https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 03 Jun 2026 18:40:41 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/meal-snack-planners-of-the-hive-tips-please#post-2155575 Fri, 24 Apr 2015 09:28:04 +0000 lizzywiz 2155575@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks for all of the ideas and tips!<br /> @mrs.shinerbock: I just had some berries soften up too soon- thanks! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/meal-snack-planners-of-the-hive-tips-please#post-2154476 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 15:00:27 +0000 mrs.shinerbock 2154476@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I usually pack a string cheese with my snacks for the day and I have a bunch of tiny plastic containers for hummus, ranch or peanut butter to go with my cut up veggies. </p> <p>One tip I learned recently was to immediately wash berries with a little diluted vinegar when you bring them home. It kills the mold spores (that are on all berries) and they last longer. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/meal-snack-planners-of-the-hive-tips-please#post-2154368 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 14:08:44 +0000 serenity207 2154368@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>In addition to the suggestions above, I like having clementines on hand - delicious and easy to throw in a bag on your way out. For snacks, I love Skinnypop Popcorn. Trader Joe's has an air popped kind that is low in sodium too so it's super healthy but it gets stale quickly if you don't keep it completely packed in an airtight container. I've also read that using herbs to punch up flavor tricks your stomach into thinking it's eaten more so I've been getting the TJs Thai Chili Lime Almonds (they have similar level of sodium as their 50% reduced sodium regular almonds) and throwing in some TJs organic raisins (no added sugar - raisin is the only ingredient) to make an easy trail mix. Another favorite filling snack is a banana opened up (someone on HB posted about the "correct" way of doing this a long while back and it is so true!!) with some sunbutter or organic pb (only ingredient is peanuts and salt) spread inside and sealed back up. Can you tell I love talking about food? :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/meal-snack-planners-of-the-hive-tips-please#post-2154303 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 13:46:33 +0000 MrsADS 2154303@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Greek yogurt, apple and PB, I really like the Crunchmaster seedy crackers (with PB or cheese), string cheese, hard boiled eggs as someone said... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/meal-snack-planners-of-the-hive-tips-please#post-2154280 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 13:29:24 +0000 jhd 2154280@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>PPs have already given great suggestions for fruits and veggies. I try to prep those in ziploc bags and also things like nuts or trail mix. For example if I buy a bag of almonds I measure out portions using a kitchen scale and put them in baggies in a basket in our pantry. This means when my husband (who often forgets to eat) is suddenly starving there is a healthy portion controlled snack available. ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/meal-snack-planners-of-the-hive-tips-please#post-2154274 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 13:25:39 +0000 Peasinapod 2154274@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lady grey: thanks! :grin: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/meal-snack-planners-of-the-hive-tips-please#post-2154258 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 13:15:59 +0000 Mamaof2 2154258@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lizzywiz: along the lines of soup I make turkey chili every Sunday - its a great quick grab when you are hungry! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/meal-snack-planners-of-the-hive-tips-please#post-2154251 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 13:13:07 +0000 lizzywiz 2154251@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: oh, yes, soup! easy to make low cal, too-perfect! Thanks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/meal-snack-planners-of-the-hive-tips-please#post-2154241 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 13:05:37 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2154241@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Celery sticks, carrot sticks, and bell pepper sticks hold up well in the fridge. For the pepper I try to eat it with in 2-3 days before the edge become soft. Make sure they are very dry before you put them in the fridge; I store mine with a paper towel folder in the baggie. For dip I use hummus, but store bought hummus is fattening. You can make a healthier version with canned chickpeas.</p> <p>Sliced apples with a little peanut butter or shaved parmesean cheese is really good. When trying to be healthy I will skip a topping for every other slice.</p> <p>I love to make a big batch of soup and then store it in single servings in the freezer. When I don't feel like cooking I just pop a soup in the microwave. There's a really good beat &amp; lentil soup on the HB blog. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/meal-snack-planners-of-the-hive-tips-please#post-2154233 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 13:01:20 +0000 blackbird 2154233@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lizzywiz: omggg those sounds amazing! you're welcome! