Healthy Snacks are all the rage with companies like Nature Box, Graze, and Conscious Box all trying to get in on the healthy snacking craze! Curious how you can beat the afternoon slump? Here are my Top 30 Go-To Healthy Snack Ideas for Optimal Health!

1. Hard boiled egg with pepper, salt, celery and small piece of fruit (apples, bananas, oranges, grapes, or berries)

2. Apple slices with almond butter 

3. Sprouted wheat toast, or gluten free toast with nut butter and 1⁄2 small banana slices (top with cinnamon)

4. Lettuce wraps stuffed with bell peppers and chicken/turkey, cheese optional

5. Homemade kale chips baked with extra virgin olive oil, salt, and pepper (great Spiced Kale Chip Recipe)

6. Guacamole and/or salsa and organic sprouted corn tortillas

7. Carrots and celery dipped in peanut butter or almond butter

8. Carrots dipped in hummus with a handful of raw almonds

9. Handful of roasted pumpkin seeds, or raw sea-salted nuts, with Goji berries

10. Grape tomatoes, and cucumber with hummus or guacamole

11. Greek yogurt (2% or whole milk) with 1⁄2 cup fresh fruit

12. Cottage cheese (full fat or 2%) with 1⁄2 cup of fresh fruit

13. Pear slices with hard cheese

14. Spouted corn quesadilla with melted cheese and black beans (top with salsa or sliced avocado)

15. 1⁄2 a sandwich or rice cake with turkey, chicken, or tuna (cheese optional)

16. 1 cup cherries, with 1 cup almond milk

17. Edamame (in pod), with rice crackers

18. Energy bars (try to keep sugar below 5  to 10g): 

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19. Green smoothie drink (mostly greens, some fruit, add 1 scoop of whey protein isolate)

20. Fig newton (gluten free and dairy free options available), and 4 turkey slices

21. Baby bell round cheese with dried apricots

22. Fruit leather (all natural), with handful of nuts

23. 1 cup apple sauce (unsweetened), topped with 10 chopped pecans

24. Clementine oranges, and 6 walnuts

25. 2 rice cakes, topped with 2 tbsp. of hummus

26. 1⁄2 grapefruit, and 1 hard boiled egg

27. String cheese (2% organic), and 1⁄2 cup honeydew melon   

28. 1⁄2 cup grapes, 15 pistachios

29. Low-fat cottage cheese with sliced pear, plum, cherries, or 1⁄4 cup fresh berries’

30. Herbal tea (Honey-Lavender Tea, Happy Tummy Tea, Camomile Tea)

Check out some more ideas on How to Beat the Afternoon Slump with this cute infographic by Quill: Beat the Slump: Avoid These Energy-Depleting Foods