Convenient Healthy Foods

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4/12/12 2:18 P

laughing cow cheese, high fiber cereal, oatmeal.

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4/12/12 1:57 P

boiled eggs, packaged frozen veges in low fat sauces. applesauce cups.

Edited by: AZGYPSY2 at: 4/12/2012 (13:59)

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4/12/12 1:18 P

I eat rice cakes as a snack - they're low calorie and some but not too many carbs. Kind of filling.

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4/12/12 11:51 A

For me, the most convenient packaged food that I couldn't live without is yogurt. I love the flavor varieties, especially the ones that taste like dessert!

A close second would be the applesauce cups. Could I buy a big jar and portion them? Sure, but I wouldn't.

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4/12/12 11:48 A

I buy walnuts in bulk - a small handful is filling!
Also, adore 100 calorie packs of guacamole.

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4/12/12 11:19 A

that is a great idea! i make my own granola, the kids love it. my convenient healthy food is green beans in season, apples, oranges/satsumas right off the tree, tomatoes, strawberries, etc.

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4/12/12 9:39 A

I love nut bars like the KIND kind sweetened with honey or molasses. Very handy for on the go. I have recently started making my own to save $.

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4/12/12 9:19 A

Lara bars. Very few ingredients-all healthy. My favorites are lemon and cashew cookie. We keep them in the car.

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4/12/12 9:12 A

Yes!!!!

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4/12/12 9:11 A

greek yogurt,almonds

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4/12/12 9:06 A

ANY fruits & veggies...yogurt, fat-free milk, eggs, etc.

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4/11/12 5:44 P

I love celery and raw carrots, and yogurt!

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4/11/12 5:41 P

I love cottage cheese. Like yoghurt, I enjoy mixing all sorts of goodies into it.

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4/11/12 5:31 P

Almonds
Walnuts
Plums, apples, clementine oranges
single serve greek yogurts
hard boiled eggs
celery sticks and hummus

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4/11/12 3:54 P

Individual servings of plain greek yogurt; add your own fruit and skip all the added sugar.

I buy bulk packages of raw almonds, then lightly coat cookie sheet with cooking spray and toast for 5 minutes. Gives them the roasted flavor without added oil and salt.

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4/11/12 3:21 P

Nuts, I have small canisters at home and at the office so I can grab as needed.

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4/11/12 2:54 P

Almonds
Dried Apricots
String cheese
celery sticks with store-bought hummus
baked sweet potato chips

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4/11/12 2:49 P

I am a very busy on the go mom and work full time so I don't have a lot of time to cut up fruit and veggies, although I try when I can. I do carry apples and pears with me, but I also eat lean cuisine for lunch or a turkey sandwich. I feel as long as I am incorporating healthy low calorie meals through out the day I am doing good. I do love the 90 calorie fiber one bars, so yummy!

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4/11/12 12:25 P

Baby Carrots

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4/11/12 11:51 A

Kashi bars! Especially the cherry dark chocolate flavor. Also Baby Bel cheese (but not the light - nasty!) Whole almonds. I like Luna bars, but the palm oil does not agree with my belly, so I don't eat them very often.

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4/11/12 10:17 A

We make hummus on also and cut up the tri colored peppers, they make great dipping sticks and taste delish with the hummus.

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4/11/12 10:02 A

I take a can of low-sodium mixed nuts and mix with a small tub of raisins or bag of mixed dried fruits. Dish it into small tupperware or baggies for easy home-made trail mix snacks.

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4/11/12 8:38 A

Okay, everyone dizzs prepackaged meals and yes veggies and fruits are great. However, I have to cook dinner everyday. And, honestly, I get tired of fruit and veggies and string cheese. So, my diet calls for at least one honest to goodness meal once and day and we go for Lean Cuisine. Yeah, I know it is probably filled with all kinds of chemicals or whatevers, but they are a convenient food to have on hand and they taste good. The rest of the day is high protein bars, apples and bananas, raw carrots, raw broccoli, etc.

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4/11/12 6:06 A

frozen parmesan encrusted Tilapia
pineapple
melon
strawberries
brocolli

cut veggies of any type

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4/11/12 5:44 A

Tin Tuna
Tinned beans
Fresh fruits
Nuts, unsalted (portion control)
Boiled eggs, scrambled eggs etc
Protein Shakes
Raw veggies, carrots, capsicum, celery, cauli, anything you like
Hummous
Eggplant dip - home made

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4/10/12 11:52 P

Great topic!

An apple, a banana, a boiled egg or 10 almonds.
I often make hummus on the weekend to eat during the week with carrots.

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4/10/12 10:20 P

Silk makes 8oz boxes of their Chocolate and Very Vanilla soy milk. Yummy protein drink on the go.

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4/10/12 9:30 P

If ziplock bags don't always work for you, take a look at sturdy freezer containers sold for people making homemade baby food. I have some that hold 1/4 of a cup (2 fluid ounces) and am thinking of getting some of the 1 oz ones. I also use 4 fluid ounce (1/2 cup)plastic freezer containers a lot. Especially useful for wet or pasty foods (such as salad dressing or peanut butter) but might make life easier for portioning out other foods in advance also.

