Healthy Snacks

Living at the creek I can find natural snacks just taking a walk. I have wild strawberries that have been ripe for weeks now. They're not the tastiest treat, but they're a great source of vitamin C and other nutrients. I grab a handful on the way to the mailbox and back some mornings. The ones in the picture are in me now :)

I'll have wild raspberries and blackberries in a few weeks, and my cultivated berry patch will have some red raspberries soon. I ate my first red raspberry yesterday, but it was an overachiever. You can see there are a few early ones, but most are still green. The netting is to keep the birds from beating me to the berries.

Mulberries, wild cherries, and wild grapes will be coming along later this summer. This fall I'll have pawpaws and some mayapples if I can get to them before the possums. If you know what to look for there plenty of healthy snacks for free at the creek.

Herbalife makes some delicious protein bars if you want something a little different. They're easy to stick in my bag or grab as I go out the door. I like the citrus lemon flavor but the vanilla almond are a close second. Herbalife protein bars provide 10g of healthy protein and other vitamins and mineral in only 140 calories of great taste. They help take the edge off between meals in a healthy nutritious way.