Snack Time

The daughter and I just had a snack before her nap time, guacamole and chips, I love avocado.  Such a good for you food, a bit on the fatty side, but in moderation, yum.  We are big snackers in this house, I always have crackers of varying kind, cheeses, dips, popcorn, almonds, etc.  Costco sells these great Tamari flavoured almonds that we love, even our very picky son.  We also love almond butter, cashew butter and regular old peanut butter, as long as you don't buy the sugar filled crap, they are all good for you.


Other options for snacks I make sure to I have on hand is fruits.  I always have apples, bananas, pears, strawberries and blueberries.  The latter I have to wait until they are in season or they are very expensive.  I do buy frozen strawberries and blueberries for smoothies and freeze bananas that are about to turn bad.  I need to work on getting more vegetables into our family diet, for some reason that always seems to be a challenge.


Also, my mushroom risotto turned out fantastic, I think my husband even liked it.  I paired that with roasted root vegetables, sweet potatoes and carrots (all that was in the fridge).  Last night we had pasta with a cream sauce (I'm a sucker for cream sauces, much to my husband's dismay).  Tonight it's pizza night, I have some roasted red peppers, veggie salami, mushrooms, veggie chicken strips and cheese.  Load 'er up!


Here is a quick list of what we like to snack on:

• Almonds, regular and Tamari flavoured
• chips and dip (usually guacamole)
• cheese and crackers
• popcorn
• fruit
• sometimes veggies, I'm going to get on increasing that
• almond, cashew and peanut butter on crackers, apples, pears, wraps rolled up

Not too exciting, but if anyone has any suggestions for different, quick and easy snacks, please send them along.


Have a great day!