8 Healthy Snack Ideas

Confession time. I've been struggling with lunch and snack ideas lately. I've noticed after I eat a healthy lunch that I don't feel full (or maybe just not satisfied) so I look for something else to snack on. This usually means that I open up my favorite tortilla chips from Costco (Late July multigrain) and eat a few too many of them or I eat some nut butter mixed with chocolate chips (yummy, but not a great choice). I've noticed that my stomach hasn't felt very good when I've done this and it's time to make some changes.

I made a list this morning of healthy snacks which have low or no cholesterol. I looked a little bit online for some ideas and was happy to see that most of what I've been eating were suggested ideas (except maybe the tortilla chips and chocolate chips...I have a love for "chips" that I need to get over).

Maybe I should think of dried apples as apple "chips"... That might work. :)

Here are 8 of my favorite snack ideas:

1. Popcorn. I air-popped some popcorn (with a little smart balance spread mixed with butter) for my boys to put in their lunch this morning. I'm going to use my whirleypop to make some popcorn with just a little oil and salt for me.

2. Sliced apples with almond butter. I'm going to try these chocolate peanut butter apples with coconut and almonds some day when I'm feeling indulgent.

3. Natural peanut butter in celery sticks.

4. Veggies with hummus. (I buy the single serving size Sabra hummus at Costco and love to eat it with sweet peppers, cucumbers, and carrots.)

5. Edamame. I love it plain (after cooking it according to the package directions). And I made these crispy roasted edamame last night. Yummy!

6. Dried fruit. I love making dried apples. And I LOVE dried mangos from Costco/Sam's Club.

7. Almonds. I love nuts, maybe too much. I especially love raw almonds.

8. Homemade salsa (my favorite and seriously so easy!) with baked tortilla chips. I love both of these things and eat them all the time. So yummy.

For me, it's easy to get stuck in a rut when trying to eat healthy. If you have any favorites that I haven't thought of, please share. Have a good day!

One Hour Rolls

These rolls are amazing! I've been making these rolls since 2001 when I was a newlywed and my sister-in-law shared the recipe with me. The rolls are light, fluffy, easy to make and they only take one hour! And delicious too! I've made these rolls more times than I can count, so I've perfected the art of making them. Here are some step-by-step instructions with pictures for you. Here's what you'll need. I buy pretty much all of the ingredients in this recipe at Sam's club, thus the huge containers. You need warm water, yeast, oil, sugar, salt, egg and flour. In the mixer bowl, add warm water (not hot), oil, sugar and yeast. Mix together. After ten or fifteen minutes the yeast mixture should be puffed up like this. Time to add the salt and beaten egg. Then mix in the flour. (I've used a mixture of half wheat and half white flour successfully.) Keep adding flour until the dough is manageable. It will be a little sticky, b

Week 394 Menu

Hi there! This week is flying by! So excited that we've been having blue skies and warmer weather. Our snow is almost all melted and little bulbs are sprouting in the flower beds. However, we had our 10th snow/ice day last week!!! Hopefully it was the last one. Life has been busy, busy and I need to plan out the rest of our week's menus, even though it's already Thursday. Here's what we've eaten so far and what I'm planning: Monday: chicken stirfry, rice/quinoa Tuesday: breakfast for dinner Wednesday: flatbread pizzas Thursday: roasted butternut squash, pasta, chicken sausage Friday: tacos Saturday: leftovers Sunday: pot roast, mashed potatoes, one hour rolls Alrighty, that's what we're eating this week. How about you? What's on your menu this week? Feel free to share. I love it when you do! More from Jenny:

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I have a smallish, one story house and if I cook food that is kind of smelly, like onions, the smell tends to linger in every room. This is a pet peeve of mine and (also my husband's). Over the years I've found a few ways to cook smelly food without smelling up the kitchen. Use your garage! I use my garage quite often to cook things in. I open the window and it airs out, especially when you open the garage door. I'm sure my neighbors wonder what I'm cooking. I've used two different kitchen appliances in the garage: my crockpot and my food dehydrator. Crockpot - I did this very thing today since I'm simmering chicken, onions, carrots and celery to make chicken noodle soup tonight. I don't want my house to smell like onions all day, so I plugged it in on my husband's workbench. Food dehydrator - when I make jerky, I plug the food dehydrator in in the garage. I don't really want my house to smell like meat for hours

What is on your menu this week?

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