Healthy Nibbles

Hungriness can be a pain. Your stomach's growling and you want a snack. There's a dilemma there. Do you eat something that's over the top tasty or do you scale it down calorie wise? The best bet is eating smaller amounts of  healthy snacks packed with flavor.

Many of us feel that urge in the afternoon between two and three. It's tempting to grab an icing rich pastry or a bag of salty oil laden chips. As flavorful as they may be , they're going to leave you still craving more snacks. Go with healthy nibbles.Brad's has come up with a line of all veggie chips.

These are the red pepper chips but there's also carrots,flax seed, buckwheat and tomatoes along with a sprinkle of sesame seeds. The taste is primarily bell pepper but the chips are tasty at only twenty-seven calories a chip. Brad's also make air dried kale which is another good nibble. Have both with a dip made from plain  Greek yogurt and dried onions.There is also pretzel chips from Snack Factory

I love their everything flavor with it's hints of garlic and sesame. Again these are only eleven calories a chip. They;'re good plain but again these can be dipped into plain Greek yogurt or salsa. The other flavors are plain and the fiery bacon habanero 

If you're craving something sweet and crunchy, the obvious answer is an apple or a pear to munch on. A better alternative is Fruit Sticks, also from Snack Factory

These are only twenty calories a stick and have the look of French fries. The company also makes, apple strawberry and apple cinnamon ones too. Snack factory has brownie , lemon tart and chocolate chip.thins to for sweet snacking. Dip the apple sticks in vanilla flavored Greek yogurt for an added treat.

Healthy nibbling can be done. Have a bag of these snacks in your kitchen or  office to ease that mid afternoon hunger.They're low in calorie but big in taste.