Snacking!

Stop listening to those commercials for so-called "snack foods" and pick something that's going to do your body good!

Snacks should be thought of as "mini-meals" - choose from 2 or more groups from Canada's Food Guide to Healthy Eating for a healthy snack.

Some 1-minute "no-cook" snack suggestions:

• Crackers and cheese
• Peanut butter spread on an apple or a banana
• Cereal and milk
• 1/2 melon with cottage cheese
• orange sections dipped in fruit yogurt
• leftover cooked meat or poultry wrapped in a tortilla
• yogurt with granola or dried cereal

Some 5-minute snacks ideas:

• Pita bread and Hummus (chickpea dip)
• Fruit Smoothie
• Raw veggies with Dill Dip