Although it's already March, it's never too late to start making healthy choices for your resolution! Sometimes it can be easy to pick a healthy meal, but not so much a healthy snack. It's often easier to pick up something like a granola bar packed with artificial sugar, but I promise there are easier options, and better-for-you options, that you can make.
My favorite go-to snack: 2 rice cakes with peanut butter. This snack provides good carbs, along with yummy protein from the peanut butter. To really make this snack yum, add cinnamon or strawberries for an extra kick.
Another snack I love is a frozen, sliced banana with peanut butter. To make this snack, simply slice a banana into a few slices, freeze overnight with peanut butter on top, and then enjoy!
If you aren't into peanut butter, but like fruit, plain yogurt with freshly cut fruit is a perfect sweet tooth quencher. If you're more of a salty person, a simple handful of almonds and a dash of salt will do the trick. You might think it's easier to just buy almonds coated in salt, but the amount of sodium is almost three times as much, versus you putting your own salt on; where you can control the amount of salt.
Cottage cheese is a commonly forgotten snack that is ultra healthy. For those that like yogurt, but also like a little spice, a cup of cottage cheese and a dash of cinnamon is the perfect mix of the two. This snack is packed with protein and will fill you up quick.
Lastly, if you're a cheese lover this is for you. A common snack I used to make was cheese and crackers. Which isn't too terrible, but if you use cheese from a block it's common to lose track of how much cheese is really on the crackers. If you use a cheese stick, you know exactly how much cheese and dairy you're getting. I like to take wheat crackers, slice up the cheese stick and put it in the oven at 350 degrees for about 2-3 minutes until the cheese is melted. This makes for a perfectly crisp, healthy snack.