Jennifer here to share with you a video and some cool info about SMART food choices. We were compensated to write this post, however all opinions listed are our own.
What do you think makes a city smart? The people in the city? The food of the city? What about the food choices of the people in the city? To me, that is what makes a city SMART.
Smartfood, with the support of SELF magazine, came together to create a list of the top 10 SMARTest cities in America, based on a number of criteria. San Francisco claimed the top spot as a city that makes SMART food choices.
What does SMART stand for?
The top 10 SMARTest Cities in America is part of Smartfood’s summer-long effort to celebrate what it means to live SMART. To start, the brand broadened and redefined “SMART” by combining five criteria to align with the brand’s goal of living and eating well. Each letter stands for a specific area of focus: Savvy, Motivated, Accomplished, Responsible and Thoughtful.
Based on these criteria, Smartfood’s Top 10 SMARTest Cities are:
- San Francisco
- Seattle
- Washington, D.C.
- Austin, Texas
- Minneapolis
- Portland, Ore.
- Denver
- Boston
- Honolulu
- San Jose, Calif.
Too bad I don’t live in any of these areas, but with the help of Chef Jody Denton, I too can make SMART food choices.
Through July 7, Smartfood also is conducting its SMART Search 2013 contest to reward someone who has “smart in the bag†— someone savvy and living a balanced lifestyle, motivated to get regular physical activity, accomplished by achieving educational, career and life goals, responsible in her or his care for the planet and thoughtful when it comes to philanthropic efforts.
Visit www.facebook.com/smartfood to nominate someone they know or themselves, with the contest winner to be featured in the September issue of SELF magazine and receive $10,000. In addition, every person who submits a nomination will receive a “Buy One, Get One†coupon for Smartfood Selects products, while supplies last.
Enter to win
We are giving away a goodie basket valued at $100 filled with Smartfood snacks, kitchen gadgets, and more. Use the Rafflecopter form to enter this giveaway. New to Rafflecopter? Watch this 45-second video on how to enter!
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What is your smartest snack choice that you make?
I love fruit
I love eat Strawberries and Bananas as snacks.
Apples and popcorn 🙂
Trail mix and granola bars.
I love eating apples.
I like fresh fruit!
Strawberries & Asparagus are my go to healthy snacks!! (Not together at the same time though, of course LOL)
Baby carrots and frozen grapes
Smartest snack foods are cut up veggies.
I’m all about the fruit and popcorn when I need something crunchy.
i like celery and peanut butter
I LOVE fresh fruit, carrot sticks, or granola!
I love popcorn and fresh fruit!!
Almonds is my favorite snack food choice
I try to eat fruit when I want something sweet.
i’m still addicted to apples
I like dried fruit
a handful of almonds or a piece of fresh fruit.
Fresh fruits are my favorites
I eat fruit.
hummus and kale chips or black bean chips
Baked Kale all the way!@
I really like to have cheese and fresh fruit for a snack.
I like Strawberries or pretzels.
carrot chips instead of potato chips
Grapes or nuts
Almonds.. yum! Delicious and Healthy is the way to go.
I love fruits. Strawberries, watermelon, grapes!
yogurt or airpopped popcorn
Frozen grapes and almonds are my favorite smart food choices 🙂
can’t beat a juicy apple!
Fresh fruit snacking is my passion!!!
I love to snack on fresh fruit and veggies.
Thanks for the chance!
My go-to smart snack is popcorn. But considering that I only like popcorn because it is salty and buttery, it may not be as smart of a choice as I tell myself.
I love snacking on bananas and grapes! Oh and love pickles!
Fresh fruits and veggies.
Nuts and hummus.
I snack on celery, carrots and green onions.
I like to dip celery sticks into tuna fish!
I love fresh fruit, hummus, and almonds.
My smart snack food choice would be almonds.
My fav is sugar snap peas with hummus
Fruit salad! Also veggies with laughing cow cheese. and of course popcorn !
I like to choose sugar snap peas or baby carrots.
We love to snack on fresh veggies!
I snack on carrots, grapes, blueberries and bananas. Half an avocado with a little sea salt is one of the best snacks i have ever had!
Chickpea snackers are great!
I like to snack on greek yogurt
I love fresh fruit
Nuts! Walnuts, especially.
My kids and I are on a frozen grape kick this summer.
either fresh fruit, edamame or veggies with hummus
I like to snack on fruit and pretzels.
Just filled a bowl with fresh peaches and nectarines. Now that’s a smart snacking choice!
The smartest snack choice for me is Greek yogurt or bananas. For something salty, I like a good chip like Smartfood Select or The Better Chip.
Prunes are my favorite snack.
fruit is our favorite! 🙂
I love fresh fruit, or veggies with a yogurt dip.
Fresh veggies and fruit!
fruit, raisins, veggies!
Hummus for me!
I’m a banana fanatic
I snack on carrots!
I love popcorn for a healthy snack. I love all the Smart Food chips & popcorn. I do live in one of the above cities, so you know we love our smart Food. 🙂
Garden Fresh Veggies Is My Smart Snack Choice!
I would say that my smartest snack food choice would be sunflower kernels. They are great for lowering your cholesterol & great protein source & I love them 🙂 great review & new product that I had not heard of until today
Fresh fruit/veggies and we also love cheese and crackers 🙂
I love to snack on fresh fruit!