{"id":86494,"date":"2013-03-15T07:00:23","date_gmt":"2013-03-15T12:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=86494"},"modified":"2013-03-14T17:03:50","modified_gmt":"2013-03-14T22:03:50","slug":"4-new-ways-to-shake-up-your-snack-routine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/03\/4-new-ways-to-shake-up-your-snack-routine\/","title":{"rendered":"4 New Ways to Shake up Your Snack Routine"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Janis Jibrin, M.S., R.D., TheBestLife.com<\/a> lead nutritionist<\/em><\/p>\n

I snack on the same stuff that I recommend to clients and readers: fruit, yogurt, lattes, nuts, carrots and other raw vegetables. But I also concoct more offbeat snacks<\/a><\/strong> that I don’t tend to recommend because they might seem too weird or too health-foody<\/a><\/strong> to someone just coming off a potato-chips-and-snack-cake habit. I figure you DietsInReview.com readers have seen it all\u2026and might even enjoy some of these yourselves.<\/p>\n

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Numi Organic Savory tea<\/strong> (5 calories; available at Whole Foods)<\/p>\n

Nutrition highlight: the Broccoli Cilantro has 90 percent of the Daily Value for calcium and the Beet Cabbage has 20 percent (I haven\u2019t tried the four other flavors yet)<\/p>\n

How to: Steep teabags in boiling water for 10 minutes.<\/p>\n

Greek yogurt with olive oil and whole-wheat pita<\/strong> (186 calories)<\/p>\n

Nutrition highlight: 150 mg of calcium (15 percent the Daily Value)<\/p>\n

How to: Spread \u00bd cup of 0% fat Greek yogurt on a small plate. Drizzle with 1 teaspoon of olive oil and sprinkle with a little dried oregano<\/a><\/strong>. Use warm whole-wheat pita (with 70 to 75 calories) to dip.<\/p>\n

Lemon parsley mashed chickpeas<\/strong> (162 calories)<\/p>\n

Nutrition highlight: 5 grams of fiber (20 percent of your daily requirement)<\/p>\n

How to: With a fork, roughly mash \u00bd cup of canned and drained reduced-sodium or no-salt-added chickpeas (garbanzo beans) with 1 teaspoon of olive oil, \u00bd teaspoon of lemon juice, and 1 tablespoon of chopped parsley (or other herb of your choice).<\/p>\n

Chocolate peanut butter crackers<\/strong> (191 calories)<\/p>\n

Nutrition highlight: Compounds in both peanuts (l-arginine, an amino acid) and dark chocolate (polyphenols) lower blood pressure<\/p>\n

How to: Spread a 100-percent whole-grain cracker or crispbread (with 40 to 50 calories) with 1 tablespoon of peanut butter. Break a small piece (about 1\/3 ounce) of dark chocolate (70 percent or greater<\/a><\/strong>) into a few pieces and sprinkle over cracker.<\/p>\n

Also Read:<\/strong><\/p>\n

How Fiber Can Help You Lose Weight<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

This Week\u2019s Healthy Must Have: Chocolate <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Raw Sunflower Butter Cookies Make a Healthy Take-Along Snack<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Janis Jibrin, M.S., R.D., TheBestLife.com lead nutritionist I snack on the same stuff that I recommend to clients and readers: fruit, yogurt, lattes, nuts, carrots and other raw vegetables. But I also concoct more offbeat snacks that I don’t … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":60,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3695,16],"tags":[5503,533,4455,454,1007,23,84,5264,8440,496,5421],"class_list":["post-86494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diet-and-nutrition","category-recipes","tag-best-life-diet","tag-bob-greene","tag-chickpeas","tag-chocolate","tag-greek-yogurt","tag-guest-blog","tag-healthy-snacks","tag-herbs","tag-homepage","tag-peanut-butter","tag-tea"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/60"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86494"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86494\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86497,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86494\/revisions\/86497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}