High Protein & Low-Carb Snacks for the HCG DIET or any Healthy Diet Plan
January 12, 2022
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High Protein & Low-Carb Snacks for the Healthy Diet
These healthy snacks in jars have been a game changer for my family and I have so much fun creating them. I always remind my HCG DIET and medical weight loss patients that preparation is key! Having healthy, simple, easy to grab snacks on hand in your fridge is a non-negotiable if you want to have a nutrient dense diet. If you are feeling “snacky,” you can open he fridge and grab a jar of tasty whole food.
The idea here is that you pack a pint jar with part of your snack and then use another little repurposed container with another component of your snack. For instance, you might have sliced apples in the jar and fill the smaller cup with almond butter. The little cup fits right inside the jar and you put the lid over both things and then store them in the fridge. You now how your apples and dip all ready to go. It works!!!
Common Ingredients in my HCG DIET or Healthy Diet Snack cups
- Cauliflower and broccoli + Greek yogurt ranch dip
- Cottage cheese + fruit
- Greek yogurt and berries with granola
- Apple slices + cheese cubes
- Cucumber + date balls or oatmeal energy bites
- Celery + peanut butter/almond butter
- Grapes + roasted chickpeas
- Mandarin orange + pistachios
- Apple slices + dark chocolate and nuts
- Bell peppers and carrots + hummus
- Cucumbers with Greek yogurt and dill
Putting the HCG DIET or Healthy Diet Snack Cups Together
- Wash and cut up your cauliflower and broccoli into small florets. Fill the mason jar about 2/3 of the way full with your vegetables. Add some Greek yogurt ranch dip to the fruit cup (great time to measure and use portion control if you are prepping for weight loss), add the ranch dip in a cup to the mason jar, screw on a lid, and place in the fridge for up to 5 days.
- Measure out a serving of cottage cheese and add it to the mason jar. Fill the fruit cup with fruit of your choice (mango, pineapple, mandarin oranges, berries, and even cherry tomatoes are all good). Add the fruit in a cup to the mason jar, screw on a lid, and place in the fridge for up to 3 days. When you are ready to eat, add the fruit to the cottage cheese and enjoy.
- Place a serving of Greek yogurt in the mason jar and top with your choices of berries (fresh or frozen) and/or pomegranate seeds (arils). Add some granola to the fruit cup (this is my favorite healthy granola recipe). Place the granola filled cup in the mason jar, screw on a lid, and place in the fridge for up to 3 days. When you are ready to eat, add the granola to the yogurt and enjoy.
- Prep the apples by slicing/coring them and dipping them in something so that they don’t turn brown. Place apples in the bottom of the mason jar. Fill a fruit cup with a serving of cheese cubes. Place the cheese cube filled cup in the mason jar, screw on the lid, and place in the fridge for up to 5 days.
- Prep your cucumber by washing it and slicing it into rounds or spears. Place cucumber in the bottom of the mason jar and fill the fruit cup with Greek yogurt mixed with some dried dill. Cucumbers, especially cut ones, don’t last as long as other more firm vegetables. Plan to eat these at the beginning of the week.
- Prep your celery by washing, trimming, and cutting it into sticks. Cut the sticks short (about 2.5 inches long) so that they fit in the mason jar and you still have room to add your cup of peanut butter. Place the celery in the bottom of the mason jar and fill a fruit cup with a serving of peanut butter. Place the peanut butter filled cup in the mason jar, screw on a lid, and place in the fridge for up to a week. Celery lasts a really long time like this!
- Prep the grapes by washing them and taking the grapes off of the stem. Fill a mason jar 2/3 of the way full with grapes. Fill a fruit cup with roasted chickpeas (recipe coming soon! They are so good!). Place the roasted chickpea filled cup in the mason jar, screw on a lid, and place in the fridge for up to 5 days.
- Peel and segment a mandarin orange (or other small citrus fruit) and put the pieces in the jar, or, if it is small enough, pop the whole fruit into the bottom of the jar. Fill a fruit cup with a serving of pistachios. Place the pistachio filled cup in the mason jar, screw on a lid, and place in the fridge for up to 5 days.
- Prep the apples by slicing/coring them and dipping them in something so that they don’t turn brown. You can dip apples in a little bit of lemon juice, Fruit Fresh(it’s absorbic acid), or even a bit of orange juice (my kids fuss if they are dipped in lemon, but orange is great). Place apples in the bottom of the mason jar. Fill a fruit cup with a serving of nuts and dark chocolate. Place the nut and chocolate filled cup in the mason jar, screw on the lid, and place in the fridge for up to 5 days. I really like these extra dark chocolate chips just FYI.
- Prep bell peppers and carrots by washing and slicing. Fill the mason jar 2/3 of the way full. Place a serving of hummus in the fruit cup. Place the hummus filled cup in the mason jar, screw on a lid, and place in the fridge for up to 5 days. If you do only carrots and not bell peppers, you can keep it in the fridge for a week. Carrots that you peel and cut on your own last much longer than “baby carrots,” just FYI. I’m not sure what they do to baby carrots, but they seem to get slimy or soft much faster than a big carrot you prep yourself. If you are using baby carrots I’d eat within 3 days.
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