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The best healthy snack ideas for the whole family
Healthy snacks are a type of light food that is perfect for snacks or to eat between meals, but without affecting our diet. In fact, these are a better choice in place of cookies, chips, or sugar-heavy foods.
Although these snacks may be difficult to make, they are actually very simple and quick to make and require only few ingredients. In addition, you can make them and save them to eat them later for snacks, for school or work.
Therefore, below we will explain how to prepare cheap healthy snacks and in a few steps.
Fruit & Frozen Yogurt Bars
Ingredients
Three glass yogurt, natural and without sugar.
Honey, the amount you consider necessary.
Nuts and wild strawberries such as blueberries, kiwi, cherries and strawberries.
Steps to make it
In a bowl or container pour the yogurt and add a tablespoon of honey and mix until integrated. If you consider it too low in sugar, add a little more of honey.
Wash the fruits and chop them into very small pieces and reserve them.
In a wide, clean and dry tray, pour the yogurt with the honey and flatten with the help of a spoon.
Place the pieces of chopped fruit in the tray with yogurt in the way you like and flatten again with the spoon so that the fruits are inside the yogurt.
Sprinkle the nuts over the yogurt as well.
Put the tray in the refrigerator for at least 6-8 hours or until the yogurt freezes. How long it takes to freeze will depend on how thick the yogurt layer is.
Once the yogurt is frozen, remove it from the tray and cut into squares.
Lettuce and banana wraps
Ingredients
A romaine lettuce.
Dates, the amount you consider necessary.
A banana.
Blueberries, the amount you consider necessary.
Steps to make it
Take out one of the lettuces, wash it with vinegar, lemon and water and let it dry. Be very careful that it doesn't break while you wash it.
Add 5 dates in a bowl and pour enough water and mix with a normal mixer. Don't add too much water, just enough to form a paste.
Pour the date paste over the lettuce, but make sure it is well spread over the entire leaf.
Peel the banana and cut it into two parts lengthwise. Then place both pieces on top of the lettuce.
Between the two pieces of banana place the blueberries.
Close the lettuce as if it were a burrito and eat immediately.
Carrot pancakes
Ingredients
A cup of oatmeal or granola.
A carrot.
Two bananas.
Two eggs
Half a glass of soy milk.
Steps to make it
Pour the oatmeal or granola into a bowl.
Wash a carrot, peel it and cut it into very small pieces. Next, pour them into the container with the oatmeal or granola.
Peel the bananas and cut them into small pieces, then add them to the bowl with the other ingredients.
Crack two eggs and add them to the bowl.
Pour the soy milk into the bowl. Keep in mind that the more soy milk you use in the mixture, the lighter the cakes will be.
Blend all ingredients in the blender, mixer or food processor until smooth. If you notice that it is very liquid, you can add more oats.
Place a frying pan over medium heat on the stove and grease with a little olive oil.
When the frying pan is hot, pour in a little of the mixture, so that a disk of dough forms. Cover the pan and wait for it to cook for a couple of minutes.
When the bottom is cooked, flip it over with a spatula and wait a couple more minutes for that side to cook.
Once cooked, remove from the pan and serve on a plate with jam, honey, fruit pieces or whatever you like.
Celery dip
Ingredients
A couple of celery sticks.
Half a cup of cottage cheese with 0% fat.
Almond pieces.
Pepper and rosemary.
Steps to make it
Wash the celery, remove the threads and cut it into medium pieces, in such a way that it is like small "rafts".
Spread the celery pieces with the cottage cheese.
To one of the pieces of celery with the cottage cheese, sprinkle a little of the almond pieces.
If you like, sprinkle some rosemary and pepper on one of the celery wedges with cottage cheese.
Chia pudding
Ingredients
Two tablespoons of oatmeal.
One and a half tablespoons of chia.
A tablespoon of honey.
Half tablespoon of cinnamon powder.
Four tablespoons of yogurt.
Chopped walnuts
Blueberries and raspberries.
Steps to make it
Place the oatmeal, chia, honey, cinnamon and yogurt in a bowl or container and mix everything very well with the help of a spoon.
Cover the container and let it rest in the fridge for an hour or two.
When taking the mixture out of the fridge, you will notice the oatmeal and yogurt very thick, at this point you can spread the nuts and chopped, blueberries and raspberries.
Add one more tablespoon of honey if you like, serve and enjoy.
Avocado toast
Ingredients
One ripe avocado.
A cup of cooked chickpeas.
A few sprigs of chopped parsley or cilantro.
One onion.
Herbal salt to taste.
The juice of one lemon.
Steps to make it
Peel the avocado and cut it into small pieces and then place it in a container.
Add the cooked chickpeas.
Chop the onion and the sprigs of parsley or cilantro and add them to the container or bowl.
Sprinkle some herbal salt on the ingredients, then pour some of the lemon juice on top.
Crush and mix all the ingredients with the help of a processor or hand mixer, or if you prefer with a potato masher.
Spread this mixture or sauce on a slice of wholemeal bread, which if you like you can toast previously.
As you may have noticed, a healthy snack can be very simple to make and you can prepare it with any ingredient that you usually have in your kitchen. Therefore, there are no excuses not to try any of these recipes at home and start eating healthier.
