Healthy Snack Ideas
Published on Mar 10 2010, in the categories: diets, Healthy foods
Snacks are one important part of our eating habits and it has been proven that our majority intake of calories comes from the snacks that we have between the meals or when we do not find time to eat and we grab something to crunch . By eating in this manner , we tend to eat almost everything that is at hand and most of the snacks contain a high level of calories and a great amount of fat ; this leads to gaining weight and if you start losing control on your weight you start having health problems .
If you don’t want or you can not quit at snacks at least , try to prepare them yourself and to find some healthy snacks recipes. For example , a healthy snack recipe can be Avocado Tea Sandwiches . For this you need some slices of avocado , 1 spoon of fat free mayonnaise , a bit of lemon juice , some black pepper , 8 really thin slices wheat bread , 2 ounces sliced salmon , some slices of cucumber . Make a dressing in a large bowl out of mayonnaise , lemon juice and pepper . After spread it on bread , then on top put the slices of cucumber , avocado and salmon . In this kind of way , you can prepare many types of sandwiches which do not mean more than 150 calories .You can try also this kind of sandwich with chicken breast ,tomatoes and some low fat cheese . In this way , you can eat something between meals or it can be a main meal if you do not have the time to make something else or other ingredients to prepare something more complex .
When we refer to sweet snacks , you should keep in mind that is much more healthier to eat fruits than eat all kind of sweets that are available in all stores and rather than drinking soda , it is recommended to replace them with milk or natural juices . One healthy snack idea for something sweet can be Pineapple-Raspberry Parfaits . You need :2 cups of nonfat yogurt , ½ pint fresh raspberries and one and a half cups of frozen or canned pineapple . Take 4 glasses and divide and layer the yogurt and add the fruits . In this way , you can eat something sweet , low in calories , it has only 100 calories per serving , and you eat fat free . You can try different mixtures of fruits with yogurt or milk , you can even froze it for a couple of hours and you will have a natural and delicious ice cream .
We do not have to quit at all eating snacks but we should pay attention at what we eat and figure out that it does not take much time to prepare something ourselves than go to buy them from store . In this way we control our intake of fat , sugar and calories and you can always invent more and more healthy snack ideas .
If you don’t want or you can not quit at snacks at least , try to prepare them yourself and to find some healthy snacks recipes. For example , a healthy snack recipe can be Avocado Tea Sandwiches . For this you need some slices of avocado , 1 spoon of fat free mayonnaise , a bit of lemon juice , some black pepper , 8 really thin slices wheat bread , 2 ounces sliced salmon , some slices of cucumber . Make a dressing in a large bowl out of mayonnaise , lemon juice and pepper . After spread it on bread , then on top put the slices of cucumber , avocado and salmon . In this kind of way , you can prepare many types of sandwiches which do not mean more than 150 calories .You can try also this kind of sandwich with chicken breast ,tomatoes and some low fat cheese . In this way , you can eat something between meals or it can be a main meal if you do not have the time to make something else or other ingredients to prepare something more complex .
When we refer to sweet snacks , you should keep in mind that is much more healthier to eat fruits than eat all kind of sweets that are available in all stores and rather than drinking soda , it is recommended to replace them with milk or natural juices . One healthy snack idea for something sweet can be Pineapple-Raspberry Parfaits . You need :2 cups of nonfat yogurt , ½ pint fresh raspberries and one and a half cups of frozen or canned pineapple . Take 4 glasses and divide and layer the yogurt and add the fruits . In this way , you can eat something sweet , low in calories , it has only 100 calories per serving , and you eat fat free . You can try different mixtures of fruits with yogurt or milk , you can even froze it for a couple of hours and you will have a natural and delicious ice cream .
We do not have to quit at all eating snacks but we should pay attention at what we eat and figure out that it does not take much time to prepare something ourselves than go to buy them from store . In this way we control our intake of fat , sugar and calories and you can always invent more and more healthy snack ideas .
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