Healthy Snacks for the New Year

Do you start the New Year planning to do a better job of eating healthy foods? ;-) Let's swap with one another to make healthy eating a bit more fun! For this swap, you will send your partner approximately $3 worth of healthy snacks. Please enclose a note to explain why you chose to send the snack or snacks that you did; after all, eating healthily can have different meanings for each of us. This swap is sender's choice, but please make a note in the comments section if you have any allergies or foods you absolutely won't eat.

We will:

• Have 1 partner.

• Send a healthy snack or snacks worth approximately $3.

• Send a note wishing your partner a happy new year and telling them why you selected the snack(s) you did.

These things are also very important in sending out a nice swap, and they are considered requirements of this swap:

• Send foods in commercially sealed packaging for health and customs reasons. Be sure to check expiration dates before sending.

• Be courteous by sending our swaps on time and rating our partners when we receive. In the rare circumstance that you must be late, it is expected that you will contact both your partner and the swap host.

• Package your swap appropriately to protect the contents. Zip-top baggies are smart for containing unexpected breaks and leaks. Boxes rather than envelopes should be used for fragile items. For example, chips, crackers, and cookies are all easily broken if not sent in a box. Semi-liquid, jarred items often pop their seals and leak in transit. Glass jars should be carefully wrapped and boxed. Even powdered things such as hot chocolate or sauce mixes can make a mess; so please put these in a plastic baggie or something similar to protect your package. We all appreciate the efforts taken to keep our swaps enjoyable!

Here's to a healthy but yummy 2010!