Ziplock type bags come in tiny sizes also, aimed mainly at the electronics/tools etc crowd for keeping track of tiny parts but suitable for neater portioning of foods also.

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4/10/12 8:56 P

I am new to this site actually kinda new to this online forum thing. I am a certified Trainer and nutritionist. The question about convenient foods was an excellent one. It made me think about my comments/advice to most of my clients in the past 11yrs, so thanks for the question. It's interesting that no one mentioned meal replacements/supplements.
I would put meal replacements in this category of pre-packaged and convenient foods. Or aren't they? I know of a couple that taste so delicious that they sometimes would make you wonder how they could have any nutritional value, but they do and they also help alot of people lose weight, gain weight, and promote overall wellness. Most of them can be calorie loaded, calorie reduced and they can be tweaked to taste however. Finally, I believe they are better than some of the alternatives out there. Or did I interprete the question wrong?

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4/10/12 7:34 P

If you're specifically looking for prepackaged, I do like light string cheese, some trail mixes, and of course, apples.

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4/10/12 7:26 P

VitaMuffins

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4/10/12 7:07 P

Starkist Tuna packets

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4/10/12 6:17 P

Fruit (especially pears!), string cheese, Larabars

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4/10/12 3:01 P

Apples

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4/10/12 2:46 P

Mini Cliff Bars. I always keep a couple in my bag for those "just in case" moments.

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4/10/12 2:43 P

I like Frigo Light String Cheese (60cals), Wholly Guacamole 100 cal packs, and I LOVE the Flatout, whole grain sandwich breads (the one with the Hungry Girl logo is 90 cals).

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4/10/12 2:42 P

Popcorn! Its high in fiber and good for you.Just no butter on it.No mirowave either.

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4/10/12 2:18 P

Light string cheese, Kashi Crunchy bars (chocolate pretzel is my favorite), and Trader Joes Fiberful dried fruit bars. Those are all things that will last a day in my purse (yeah, the cheese too. It's fine at room temperature, for awhile), or in the case of the Trader Joes fruit bars, they last a nuclear winter. Seriously, those things are nigh indestructable, and with a big glass of water, are as filling as a few pieces of fruit.

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4/10/12 2:00 P

The bulk of my new diet is fresh fruits and veggies. But I am a college student on a tight money budget and time budget. For my lifestyle, I need some prepackaged foods. I don't have time to bake my bread, hummus, and other things from scratch.

Thanks for sharing everyone!

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4/10/12 1:10 P

Wholly Guacomole 100 calorie packs, single serving tostitos salsa, single serving sabra hummus, carrot stick packs, fruits, veggies, dried fruit low calorie packs, greek yogurt, breakstone low fat cottage cheese individual containers (so hard to find but wonderful!), and baby bel cheese lights!

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4/10/12 1:01 P

whole almonds - you can purchase a large bag for a good price at Costco

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4/10/12 12:48 P

Hard boiled eggs and oranges or bananas.

Convenient, "packaged" and easy to grab and go. And no funny ingredients.

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4/10/12 12:46 P

I agree that prepackaged foods aren't the healthiest, but sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do. I like cliff bars, they are high in calories but loaded with organic, natural, vegan ingredients, protein, vitamins, and minerals. If all of my friends are stopping to get a candy bar, I grab one of those. (For the same amount of calories, I get way more nutrients.)

I also like little single-serving cereal bowls that you can get at convenience stores. A little thing of kashi is a nice snack full of fiber and goodness.

But I'm still going to recommend the best packaged snack: Whatever you package. When you go grocery shopping, sit down, cut up fresh fruits, veggies, etc, and put them in ziplock baggies. Weigh/count nuts and throw them in baggies so that you can grab them and go. Make your own granola bars or granola mix, and portion them out so that you can take them with you.

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4/10/12 12:33 P

Cereal bars with less than 100 cals, and fruit.

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4/10/12 11:59 A

i don't buy prepackaged snacks or food.

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4/10/12 11:39 A

Wholly Guacamole 100-calorie packs

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4/10/12 11:25 A

Trader Joe's 'Handful of Raw Almond' packets are my favorite right now. It's so nice and convenient (and fairly priced!) to grab the almonds pre-packaged than to separate them at home sometimes when you have a million other things to worry about/ going on!!

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4/10/12 11:22 A

Blue Diamond Wasabi Soy almonds. All the health benefits of almonds, but they taste so good it doesn't seem possible they can be so healthy. 82 calories for a half ounce, which is about 12 almonds. I can eat this at my desk at work without a lot of fuss, and it's satisfying enough to get me through mid-morning hunger spells.

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4/10/12 11:10 A

I don't think pre-packaged foods are healthy. The only foods I can think of are fruits, if you can handle them. They can be peeled and eaten.

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4/10/12 10:43 A

What are your favorite prepackaged and convenient healthy foods?

Mine are the 100 calorie whole wheat sandwich thins.