health & fitness: Hungry and rushed? Here are 10 grab-and-go snack food ideas

By Melissa Gerharter MS, RD AnnArbor.com Community Contributor

Posted on Mon, Oct 12, 2009 : 3:22 p.m.

When time is short and your hunger is large, check out my top 10 list of healthy snacks.

1. Peel a banana and dip it in yogurt. Roll in crushed cereal and freeze.

2. Spread celery sticks with peanut butter or low-fat cream cheese. Top with raisins. Enjoy your “ants on a log.”

3. Stuff a whole-grain pita pocket with ricotta cheese and Granny Smith apple slices. Add a dash of cinnamon.

4. Smear a scoop of frozen yogurt on two graham crackers and add sliced banana to make a yummy sandwich.

5. Make snack kabobs. Put cubes of low-fat cheese and grapes on pretzel sticks.

6. Spread peanut butter on apple slices.

7. Mix together peanut butter and cornflakes in a bowl. Shape into balls and roll in crushed graham crackers.

8. Banana split: Top a banana with low-fat vanilla and strawberry frozen yogurt. Sprinkle with your favorite whole-grain cereal.

9. Mini pizza: Toast an English muffin, drizzle with pizza sauce and sprinkle with low-fat mozzarella cheese.

10. Inside-out sandwich: Spread mustard on a slice of deli turkey. Wrap around a sesame breadstick.

Melissa Gerharter MS, RD is co-owner of Joust Strength and Fitness of Ann Arbor. She is also an adjunct lecturer at Eastern Michigan University. She can be reached at Melissa@joustfitness.com

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