan of snacking I also eat the regular meals. Today was a little on the boring side but I was blessed with a weekend of really good eats so I cannot really complain. On that note, here are my eats:

 

Breakfast

Glass of Orange Juice

One English muffin lightly toasted, little-butta

Half grapefruit

Tea

Water in between

Lunch

 

Two veggie tacos from the food court, eh.

Bottle of water

 

Healthy Snack

Black Cherry Chobani

 

Dinner

Baked chicken with Kale over brown rice

Cucumber salad

Glass of Syrah

Glass of water before bed

 

This was a pretty normal day. Lots of work stress, my bff/bridesmaid Renee came over for dinner. Lots of dress browsing and wedding talk. Despite a terrible sinus headache, it wasn’t such a bad day. The only bad thing about this weekends’ delicious eats is that I really didn’t cook at all unlike last week. Oops. I’ll be sure to make something creative this week. I promise.

So on that note you get a Cuisiner Playlist today!


Summer's Almost Here Mix:


Girl on TV- LFO (Oh you know it.)

Sovereign Life Cafe- Keane



Holocene- Bon Iver

Summertime- Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong

Enjoy!

Love,

The College Cuisiner

 

What did you eat this weekend? Anything good?