Healthy Snacks

Potato chips, artificial fruit snacks, and candy are all foods that I eat. In fact when I was in fourth grade I used to eat candy for my lunch! But slowly and surely my metabolism slowed down and  I couldn't do that anymore. Since I was so used to eating unhealthy without it affecting me I thought that I could do that forever and nothing would happened. Even today, sometimes I want unhealthy foods, but I'm trying to stop myself. I want better eating habits. Something that really makes me unhealthy is my snack eating. There is always something to snack on in my house, but it is not necessarily healthy. My goal is to try to make my snacking healthy. I also understand that picking up a snack and then eating it is so easy but there are ways to make your snacking healthy and fast.


In the book, Be Good to Your Body--Healthy Eating and Fun Recipes by Roz Fulcher. The author clearly writes this book for children to promote healthy eating, instead of junk food like candy and chips. While reading some of these recipes I discovered that the recipes are not only easy but are very quick and simple. That's also why it is such a great book for teens too! But I do wish that as I child I knew about this book, because if I did maybe I wont have had to change my habits now and I would have been healthier than I am.


Along with great recipes comes interesting information and facts about foods that we eat. This book gives great informational facts about the food, by using little comics to make the recipes sounds fun and easy, along with healthy:


One fact states that the mix is lower in sodium than in regular party mixes (Fulcher 244).
Also the author explains how you can manipulate some of the ingredients to make the mix with your special touch. (Fulcher 244).
Another fact states that the mix is lower in fat than in regular party mixes (Fulcher 244).


To Make "Party Mix":


Ingredients:


cereal, goldfish, dried cranberries, your choice of nuts, dark chocolate chips(optional), pretzels


Directions:

 1. Gather ingredients

 2. Place cereal into snack bag

 3. Place cranberries into snack bag

 4. Place almonds into snack bag

 5. Place pretzels into snack bag

 6. Place goldfish into snack bag

7. Enjoy your SNACK!

Question: Have you ever done something, that you regret or possibly think that you should have done differently? If so, what?

Citation: Fulcher, Roz. Be Good to Your Body--Healthy Eating and Fun Recipes. Mineola, New York. Dover Publications; Act Csm edition. 2013. Print.