on 'nack

"On 'nack, on 'nack".  In my world, that means "I want a snack".  and I hear it a lot.  My 2 yr old and my 9 yr old have a high metabolism (oh, how I miss those days) and are constantly hungry.  I try to keep fresh fruit, yogurt and some veggies they will actually eat available to them.  I seem to have a few cucumbers laying around.

Yeah, ooohhh emmmm geeeee.  I know, I need to make pickles.  That's my next venture, but my crappy grocery store didn't have any fresh dill yesterday.  Anyway.... it's not just the kids that want a snack.  Sometimes I want a real SNACK - some sugar, maybe a little fat, and CHOCOLATE.  So, I thought I'd mention a few of our favorite snack items, for kids and mommy too!!  Because let's face it, you can only eat so many cucumbers. 

 

These are a favorite of everyone!  Problem is, around here, I can only find them at Target - and last week they clearanced them out.  B--TURDS.  I guess I'll have to search the internet and see if I can get them anywhere else.  I love them b/c ONE, they taste good.  TWO, they are made with 66% fruit ingredients (all different kinds of pureed fruit) - this is not found in other so called "fruit snacks".  THREE, they are made in a nut free facility - nut free/gluten free, no artificial colors/preservatives, etc.  If you have a child with food allergies, this is a great thing.  Lastly, there are only 3.3g of added sugar.  Natural sugars are 6.7g - so you don't want to go around eating them all day, but for an occasional snack, we like these, and they are 50 calories a pack.

Now these are MY favorite snack.  Obviously they are not a health food, but do a great job in satisfying that IHAVEPMSANDNEEDCHOCOLATENOW craving.  Which I seem to have often.  They are not expensive, come 2 in a box (and yes, I have been known to eat them both in one sitting - but not recently) and are 170 calories w/3 g of fat.  Made by Weight Watchers (3 points).  I don't do WW, but have thought about it a lot.  Just like exercise, I think about doing it a lot.  That's almost like doing it, right?!  Okay, no.  Anyway, moving on.  The kids love these too, but I don't share often.  Such a mean mama.

Another MOMMY snack is this.  Just discovered it in Sugar Free - so decided to try it.  It's 50 calories and yummy.  Helps when I want something sweet, but don't want so many calories.

Then there is our good 'ole "go to" snack - CEREAL!  But my last post was about cereal, so I don't feel like talking about it again.  I did buy some Grape Nuts, which I'm getting ready to have for breakfast.  And Cheerios.  And Fiber One Shredded Wheat - it's mo' betta than a lot of other cereals, but not great with 12 g of sugar :P.  Good fiber content and the kids like it, so I bought it anyway.  What can I say, I'm a work in progress.