I love snacking. Snacking is my favorite!
I cannot go too many hours without eating, so I pack snacks to eat between breakfast, lunch and dinner. If you’ve followed Eat. Lift. Play. Repeat. for very long then you know I eat pretty often! I aim for every 2-4 hours.
My job allows me to eat at my desk and we have a refrigerator so I can keep snacks stored in there.
However, when we travel, head to Denver or have work events that keep me out of the office I still like to keep snacks on hand. I never know when I’ll get hungry, plus I don’t want to get ravenous and not have a snack on hand!
So what do I look for in my healthy on-the-go snacks?
Well for one, they need to easily fit in my purse. Two, they cannot require refrigeration! Last but not least, the snacks need to be easy to eat (often with one hand).
Here are the healthy on-the-go snacks that can often be found in my purse.
Protein/Snack Bars. An obvious choice for a portable snack is a protein bar. They are filling and convenient, plus do not take up very much room in my bag. I do suggest looking at nutrition labels when choosing protein bars and snack bars. They can be loaded with sugar!
The bars I keep in my purse are RX Bars, Larabars and Quest bars.
Nuts & seeds. It is really easy to throw a serving of raw almonds in snack sized resealable bag and keep it in your purse. Some nuts and seeds that I keep in my purse include dry roasted peanuts and raw almonds.
Occasionally I’ll throw a mix of pepitas (hulled pumpkin seeds), raisins or dried cranberries, pecans and/or almonds. It is basically a homemade trail mix!
Fruit. I try not to keep fruit in my purse for too long, because it tends to get bruised. However, fresh fruit does make a great healthy on-the-go snack option. Apples are the most common fruit found in my purse.
Oranges work well too and bananas for a short time period. I’ve found if I leave bananas in my purse for too many hours they get brown. They still taste good, but they get slightly bruised.
Beef Jerky. These days beef jerky comes in all sizes of packaging. I’ve found some that are in 1.0-1.5oz packages that are roughly 100 calories. A great quick snack and a small package! Since the normal 3-servings packages are flat they actually fit in my purse just fine too.
Beef jerky is a great source of protein, however it is full of sodium. I love it, so I deal with the sodium. Some brands carry a low sodium variety of jerky. Look at the nutrition label when purchasing to make sure there isn’t too much added sugar to the jerky.
Well those are four of the most common healthy on-the-go snacks that I keep around. I have a large purse, but most of these items will fit in a smaller bag.
What are your favorite healthy on-the-go snacks?!
