Meal Prep: Healthy Snack Back To School Ideas! Mind Over Munch

It's meal prep Thursday! You've seen meal prep breakfast. You've seen meal prep lunch. What could be next? Meal prep snacks! You thought I was going to say dinners didn't you? Unless of course you read the title of the video and then you would have known. Let's start with my portable veggie dippers. I did share these dippers in a previous meal prep episode from a few months ago but I didn't give any explanation in that episode so I wanted a chance to talk about them here, share some words because they're a fun one. For this recipe you will need celery and or carrots and or any other dipping vegetables that you prefer. As well as your dippies! I am sharing peanut butter and hummus. Start by placing a little bit of hummus in the bottom of a mason jar. Then you can stick in some celery and carrots that have been cut to the size of the jar. I am using 8 ounce jars for this recipe and you guys are always commenting asking where I get my jars. I just get them either online and Amazon but I actually think they're cheaper at Target and I will link both of those in the description box below. Seal it up and save it for later. Repeat the same process but instead you're going to put peanut butter in the bottom of the jar and then celery as your dipping sticks. Now we need to chat for a second because I was also going to put carrots into the peanut butter jar but my sister and Christian were here filming with me and they both insisted that carrots did not go with peanut butter. I tried to fight them. I said carrots can go with peanut butter and they said no. So I want to know what you think. Do carrots and peanut butter go together or do they not? Comment below and let me know. They won me over. It was two against one so I only used celery here but I really wanted to use the carrots. Next up is my trail mix. Now trail mix is one of those foods that can be deceivingly unhealthy and it is so easy to make your own so why not? This baby is also from my meal prep e-book so I'm once again gifting this recipe to you and you can find way more recipes in that e-book as well as many tips that will teach you to store food and prep food efficiently and effectively. For this recipe you will need your favorite trail mix ingredients. So I've got some nuts, almonds and peanuts, seeds of choice, I am using pumpkin and sunflower, dried fruit of choice, I've got a mixture of blueberries, cranberries and raisins, no sugar added if you can and the star of this mix is popcorn. Say what? Yes popcorn is a perfectly healthy snack when it is not drenched in butter or salt or cheese. It's one of the few snacks out there that's actually a whole grain and it's low calorie for the serving size so this is really going to add a lot of volume to our trail mix because what's the biggest bummer about trail mix usually you only get to have a little handful so now you get to increase that serving size and increase the deliciousness. Thumbs up if that makes you excited. I also add in a few chocolate chips to my trail mix, you could of course use dairy free for vegan, a pinch of cinnamon and salt. Add your ingredients into a large mixing bowl and just mix them on up. Don't be afraid to use your hands. Then we are going to simply transfer into a jar or storage container to store it for the week. You could of course also store this trail mix in an individually portioned jars if you're worried you're not going to be able to only take as much as a serving should be. Alright lastly we have got my granola parfaits or my granola with fruit on the bottom yogurt. For this recipe you will need yogurt, your favorite fruits and granola. Start by filling your jars about half way full with your fruit and I am using again the 8 ounce jars. For the peaches I also like to add in a pinch of cinnamon because it just makes a delicious combo. Next up we will add our yogurt on top of our fruit. Remember that you could always use a soy or dairy free yogurt if desired and you can also use a flavored, a vanilla, a plain, whatever kind of yogurt you want. Then you can seal them up and refrigerate. But wait, what about the granola? I like to fill up my mini mason jars separately with some low sugar or homemade granola. This way the granola doesn't get soggy because this is for meal prep for the week. Am I right? We need these babies to last. When you're ready to eat you can dump the jar of fruit and yogurt into a bowl if your jar isn't big enough and add your granola. The perfectly sweet and crunchy treat. Comment below and let me know which recipe you're most excited to try and remember you can always share your healthy ideas in the comments below too. I love seeing them. I know everybody else in the community loves seeing them. And as usual a PDF download is available right here or in the description box below for my mobile friends with all of these recipes and the grams. And my meal prep ebook can be found at mindovermunch.com slash ebooks. And if you make any of these recipes or any of my recipes don't forget to tag me on Twitter or Instagram. I will see you on Monday for a special throwback episode. Throwback Monday. You don't want to miss it. Have a great weekend, do something fun, prep some delicious snacks and remember it's all a matter of Mind Over Munch.