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Holiday Season Snack Choices
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You don’t have to stop snacking, but you can make better choices! Use this chart to help you make better snacking choices this holiday season:
Poor Choices | Better Choices |
---|---|
Cheese | Cream cheese |
Salty crackers/pretzels | Unsalted/low sodium crackers/pretzels |
Eggnog | Homemade (low phosphorus) eggnog |
Pumpkin/pumpkin pie | Apple/berry pie |
Milk | Rice milk (non-enriched) |
Ham | Roast beef or fish |
Colas | Clear sodas |
Chocolate | Hard candy |
Stuffing from box mix | Homemade stuffing (control sodium) |
Potatoes/sweet potatoes | Soaked (“dialyzed”) potatoes |
Canned gravy | Homemade gravy |
Sautéed greens/tomatoes | Green beans |
Ice cream | Angel food cake/pound cake/sherbet |
Beer | Lemonade |
Dried fruit | Fresh low potassium fruits |
Winter squash | Cauliflower |
Holiday Snack Mix
One serving = ¾ cup, makes about 8 cups
Nutritional analysis
- Calories 138
- Protein 2 gm
- Carbohydrate 16 gm
- Sodium 72 mg
- Potassium 65 mg
- Calcium 8 mg
- Phosphorus 32 mg
Ingredients
- 2 cups puffed rice cereal
- 2 cups puffed wheat cereal
- 2 cups mini shredded wheat cereal
- 1 cup unsalted mini pretzels
- 1 cup unsalted air-popped popcorn
- ½ cup soft tub margarine
- ½ tsp garlic powder
- ½ tsp onion powder
- ½ tsp chili powder
- ¼ tsp Tabasco sauce
- 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce.
Directions
- Preheat oven to 275 degrees.
- Melt margarine in microwave or saucepan and add seasonings.
- Mix cereals, popcorn and pretzels together in mixing bowl.
- Pour margarine mixture over cereal mix and toss.
- Spread onto ungreased cookie sheet and bake for 45 minutes.
Recommended for
- Hemo, PD, Diabetic
Source: Adapted from “Everyday Eating,” Illinois CRN