My Favorite Snacks

I never think about foods I can't have.  This is a useful strategy for me because thinking about the Cheetos, Oreos, Twinkies, etc. that I'll never eat again just makes me so depressed.  Luckily, I have found some new snacks that I love!  It makes me happy to focus on these things.  I TOTALLY enjoy these snacks:

• 1/2 avocado spread on 2 rice cakes
• rice crackers and almond butter (or macadamia butter or tahini)
• baby carrots and black bean hummus
• Flax-seed crackers
• home-made yogurt, topped with chopped pecans
• a handful of nuts (like hazelnuts, macadamias, pecans, walnuts, pumpkin seeds, or sunflower seeds)
• rice (or corn) chips with guacamole
• millet cereal with soymilk or almond milk

I usually have a handful of nuts as a mid-morning snack, and then one of the other snacks with a cup of green tea in the afternoon.  It's not a low-fat diet that I'm on, but the fats I do eat are healthy and good!