Certified Nutritionist Healthy Snacks

Try these certified nutritionist sugar risk healthy snacks before your stomach starts to growl and scratch! Set your mind to eat healthy food everyday. They promise to fill up without filling out.

Unsweetened Applesauce:
Serving size: 1 cup
Calories: 100
Health benefits:
Good source of antioxidant quercetin, and can protect against heart disease and cancer, prevent inflammation. Rich in Fiber and keeps your digestion on track. preventing cholesterol from building.


Make your own Applesauce: This recipe is from Laurel on Health Food.

Raw Kiwi-Raspberry Applesauce

 

1 large Fuji apple, peeled
1 kiwi, peeled
7-8 raspberries
1/2 lemon


Cut the apples and kiwi large pieces and place them in a food processor or blender. Cut the lemon in half and squeeze the juice of one half on top of the fruit. Blend or process until smooth consistency high. Serve at room temperature or chilled.


Tip 1: Use organic products if possible. Tip 2: I used a Fuji apple, but you can use any juicy apple that you like. Tip 3: You can store this sauce in the refrigerator in a container with a lid for 1-2 days.

Jamaican curry tofu and vegetables

This post was originally published as Weekend Eats by Laurel on Health Food.

I’ve been so busy the past few weekends and didn’t do much cooking at home, but I’ve had some wonderful food while out and about.

We had some family in town last weekend, and I recommended Land Thai Kitchen on the Upper West Side for dinner on Friday night. We went early and didn’t have to wait to sit down. I had a lychee margarita and shared root vegetable spring rolls and vegetable dumplings for appetizers. Both apps were delicious, but I especially loved the vegetable dumplings because they had a nice crunch inside (thanks to crumbled peanuts). I ordered a Jamaican Curry Tofu and Vegetables meal for the entree. I forgot to ask for brown rice, so I mostly stuck to eating the tofu and mixed vegetables which included green tomatoes, broccoli, asparagus, carrot, and more. I’m always happy with my food at Land Thai. It’s so fresh and the vegetables are never overcooked.

Vegetable dumplings at Land Thai Kitchen

Root vegetable spring rolls at Land Thai Kitchen

Jamaican curry tofu and vegetables at Land Thai Kitchen

The weekend before I was on my way to meet up with my boyfriend and his business partner over at their Midtown studio and had worked up a healthy appetite on my walk across town. Le Pain Quotidien is always a favorite of mine, so I swung by and picked up an Organic Red Quinoa salad with arugula, chickpeas, artichoke, side of avocado, and a basil dressing. I absolutely loved this fresh salad. It was filling and perfect for the hot summer afternoon. Oh, I also tried the watermelon cooler with fresh mint. Le Pain makes it with fresh watermelon juice, and it’s just heavenly.

I love my home-cooked meals, but eating out is such a treat here in NY.

Red quinoa salad at Le Pain Quotidien

Watermelon cooler at Le Pain Quotidien