Healthy Snack Ideas

Today my aim is to give you lots and lots of healthy snack ideas. When picking a snack you want to choose something that is nutritious and satisfying. It should come from the 5 core food groups (vegetables, fruit, grains, dairy and meat) and not be too high in sugar or saturated fats. 
Here are a few healthy snack recipes already up on Nutrition Insight.













When purchasing snacks make sure you are looking at the nutrition labels to ensure they are a healthy choice (use this pocket nutrition guide to help you).I also believe that snacks shouldn't always be complicated so most of these ideas are really simple. Remember that too much of anything isn't good for you so keep serving sizes small. 

 Fruit Ideas
  • Fresh fruit
  • Dried fruit 
  • Tinned fruit
  • Apple slices with nut butter
Nuts, Meat and Meat Alternatives Ideas
  • A handful of unsalted nuts
  • Hard boiled egg
  • Tinned tuna or salmon on multigrain crackers
  • Roasted chickpeas 
Dairy
  • Yoghurt- buy plain yoghurt and mix in your own fruit, seeds and nuts to make it interesting
  • Homemade frozen yoghurt
  • Reduced fat cheese and biscuits
  • Fruit and yoghurt smoothie
  • A small glass of skim milk with 1 tsp milo
  • Skinny cappuccino
  • Cottage cheese mixed with fruit
Grains
  • 4 Multigrain crackers (I like Vita-wheats) with fresh tomatoes and basil or cheese or salsa or cottage cheese or ricotta or low fat dip
  • Muesli bar - choose one low in sugar and saturated fat. 
  • Pop corn (flavoured with herbs and spices not butter and salt)
  • 1 slice of mutligrain toast with tomato and herbs
Vegetables
  • Carrot and Celery sticks with 30g hommus, guacamole or tzatziki 
  • 1/4 avocado with salt pepper and lime juice
  • Celery sticks with peanut butter 
  • Low sodium baked beans
  • Rice caked with tomato and avocado
I hope these recipes and ideas have inspired you to switch up your snacks. If you have any snack suggestions please let me know. Also if you have any questions make sure to leave them in the comments or send me a message on facebook. 

Happy Weekend,
Bridge



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