Need Help with Nutritious Snacks for Teens

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Take your kids with you to Trader Joes or Henrys market, they have healthy food, but lots of snack options. I am trying to eat healthier, but have a huge bag of snacks to choose from...little packets of almonds, trailmix, fruit sticks etc that are in prepackaged size amounts. If your kids go with you, they can pick out some yummy snack options. It's a sure thing! JKV

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They now have the 100 calorie packs! They taste pretty good without all the extra stuff! We really like the Oreo one! It gives you the taste of the Oreo but once you are done with the bag we really don't want the real thing anymore! Also I have found that if I have cheese and lunch meat already in a sandwich bag to the portion size we eat better. No more I'm hungry lets make a huge sandwich problem! Plus when I really don't feel like making a sandwich I just eat the cheese and meat it is a good snack full of protein!
Hope this helps!
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Converting from bad eating habits to good ones may not come overnight, yet if you are determined you can have great success. I would let everyone pick/decide what fruits and vegies they like and how they like it cooked or not cooked. Pita bread is a great alternative try to get the ones that are more wholesome, check labels.
Popcorn is a good alternative to crackers, not the packaged kind, but the air popped kind, no need for salt or butter, but if you must have limit and measure the amount placed on the popcorn. Look for baked chips and again read the labels. Limit the amount of unhealthy food intake.
Salads can be very good by becoming creative. Add, apples, mandarin orange slices (canned, drained, light syrup)raisins, almonds (slivered), bell peppers, etc and no dressing! Unless you use extra virgin olive oil (first cold press) and balsamic vinegar and you could add italian seasoning.
Try a Mango or papaya. Make a fruit salad with some coconut flakes. Make baked fries from a potato, slice, baste with a little olive oil and bake till tender.
Spinach salad, fresh spinach, mandarin oranges (like above), sliced almonds, drizzle with lemon juice, throw in some dried cranberries for color and flavor.
Pears are a great fruit and full of fiber.
Hope this helps
I was a former starch eater (loved my bread!) and now am the healthiest one in my dept at work.
You can do it!

Try to buy snacks w/out high frutcose corn syrup, sucrose, corn syrup, brown sugar, turbinado sugar, honey, moloasses, frutcose, dextrose, Aspartame (nutrasweet, splenda, equal, etc..) hydrogenated oils, Refined, enriched and fortified and foods with dyes or #'s,

Trader Joes has some great snacks.

Some ideas off of the top of my head:
wholegrain crackers (Kashi TLC and the likes)
cheese sticks
nuts: walnuts, almonds, sunflower seeds (of course in moderation) but an apple and 10 almonds for example would make a great snack
Experiment with new fruits and veggies. Have your son pick one new fruit and veggie out when you go shopping. Ask him to try one new thing a week. Mango, kiwi and strawberries are so sweet and yummy it's like eating dessert.
cereal makes a great snack, some yummy ones that kids will love are Puffins, Kashi Autum wheat, Mighty Bites, Oatmeal squares, just try to pick out only cereal that is low in sugar, maybe 5-7 grams per serving.
Veggies or pita chips with hummus
air popped popcorn
Whole wheat pretzels
smoothie
Edemame
hard boiled eggs
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Congratulations to you for wanting to do this for your family!
M.

I have a 18 yr old, a 15 yr old, an 11 yr old and work full time. I usually try to have a veggie tray in the fridge for the kids for when they come home from school to have as a snack until I get home to cook dinner. I also keep different varieties of cheeses already cut up for them. I don't know about you, but if I don't keep things easy around my house things don't get done or eaten. I keep wheat thins, cheeze it's and other types of crackers on hand as well to go with the cheese. Good luck!

Edaname (Soy Beans) in the shell. Pour a bag of frozen edaname in a bowl with 3/4 cup water and cover slightly for 15 min. Serve with soy sauce.

How about Nutri grain cereal bars. I am not sure on the actual "nutrition" value of them but I can only imagine that it is healthier than most things. Also I saw on Oprah that sugar free jello with some whip cream on top is really good too. Tastes great but still healthy. I am 22 and atleast took vitamin c throughout the years. But a multi vitamin is not a bad choice either.
some other ideas:
celery and peanut butter
raisins
I hope this helps