Store bought, HEALTHY, snacks! (Part 2: Dairy Products Edition)

We all love our dairy products: yogurt, cheese, ice cream, etc.. We might think that ALL dairy products are healthy, but you have to be careful because they could be high in sugars and fats. A lot of the snacks we eat are in the dairy family, therefore I am going to provide you with dairy products that you can purchase the grocery store that taste good, and are healthy! There are healthy snacks out there that taste good. People label "healthy snacks" as tasting bad. You just need to make the right choice. Here are some inexpensive healthy snacks that you can purchase at your local grocery store.
1.

Sorrento Stringsters Part Skim Mozzarella String CheeseCalories: 80

2. 

Wells Blue Bunny Sweet Freedom Frozen Fudge Lites Bar
Calories: 70

3.

Kellog's Special K Protein Shake, French Vanilla

Calories: 180

4.

Land o' Lakes 1% Lowfar Cottage Cheese

Calories: 90

5.

 Yoplait Fiber One Nonfat Peach Yogurt

Calories: 50

6. 

Horizon Organic Fat-Free Plain Yogurt

Calories: 110

7. 

Breyers Light Fat Free Blueberries 'n Cream Yogurt

Calories 80

8.

Fage Total 0% All Natural Nonfat Greek Yogurt

Calories: 120

9.

Chobani Plain Non-Fat Greek Yogurt

Calories: 100

10. 

Breyers Smooth and Dreamy Vanilla No Sugar Added Ice cream

Calories: 90 

11.

Wells Blue Bunny Fat Free, No Sugar Added Vanilla Ice Cream

Calories: 80

12.

Dreyers (Edy's) Fat Free, No Sugar Added Vanilla Chocolate Swirl Ice cream

Calories: 100

Zucchini and Cheese Quiche

Quiche is an easy dish that you can prepare with basically anything you have in the fridge, even leftovers. You can enjoy it in plenty of occasions, from a family dinner to a picnic with friends. You can even prepare it ahead of them, cut it into slices and freeze them, so you'll have lunch ready to take to school or to work. Here is a great recipe to make zucchini and cheese quiche.

Stay Healthy in Winter

My favorite time of the year is winter. Cold weather, fuzzy sweaters, hot drinks, and lots of eating. We all know how hard it is to stay in shape, drink water, and eat somehow healthy. Here are some tips that will help you stay healthy in these cold months:

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Smoothie Delight (Berry Good)

Stay Focus With Very Berry Smoothie

Berries are essential for your diet.  Berries help to a clearer mind!

To make a healthy smoothie you will need the following:

- 11/2 cups Trader Joe's Low-fat Kefir Strawberry Cultured Milk or Pomegranate Cultured Milk

- 1 banana, coarsely chopped

- 1/2 (16 ounce) bag froze Trader Joe's Very Cherry Berry Blend

This smoothie will take two simple steps and contains two servings.

Preparation time shouldn't take more than 5 minutes.  

Step 1:  In a blender, place the cultured milk, banana, and berries.

Step2:  Puree until the smoothie is thoroughly blended, 30 seconds to 1 minute.

And your done!  

Enjoy your healthy smoothie!

Good luck on your exams! :)

~ College Menu

Store bought, HEALTHY, snacks! (Part 1: Chip & Dip Edition)

      Lets admit it, when we go to the grocery store, we all purchase snacks! But, we all want the snacks that taste good and that are unhealthy like Doritos, Oreos, ice cream, etc. We need to step back and look at our options. There are alternative prepackaged snacks that we can purchase at the grocery store that still taste good and wont make us fat (and low on calories)! I am going to share some there snacks that you can buy at the grocery store to keep in your backpack when your hungry during classes, in-between classes, and even during your commute.

1.
Sun Chips Original
Calories: 140 per serving
Tip: Always buy the chips that say kettle cooked not baked or other salty chips

2.
Veggie Pirate's Booty
Calories: 130 per serving


3.
Garden of Eatin' Blue Tortilla Chips (No Salt Added)
Calorie: 140 per serving




4.
Snyder's of Hanover Multi Grain Pretzel Sticks
Calories: 120 per serving





5.
Terra Sweet Potato Chips
Calories: 160 per serving



6.
Stacy's Simply Naked Pita Chips
Calories: 130 per serving







Use these to dips to add flavor!

Cedar's Simply Delicious Roasted Red Pepper Hummus
Calories: 50 per two tablespoons


Newman's Own Black Bean & Corn Salsa
Calories: 20 per two tablespoons


Wholly Guacamole Classic Dip
Calories: 50 per two tablespoons

If you liked this post, stay tuned because there will be a Part 2 of more healthy snacks that can be bought at the grocery store!

How to stay full longer

Everyone likes to eat. it's simple. As a human, it is a bad thing to continuously eat more times a day then you should be. It is even worse to eat more than necessary of foods that are bad for you. Especially as a college student, we are always on the go, studying/doing homework, and attending class. Being busy can cause you to feel hungry, even though your body is not hungry. I am going to give you a few tips of ways to keep your body feeling full. Also, feeling hungry all the time will cause you to spend more money on food. So incorporate these tips into your diet and you will save money and stay full longer!

1. Eat more food that contains waters/broth. For an example eat more soups like chicken noodle and vegetable soups. Soups are also low on calorie.
2. Eat more greens. For example we eat more greens like lettuce, baby spinach, and other mixed green salads. Also, make sure you use low fat/low calorie salad dressing.
4. Eat more fruits. Some fruits that keep you full longer are apples, blueberries, cantaloupe, grapefruit, oranges, peaches, strawberries and watermelons.
5. Eat more vegetables that do not have as much starches. Some of these vegetables are asparagus, broccoli, carrots, cauliflower, celery, cucumbers, tomatoes and squash.
6. A tip is, to start off a meal with soup or mixed green salad. Also, when every you have random "munchies", try snacking on the non-starchy vegetables like broccoli, carrots celery, etc. (listed above)
7. Add vinegar and cinnamon food whenever possible. They help regular your blood sugar level and make you feel full longer.
8. Any green or orange vegetables into your diet. They contain 90% water, and of course water keeps you full.
9. Eat lots of fish because they contain omega 3 fats, which keeps you full. Fish is also high in protein and contain few calories.
10. Eat a lot of oats, especially for breakfast because they contain beta-glucan which helps the body release CCK, a hunger-suppressing hormone.
11. Eggs keep you full for a very long time, studies show for up to 36 hours.
12. Eat foods with a lot of fibers, they help with digestion as well.




And of course, DRINK LOTS OF WATER, during, before, and in between meals!