Over the last month or so I have had a lot of requests for easy snack ideas…that are healthy. Well, it doesn’t get much easier than these. The first recipe is a Tony Horton favorite and a Tucker family staple. After that, you will find Tony’s top 10 easy snack ideas…also stock piled in the Tucker pantry. Remember, you should be eating every 3 hours or so and all snacks should include a protein. Contrary to popular belief, the key to weight loss is not starvation. You have got to fuel your body properly to get results. Soooo, there are no longer any excuses.
Tony’s Sticky Bars
- 1/2 medium-size banana
- 1/4 cup chunky peanut butter (organic minus hydrogenated oils, preferably)
- 1 cup unsweetened granola
Mix and mash all three ingredients into a bowl. Spoon onto a sheet of wax paper. Roll up the contents into hot dog/cigar shape. Stick in the freezer. Ready in about 90 minutes. Cut off little bites or eat the whole thing. Eat it frozen or throw it in the microwave for 10 seconds. Serves 2.
Preparation Time: 10 minutes
Cooking Time: 90 minutes
Nutritional Information: (per serving)
Tony’s Top 10 Snacks
- My sticky bar, of course (with banana, peanut butter, and granola…recipe at top).
- Almond butter (thinly spread) on organic whole-grain toast
- Snyder’s of Hanover Organic Oat Bran Pretzels
- PROBAR® nutrition bar (original blend)—380 calories of pure joy and 100% vegan
- Protein shake: banana, half cup of frozen blueberries and strawberries, tablespoon of flaxseed meal, two ice cubes, protein powder, and rice milk
- Half cup of fresh blueberries, and Food For Life’s Ezekiel 4:9 cereal with almonds, mixed into 8 oz. of plain nonfat yogurt
- Handful of raw mixed nuts
- MI-DEL Honey Grahams (whole wheat; 8 crackers are 280 calories)
- CLIF Nectar bars: I like the cinnamon pecan flavor (4 organic ingredients and only 170 calories)
- LaraBar snackbars (ingredients: dates, pecans, and almonds; 220 calories)…this is a Tucker staple too!