January 28, 2016

My 4 Favorite Portable Protein-Packed Snacks

Disclaimer: This is a sponsored post with Mantioba Harvest through my association with Fit Approach. I received free Hemp Heart Bars and compensation in return for my fair review. As always, all thoughts and opinions are my own.

Now that school has started up again my schedule is full, and I'm always running around to school, work, coaching, and social events. I get really hungry (and hangry) if I don't eat so I need to have protein-packed snacks on me to keep me satisfied.  Here are some of my stand-by favorite portable snacks that are packed with protein. 


My 4 Favorite Portable Protein-Packed Snacks

1. Anything with nut butter 
Seriously. It pretty much goes great with almost anything, and I'll take it anywhere. Some of my favorites are nut butter with an apple or banana (included as my favorite snack in this round-up), peanut butter and jelly on crackers, or ants on a log (peanut butter on celery topped with raisins). 


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Nut butter by the spoonful everyday (topped with chocolate chips sometimes!)
2. Hard-boiled eggs
I love eating eggs not just for breakfast, but anytime of day. They are cheap, available everywhere, and a great source of protein. Hard-boiled eggs can be made in a big batch or you can even buy them already cooked. I like keeping a bunch of hard-boiled eggs in the refrigerator already peeled so that I can eat them as a quick snack or throw in a plastic bag and take them to school or work with me.


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3. Trail Mix 
I love a great trail mix. I love buying the single-serve packets from Trader Joe's.  I especially love trail mixes that include almonds, dried fruit, and chocolate chips. I love that it's portable and can be a nice mix of salty and sweet flavors. Some of my favorite homemade trail mix recipes are Lean Clean Brie's Superfood Trail Mix, Hummusapien's Spicy Wasabi Trail Mix, and Eating Well's Gorp Trail Mix

4. Protein bars
While whole food is always a better option, I love a good protein bar to take with me since I'm always on the go. Right now I'm loving Quest Nutrition bars, KIND bars, SquareBars and other protein bars that are packed full of nutrients and fairly few ingredients. I can now add a new favorite protein bar to that list-Manitoba Harvest's new Hemp Heart Bars. I was sent a box with each of the flavors of bars thanks to my Manitoba Harvest and Fit Approach. 

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They are delicious and packed with 10 grams of plant-based protein and 10 grams of Omega 3 and 6 thanks to all that hemp seed goodness. The hemp seeds have a texture similar to chia seeds, but these bars aren't chewy at all and come in 3 tasty flavors-vanilla, chocolate, and apple cinnamon. My favorite flavor was the apple cinnamon which tasted like cinnamon apple sauce. 

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Today I linked up with my fave Friday Linkup ladies CourtneyMar, and Cynthia  as well as Nicole and Amanda .

What is one of your favorite portable protein-packed snacks?

13 comments:

  1. nut butter all the way! That's the best snack :)

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  2. So with you on anything with nut butter! So obsessed with the stuff. I need to try those Hemp Bars, too!

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  3. Anything that doesn't involve wrappers/trash is what I seek out first. Sometimes I'll hack a hunk of cheese off the brick on my way out the door. My local donut shop sells hardboiled eggs for $0.50ea so I don't even have to always have them prepared them ahead of time. :)

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  4. I love nut butters and I have just started packing hard boiled eggs in my lunch. I'm glad to see its not weird to do that..lol

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  5. Oh goodness that gooey PB bite with the chocolate chips!! I'll take 7 on the go and just in bed :P

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  6. I like hard boiled eggs. I also usually go with the protein bar route though and like Quest Bars.

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  7. I like hard boiled eggs but I need to keep them handy when I'm in need of protein! The bars look really tasty, I enjoy trying different healthy brands.

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  8. Lately, I've been eating a lot of hard boiled eggs and bananas with cashew butter to keep me satisfied throughout the day! Easy ways to pack in some protein!

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  9. I like cheese too and just give me a good thick slice of it and I'm good to go. Another one I like are the turkey sticks they are pretty good too!

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  10. I've heard great things about those bars! So yummy!

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  11. I've been making these almond butter chia protein bites, OMG they are amazing!

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