Easy and Tasty Summertime Snacks {Eat Well Spend Less}
Posted By Amy On June 20, 2012 @ 6:45 am In Frugal Living | 10 Comments
[1]Photo by: icrontic [2]
Happy first day of summer! The temperature is steadily climbing here in southern Oklahoma, but I’m hoping we can avoid a scorcher like the one we had last year. I’m all about the good things of summer and 110+ temps are not good!
Summer brings a lot of things to mind. Playing in the sprinkler. Riding bicycles. Lazy days. Swimming. Picking fresh veggies from the garden.
What I look for in the summertime is easy. Between VBS, swim lessons, soccer camp, family vacation, church camp, and my husband being away for a leadership retreat (plus everything in-between!), we don’t actually have many “lazy” days. But when we do, I am all for the tasty, easy, yet healthy snacks that don’t require a lot of work from me.
Because ya know, sometimes by the time we hop out of bed, it’s closer to lunchtime than breakfast!
This month, we have been working on a no-sugar challenge [3], and have been searching for recipes with no sugar that are still yummy.
These are some no-sugar, summertime snack options we love:
- fruit: strawberries, bananas, raspberries, blueberries, grapes, apples, watermelon, and peaches are some of our faves
- (raw milk) cheese and crackers (no sugar added, of course!)
- homemade tortillas with homemade salsa
- German Chocolate Larabars (Healthy Snacks to Go eBook)
- kale chips [4]
- squash chips [5]
- natural peanut butter and apples
- Polaner’s jelly on homemade biscuits [6]
- fruit smoothies
- Strawberry Muffins [7]
- Single Ingredient Ice Cream [8]
- frozen banana bites (aka, sliced bananas that get eaten before they can be made into Single Ingredient Ice Cream [8])
Several of these are also great for grabbing on-the-go. The girls love tossing some grapes in a reusable container to take for a quick and healthy snack.
And while we will continue to limit our sugar after the challenge is over, I look forward to sometimes snacking on these:
- Strawberry-Banana Popsicles [9]
- homemade yogurt [10] or milk kefir with granola [11] or this granola [12]
- homemade muffins [13]
- No-Bake Cookies [14]
A few resources from which I have gleaned a lot of summery snack ideas and recipes (and some I still need to explore!):
- Healthy Snacks to Go [15] ebook* from Katie at Kitchen Stewardship: save 30% through June 30 with coupon code NOWHITESUGAR
- Smart Sweets [15] ebook* from Katie at Kitchen Stewardship: save 30% through June 30 with coupon code SWEETSuCANEAT
- Treat Yourself [16] ebook* from Modern Alternative Mama
- Simply Summer [17] ebook* from Modern Alternative Mama
- Summer Fun [18] ebook from Mandi at Life Your Way
What are your favorite summertime snacks?
This month the Eat Well, Spend Less [19] ladies are dishing about all things summer! Read more great tips, ideas, and recipes here:
- Aimee at Simple Bites
- Carrie at Denver Bargains [20]
- Jessica at Life as MOM [21]
- Katie at Good Life Eats [22]
- Katie at Kitchen Stewardship [23]
- Mandi at Life Your Way [24]
- Shaina at Food for My Family [25]
- Tammy at Tammy’s Recipes [26]
*These links are my affiliate links, and if you purchase a book, I get a little back. Just disclosin’ m’kay?
Written by: Amy Norton
[27]Amy is a youth pastor’s wife and homeschooling mom to three girls, ages 8, 6, and 3, and has a baby boy on the way. When she’s not writing at Kingdom First Mom [28], you can find her cooking, getting crunchier by the day, and trying to stay on top of the laundry. She enjoys writing about her homelife adventures at Amy Loves It [29].
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[1] Image: http://kingdomfirstmom.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/2802382804_c73e871edf_b.jpg
[2] icrontic: http://www.flickr.com/photos/icrontic/
[3] no-sugar challenge: http://kingdomfirstmom.com/tag/break-the-sugar-habit
[4] kale chips: http://www.modernalternativemama.com/blog/2012/05/22/guest-post-kale-chips/
[5] squash chips: http://digintobooks.wordpress.com/2012/03/31/snacker-day-saturday-331/
[6] homemade biscuits: http://stolenmomentscooking.com/how-to-make-fluffy-flaky-biscuits/
[7] Strawberry Muffins: http://www.thegraciouspantry.com/clean-eating-strawberry-muffins-for-the-no-sugar-challenge/
[8] Single Ingredient Ice Cream: http://userealbutter.com/2010/08/12/single-ingredient-ice-cream-recipe/
[9] Strawberry-Banana Popsicles: http://kingdomfirstmom.com/2012/03/homemade-strawberry-banana-popsicles-recipe.html
[10] homemade yogurt: http://kingdomfirstmom.com/2010/02/easy-homemade-yogurt-on-the-stove.html
[11] granola: http://www.simplebites.net/cooking-with-spices-101-common-myths-debunked-recipe-chai-spiced-granola/
[12] granola: http://amysfinerthings.com/basic-easy-homemade-granola-with-lots-of-variations
[13] homemade muffins: http://www.simplebites.net/how-to-make-the-best-muffins/#
[14] No-Bake Cookies: http://amysfinerthings.com/no-bake-cookies
[15] Healthy Snacks to Go: http://www.kitchenstewardship.com/ebooks-at-kitchen-stewardship/?ap_id=amynorton
[16] Treat Yourself: http://www.modernalternativemama.com/product-detail/2011/8/28/treat-yourself-real-food-desserts.html?ap_id=amynorton
[17] Simply Summer: http://www.modernalternativemama.com/store/simply-summer/?ap_id=amynorton
[18] Summer Fun: http://motherhood.yourway.net/free-summer-fun-ebook-recipes-crafts-activites-more/
[19] Eat Well, Spend Less: http://kingdomfirstmom.com/tag/eat-well-spend-less
[20] Denver Bargains: http://denverbargains.com/tag/eat-well-spend-less/
[21] Life as MOM: http://lifeasmom.com/category/eat-well-spend-less
[22] Good Life Eats: http://www.goodlifeeats.com/tag/frugal-pantry
[23] Kitchen Stewardship: http://www.kitchenstewardship.com/tag/eat-well-spend-less/
[24] Life Your Way: http://food.yourway.net/tag/eat-well-spend-less
[25] Food for My Family: http://foodformyfamily.com/tag/eat-well-spend-less
[26] Tammy’s Recipes: http://www.tammysrecipes.com/taxonomy/term/272
[27] Image: http://kingdomfirstmom.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/218190_10150158504797375_577762374_6603622_2595961_n.jpg
[28] Kingdom First Mom: http://kingdomfirstmom.com/about
[29] Amy Loves It: http://amylovesit.com
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