Snacks: Eat the healthy way

Cooking 101

As spring approaches, some students try to fit a few extra minutes in UREC and leave those extra cookies alone at D-hall. The downfall for most comes when stomachs starts growling in the late hours of the night.

No matter how hard we try, eliminating snacking from our daily lives is nearly impossible. The trick is to replace the unhealthy snacks with a healthy and delicious one. These two recipes are great alternatives.

Amy’s Healthy Fruit

Source: allrecipes.com

Ingredients:
1 cup strawberries, hulled
1/3 cup frozen blueberries
2 bananas
1/2 cup orange juice
1 1/2 cups plain yogurt
1 tablespoon soy milk powder

Directions:
In a blender, combine strawberries, blueberries, bananas, orange juice, yogurt and soy milk powder. Blend until smooth. Pour into glasses and serve.

Guilt-Free Snack MixIngredients:

Ingredients:
4 cups crispy corn cereal squares
1 cup dried mixed fruit, chopped
1/4 cup yogurt covered raisins
1/3 cup chopped mixed nuts
2/3 cup banana chips

Directions:
In a medium bowl, mix together crispy corn cereal squares, dried fruit mix, yogurt-covered raisins, mixed nuts and banana chips. Store in sealed, airtight containers.