Choosing two or more food groups gives a more nutrient-rich and satisfying snack.
Healthy snacks such as fruits, vegetables and whole wheat bread can add nutrients and carbohydrates to your daily diet. Snacks at the workplace should require minimal clean-up. For example; bringing an orange already peeled at home means no discarded rinds in the office wastebasket.
Healthy Baked Goods
Early in the week, bake small fruit muffins or scones with low-fat and reduced sugar content to provide a welcome treat on work days. Options include muffins with golden raisins and flax seed in a whole wheat batter. Blueberry or apple bran muffins baked with less oil than store-bought brands make a lighter treat. Scones made with dried, chopped figs add more fiber.
Fresh and Dried Fruit
Assorted fruit, such as grapes, raspberries and strawberries stashed in a reusable container, can make a convenient snack with fiber. Desiccated fruit includes apricots, cranberries, figs, raisins, dates, mangoes and papaya. Add apple and banana chips to the snack list.
Raw and Cooked Vegetables
Vegetables raw or cooked can make handy snacks with a vitamin boost. Team sliced zucchini, cucumber, carrot and bell pepper with a low-calorie salad dressing or hummus dip. Wedges of mildly seasoned baked potatoes, sweet potatoes or yams offer comfort food.
Mixed Food
Creating a mini sandwich with apple slices, a low calorie spread and whole wheat bread gives protein, carbohydrates with a variety of textures. A thermos with a cup of a fruit smoothie blended from chopped fresh or frozen berries, orange juice and yogurt offers more vitamins than a cup of coffee.
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