{"id":2826,"date":"2011-07-04T09:28:36","date_gmt":"2011-07-04T17:28:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fitchicks.ca\/blog\/?p=2826"},"modified":"2011-07-04T09:28:36","modified_gmt":"2011-07-04T17:28:36","slug":"mama-chick-monday-my-favourite-healthy-snacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fitchicks.ca\/blog\/2011\/07\/mama-chick-monday-my-favourite-healthy-snacks\/","title":{"rendered":"Mama Chick Monday – My Favourite Healthy Snacks"},"content":{"rendered":"

15 Fabulous Snack Ideas<\/h2>\n

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Hey Chicks!<\/p>\n

Hope you all had a fab long weekend! Back to reality today \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n

I wanted to talk to you all about snacking.
\nSnacks are fabulous….but….<\/p>\n

You have to change the way you define the word snack. It should be thought of as a small meal. When you think snack you think mostly processed, high carb\/high fat treats. In fact, the question I hear the most is “what do you feed your kids for snacks?”<\/p>\n

I try to make sure that “snacks” are just small meals made up of protein, fruits, veggies, healthy fats and sometimes whole grains. \u00a0And they have to be easy things to throw together – I can’t be bothered to make big batches of muffins and the like (plus, I would eat them all!)<\/p>\n

To give you some ideas, here of my some of mine (and my kids) faves:<\/p>\n