After-School Snacks!

I am, personally, quite happy to be doing a food post! I've been trying to be a lot healthier lately and the following tips, tricks, and little recipes have really helped me. I'll go ahead and begin!

One of the most helpful things I've come up with is to make healthy, delicious food in big batches on a day where you have lots of time, and this way if you're in a rush or are too lazy to cook, you can grab a meal out of the freezer and throw it in the microwave. You can freeze soup, whole-wheat mac and cheese, and fruit smoothies. (Don't forgot the classic, amazing-tasting snack of frozen grapes - - for a fun twist, you can put them on little sticks and they're instantly adorable.) You can even freeze baked goods, like whole-wheat homemade muffins or tortillas. You can even freeze BURRITOS. How can you not want that?!? Please want that.

Be realistic about your after-school snacks, and pretty much every other meals. Don't plan to eat a pile of chopped celery after school when you know you won't do that. Good examples of in-the-middle, healthy-but-not-too-healthy snacks are:

Plain popcorn 
Whole-wheat pretzels
Peanut butter
Cheese (pretty much just cheese by itself)
Yogurt
Applesauce
Sweet potato fries/chips (personal favorite)
Cucumbers with oil and vinegar (an acquired taste)

That's it! Remember to drink lots and lots and lots and lots of water, especially before your after school snack. You'll have less of a huge appetite and it's good for clear healthy skin and basically everything else. 

Thanks for reading!
Abigail <3