Healthy Food Ideas

Planning Meals
By stocking up on healthier foods that contain fewer calories, you'll be making small changes that can prepare you to be a weight-loss success story!

Cutting Calories
Ways to cut calories for your meals, snacks, and even beverages.

Healthy Snacks

Links to healthy snack ideas

• https://www.cdc.gov/healthyweight/healthy_eating/meals.html

• Beverages
  • 100% juice
  • Fruit spritzers (juice and seltzer water
  • Water
• Smoothies (frozen fruit, 1% milk and banana)
• Cheese/fruit/sandwich (cookie cutter shapes)
• Ham, cheese or turkey sub sandwiches (with low-fat condiments)
• Cheese cubes/sticks
• Vegetable trays
• Vegetable dip (cottage cheese or plain yogurt and choice of onion/garlic/parmesan seasoning)
• Pretzels
• Low-fat popcorn
• Fresh fruit
• Fruit and cheese kabobs
• Fruit with whipped topping or peanut butter dip
• Fruit dip (vanilla yogurt, honey, cinnamon and nutmeg)
• Animal crackers
• Angel food cake, plain or topped with fruit
• Cupcakes made with fruit or nuts
• English muffin pizza topped with tomato sauce and any combination of vegetables, pineapple, lean ham and Canadian bacon
• Pizza dippers (pizza toppings and bread on a skewer with marinara dip)
• Salsa with baked tortilla chips
• Pudding (use 1% or skim milk)
• Yogurt parfait (vanilla yogurt with diced fruit)
• Quesadillas with salsa
• Chicken, beef or vegetable fajitas
• Low-fat breakfast or granola bars
• Trail/cereal mixes
• Nuts
• Whole wheat crackers
• Low-fat ice creams, frozen yogurts or sherbets
• Fruit pies made with a graham cracker crust, low-fat cream cheese (1/4 inch layer or less) and sliced fresh or canned fruit arranged on top