Class Room Friendly Snacks

On those long days where you have classes back to back, it is important to make sure you are getting the right nutrients to fuel your body. Its tempting to grab a bag of Doritos and a Snickers from the vending machine, but all those foods are good for is giving you a sugar rush, which will eventually cause your body to crash. In order to prevent yourself from even being tempted from grabbing that vending machine delight, you must take precaution and prepare already made snacks. With that being said, you also don't want to be the girl sitting in the middle of class with a tuna sandwich that the whole class can smell. Listed below are a few classroom friendly snacks that are also easy travel with. *All receipts are catered to one serving.*

FRUIT SLICE SALAD (use any fruit)

• 1 small tupperware container
• 1 banana
• 1 apple
• 1 orange
• 1 handful of grapes
• ½  tablespoon of lemon juice

Slice each fruit (except grapes and banana) and put in a small tupperware container. Sprinkle lemon juice over apple and orange slices, this slows downs the browning of the apple. Next cut up bananas and thrown in the handful of grapes. Wellah! A quick fruit salad to go.

HEALTHY FROZEN FRUIT CUP (use any)

• 1 cup shaped tupperware container
• 1 banana
• 1 handful of  blueberries (frozen or fresh)
• ½ can of mandarin oranges
• ½ can of diced pineapples in natural juice
• 1 handful of strawberries (frozen or fresh)
• 1 tablespoon of lemon juice

Combined all ingredients including pineapple juice in a cup-shaped tupperware container and freeze overnight. By the time you get to class the next day it should be thawed out in just the right amount.

EGG-SPECIALLY HEALTHY BAGEL

• 1 mug or bowl
• 1 egg
• 1 whole wheat bagel
• 1 slice of cheese
• ½ cup of water
• 1 slice of turkey meat

First you want to make your poached egg in the microwave. All you have to do is fill a mug or bowl with the ½ cup of water and crack the egg into the cup, submerging it into to the water. Cover the top of the mug or bowl and microwave it for about 1-2 minutes until the egg is firm. Next you want to carefully remove the egg from the microwave and let it cool down. Now you can place your slice of cheese on one slice of the bagel and microwave it for about 30 seconds or until the cheese begins to slightly melt. Once your cheese has melted you place the slice of turkey meat on top, then the poached egg, followed by the other half of the bagel. You're all done!

HUMMUS GALORE

• 1 mason jar
• ½ cup of hummus
• 4 celery sticks
• 4 carrot sticks

Fill mason jar with hummus and place rinsed celery and carrot sticks in jar, dipping them in hummus. Put the lid on jar and your done!

-LisaLenora