{"id":3947,"date":"2013-01-11T13:09:56","date_gmt":"2013-01-11T20:09:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/?p=3947"},"modified":"2013-01-11T13:10:15","modified_gmt":"2013-01-11T20:10:15","slug":"packing-healthy-snacks-for-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/?p=3947","title":{"rendered":"Packing Healthy Snacks for School"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Packing<\/p>\n

I’m a huge advocate of packing lunches\/snacks – whether you’re going to university, work, traveling, or grade school…it’s really the best way to keep yourself healthy. Personally, if I don’t pack a lunch, not only will I end up starving…this will tempt me to buy the first thing I see.<\/p>\n

In December, I had forgotten to bring my lunch to college, and I was starting to feel so hungry that I was sure my stomach was eating itself. At that point, I’m also feeling like I’m walking on air, I’m feeling dizzy, and I’m bumping into things. Note: I do not do well when I’m hungry. Seriously. You don’t want to know.<\/em><\/p>\n

I see a vending machine and decided to “just look”. First thing I see: Peanut M&Ms, something I really, really like. I know it’s not really going to help my hunger too much…but I’m about to die (so I think), so it’s an emergency. I had a toonie, and the machine wanted exact change, so bye-bye to my M&M dream.<\/p>\n

Lucky escape, I guess. (still slightly bitter about it, haha)<\/p>\n

Anyway, since then I’ve been a lot more careful to pack my lunches. I can also get really nauseous if I don’t eat…so it’s even more important to be prepared.<\/p>\n

Here are some of my FAVOURITE things to pack for my lunches:<\/p>\n

Hardboiled eggs<\/strong> – nature’s perfect food with 7 grams of protein, vitamins, and healthy fats. You can boil up a bunch at once and eat them throughout the week.<\/p>\n

\"Hard<\/p>\n

Kind bars<\/strong> – So I’m pretty obsessed about these. Amaaazing. Their ingredient list is short and readable because everything is natural! The folks at Kind Snacks<\/a> were so sweet to send me a bunch of their flavoured bars. Oh. My. Word. Hello amazing. They taste ridiculously good and they’re ridiculously good for you. I’m also loving their dark chocolate and sea salt flavour<\/a>!<\/p>\n

\"Kind<\/p>\n

Why, yes…I’ll eat you. Actually, the apricot bar<\/a> is what I had after leg day at the gym today.<\/p>\n

I’m keeping a couple of these hidden in my backpack so I don’t run into another M&M “emergency”.<\/p>\n

Herring<\/strong> – it’s instant protein (and you know how I feel about that!). These seafood snacks<\/a> come in lots of yummy flavours (I love the hot one!) and are low in calories and carbs. Plus, they’re only like a dollar each!<\/p>\n

Just bring your toothbrush or some mints so you don’t smell like fish!<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Herring<\/p>\n

Raw fruits and veggies<\/strong> – this one is a no brainer, however…it’s probably the best snack you can possible pack. Pair the veggie with hummus and dip your fruit into some Greek yogurt and it’s even better!<\/p>\n

\"Fruits<\/p>\n

Protein powder<\/strong> – I work out at the college gym pretty much every time I’m there, so I try to bring a scoop or two or protein powder in a Ziploc baggy to throw in my BlenderBottle<\/a> after I’ve killed my workout. It’s also a great mid-afternoon snack to keep your energy\u00a0 levels up.<\/p>\n

Oh, and of course, we need to end this post with a little something sweet. How about some Must Have Chocolate Balls<\/a>?<\/p>\n

\"Must-Have<\/p>\n

P.S. Don’t forget about the superfood giveaway<\/a> going on right now!<\/em><\/p>\n

What do you pack in your healthy lunch…or do you pack a lunch? Have you tried the Kind bars?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’m a huge advocate of packing lunches\/snacks – whether you’re going to university, work, traveling, or grade school…it’s really the best way to keep yourself healthy. Personally, if I don’t pack a lunch, not only will I end up starving…this will tempt me to buy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3952,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[1962,1970,1973,1967,1966,1972,1965,1961,1969,1964,1971,1968,1963],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3947"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3947"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3947\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3957,"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3947\/revisions\/3957"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}