Sweet Treats and Snacks for Real-Life
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Because Balance is Everything
While my husband and I value putting food on the table that will (hopefully) prevent health issues later on, we also recognize the importance of balance.
Quick Tips:
- Establish boundaries that work for your family. Maybe you allow yourself one sweet treat a day. Maybe your kids are sneaking fruit snacks and cookies at school so you limit desserts to special occasions.
- Save money buy investing in snacks and treats that will fill you, even if they seem to cost more on the surface. Making homemade nut bars may seem costly at first, but not if you eat one of them for every store-bought granola bar and apple sauce pouch.
- Consider whole foods. While you’ll find all sorts of yummy recipes on this blog, you really can’t beat the simplicity and bang-for-your buck that comes with teaching yourself to enjoy a juicy apple, hunk of cheese, or a handful of nuts.
Whether it’s choosing healthy side dishes that balance out an otherwise indulgent dinner, or nourishing snacks to make up for the ice cream cone we bought from the place across the street–there’s room for both fun and function in our diets.
There’s no denying that we feel physically and mentally better when we’ve been eating well. We find ourselves less sluggish and even happier. But when we’ve denied ourselves sweets for too long, well, we’re only human. We then find ourselves indulging a little too much when presented with the opportunity. Like Christmastime when I find myself eating three cookies a day with peppermint hot cocoa.
Rather than forcing our bodies to cope with extremes, we find it works for our family to mostly serve options that are good for us but not feeling guilty when we find ourselves craving a brownie after dinner once or twice a week, or a chocolate covered cashews.