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/meal-snack-planners-of-the-hive-tips-please#post-2154218 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 12:51:12 +0000 lizzywiz 2154218@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is exactly the kind of info I was looking for!</p> <p>@blackbird: totally forgot about eggs- and I love 'em and get 'em for free from an organic farm (long, boring story). The easy access is probably what made me overlook them. Thanks for the reminder! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/meal-snack-planners-of-the-hive-tips-please#post-2154216 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 12:50:07 +0000 lady grey 2154216@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Peasinapod: first I coat in olive oil then roast at pretty high temp actually. For broc and cauliflower for example I roast at 400degrees for 15 mins, stir, cook another 10-15min. They get a little crispy! Just sprinkle with salt and pepper and it delicious like that! Topped with a tahini sauce is even yummier! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/meal-snack-planners-of-the-hive-tips-please#post-2154195 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 12:36:34 +0000 blackbird 2154195@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I do baby carrots, celery, and stringless snap peas a lot. They're just the easiest and require the least prep for me. In the summer, i'll buy cherry tomatoes and lightly salt and pepper them. You can buy single servings of dip/hummus if you want something with them. I do this more in the winter when the produce isn't as tasty. </p> <p>I also do a lot of hard boiled eggs. If you don't cook the crap out of them, they're perfect and creamy. I keep some salt at my desk, but I'd go without, too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/meal-snack-planners-of-the-hive-tips-please#post-2154188 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 12:27:50 +0000 Peasinapod 2154188@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lady grey: how do you roast your veggies? Silly question maybe but I've never been very successful at it.. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/meal-snack-planners-of-the-hive-tips-please#post-2154171 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 12:13:11 +0000 lady grey 2154171@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I like carrots, bell pepper, sugar snap peas and cucumber for veggie snacks. You can bring some hummus to dip in. I actually love roasted veggies even more then raw so often do a big batch on the weekends. They hold up well as leftovers. my favs roasted are: broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, Brussels sprouts, asparagus.</p> <p>I love sliced apple with almond butter as a snack too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/meal-snack-planners-of-the-hive-tips-please#post-2154160 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 12:05:09 +0000 Chuckles 2154160@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love having cut up bell peppers in the fridge. I think they hold up pretty well. I think the biggest thing in terms of snacking healthy is that you have to like the things you have on hand. If you buy a bunch of veggies, even if they are all cut up and ready, but you don't actually like any of them, you probably won't eat them. I like to roast tomatoes and put a little balsamic vinegar on them. It's weird, but I know I will actually choose to eat them instead of getting hungry and then eating garbage. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/meal-snack-planners-of-the-hive-tips-please#post-2154114 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 11:31:55 +0000 looch 2154114@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I prep veggies for the week for my husband and I, I find that carrots, bell peppers, cucumbers and grape tomatoes are a good mix (celery is too stringy for me). Sometimes I like to include lightly steamed string beans and zucchini in the summer time.</p> <p>Whole fruit is awesome, I always have at least an apple and a banana in my food bag. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/meal-snack-planners-of-the-hive-tips-please#post-2154073 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 11:14:25 +0000 edelweiss 2154073@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>firm, tart apples hold up really well in the refrigerated after being sliced and bagged. grapes are also easy. and bananas--no prep work!</p> <p>don't wash strawberries until you're about to eat them--when you wash and put them back in the refrigerator, they go bad very quickly. i think blueberries hold up better after washing and refrigerating. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/meal-snack-planners-of-the-hive-tips-please#post-2154068 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 11:11:05 +0000 lizzywiz 2154068@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am starting some meal planning/ snack planning for financial and health reasons. I am starting with healthy snacks, because the fact that we frequently don't eat all day is a contributing factor in the over-eating/ fast food in the evenings.</p> <p>I have a couple questions:</p> <p>What are your favorite healthy snacks/ sides you can prep on the weekend for weekday noshing?</p> <p>What veggies and fruits hold up the best/worst in the fridge if my intent is to slice, dice and baggie them up in single servings for the week?</p> <p>TIA :heart: </p>