Chocolate Raspberry Coconut Yogurt Delight

Plain yogurt is more affordable than flavored yogurt and offers more versatility. Transform boring plain yogurt into a delightful treat by filling a bowl with yogurt and topping it with raspberries, chocolate chips, and shredded coconut. It's best when the coconut is slightly toasted.

A 5-Year Old Treat

When I was five years old, I never got to enjoy such indulgences. So every so often I play five year old by toasting bread and slathering it with creamy peanut butter and topping it with slices of bananas. My boyfriend likes to drizzle it off with honey, too!

Celery and Peanut Butter Snack

Have a couple celery sticks and slather them with creamy peanut butter for a yummy and filling snack! The fibrous nature of celery requires saliva production which promotes oral hygiene and peanut butter offers an adequate amount of protein, an energy inducer. It's light but filling and yummy, too!

Apples with Peanut Butter

What a novel concept! Apple slices smeared with peanut butter gives it a yummy twist. Plus it tears peanut butter away from the boring peanut butter and jam with bread illusion.

Air-Popped Popcorn

Popcorn is a nutritious, light, and extraordinarily cheap snack choice. You can also customize it to your flavor preference. Try it with a sprinkle of paprika or lemon pepper, whatever you'd like.

Crudites

Crudites is the French term for an assortment of raw, cut-up vegetables that can be eaten with a dip. Create your own palette of crudites with fresh broccolis, carrots, celery, and radishes, all very affordable choices. Store them in water to keep them fresh and crispy. You can dip them in Ranch dressing, hummus, onion dip, or whatever you'd like.

Pudding or Gelatin

Make a large batch of pudding or gelatin that'll last a week, and store it in the refrigerator. You can eat it with cake or fresh fruit.

Cake or Brownies

Buy boxes of cake or brownie mixes when they're on sale. Make huge batches and store remaining amount in the freezer in single portions. Thaw only what you want to eat in the refrigerator. Thrown into a lunch box, it'll keep your food fresh and cool as it thaws. You can alter the flavor by adding ice cream or strawberry syrup. (You can make strawberry syrup with fresh fruit, water, and sugar, affordable ingredients).

An Assortment of Cheese and Fruits or Vegetables

An updated twist to eating already cut-up fruit is to combine it with a variety of cheeses. It's a great way to meet your dietary requirements of dairy and fiber, too. Brie cheese goes well with apples so does cream cheese. You can also try feta or goat cheese with tomatoes.

A week's worth of cut up fruit

The longer fruit has been cut up, the less nutritious it is. But if you don't have any fruits, that's even less nutritious. Make the most out of what you have, what you can do, or what you're willing to do. Cut up a week's worth of selected fruit and have it daily. It's already cleaned, cut, and ready to eat. You won't have to prepare another batch for a week.

Filipino-style Apples

If you're looking for a new way to enjoy a classic snack such as apples, consider eating it Filipino style. It's a little unconventional for many of us, and it is an acquired taste, but I think it's worth the experience. Slice apples into wedges and drizzle with white distilled vinegar and a little salt. It's a pungent and acidic sharp flavor that's unique. It has a bite to it, and I really like it.

Raspberries and Ricotta Cheese

For a healthy and sinfully delicious treat, indulge in a handful of fresh raspberries and a dollop of ricotta cheese sprinkled with cocoa powder.

Raspberry Sauce

Make fresh raspberry sauce by pouring raspberries into a blender and adding just enough sugar to thicken and sweeten it up. You can pour this over vanilla ice cream, plain cheesecake, or mix it into plain yogurt or cottage cheese.

Yogurt and Fresh Berries

For a healthy snack, go for plain yogurt and add some natural flavors with freshly picked raspberries or another type of berries.