Having a healthy snack can sometimes be a difficult thing to accomplish when you’re busy and on the go. It doesn’t matter if it’s during the holiday season or maybe during the summer and you just want a snack to grab and eat fast before doing your errands. Most people make the mistake of picking up a candy bar or junk food. This is where you end up gaining those unwanted pounds. You can make a nice healthy snack fast and in most cases, just less than 20 minutes. If you have a busy day then planning your snacks and meals ahead of time can help you.
Check out these 10 healthy snacks you can make fast and taste good throughout the year
10. Healthy Peanut Butter Fruit Dip – 10 Minutes
You can make a healthy peanut butter fruit dip in just 10 minutes. If you want it to be extremely healthy then you can opt in for the low carb version of peanut butter fruit dip.
Ingredients:
1 container of vanilla Greek yogurt
2 Tablespoons of peanut butter
2 Tablespoons of honey
1/8 Teaspoon of ground cinnamon
Optional: 2 Tablespoons of Chia Seeds
Directions
Just simply mix the yogurt, honey, cinnamon and the honey in a bowl until everything is blended well, drop in a few chia seeds and then you’re done.
Recipe: allrecipes.com
9. Banana Orange Swirly Drink – 10 minutes
If you’re looking for a drink that’s healthy and quick to make then this might be one that you should consider doing.
Ingredients:
2 Frozen Bananas – make sure that you peel them first and cut them into chunks
1 Orange – The orange needs to be peeled, then segmented and lastly, seeded
1 Ounce of Raspberry Yogurt
1 ½ Tablespoons of honey
½ Teaspoons Ground Nutmeg
Directions
You will need a blender for this one. Simply put the bananas, yogurt, orange, honey and the nutmeg in the blender. Blend everything until it’s all smooth. Drink & enjoy!
8. Grab some nuts – 1 minute
If you find yourself really unable to make anything then have some nuts nearby so you can grab those instead of a chocolate bar. Nuts can help you in a variety of ways. They can lower your cholesterol and they also can help with preventing type 2 diabetes. Having a mix of almonds and pistachios is also very healthy for you. You can also make a healthy nice trail mix with simply using a variety of nuts.
7. Hard Boiled Eggs – Time varies depending on the recipe you use
There’s a variety of ways that you can make hard boiled eggs. Often times you can finish making them within 15 or 20 minutes. Hard boiled eggs have lots of protein in them. They can also help with lowering cardiovascular diseases and even help to prevent breast cancer. You can make several hard boiled eggs at once and put them in the frig so that way you always have a healthy snack to grab.
6. Cottage Cheese Fluff – If you have the time, 35 minutes
This one takes longer to make then some of the other healthier snacks but if you have the time to do it, you’ll find that it taste so good.
Ingredients
3 Cups of Low fat cottage cheese
2 packages of lemon flavored jell-o mix – healthy option, sugar free
1 8 Ounce container of light frozen thawed whipped topping
Needed: Food processor
Directions
Put the cottage cheese in your food processor. Blend it until it looks creamy. Whisk the jell-o in and then fold in the whipped topping. Put it in the refrigerator and keep it there until you serve it.
5. Create your own Chinese Snack Mix – 5 minutes
Creating a Chinese snack mix is simple and fun plus it takes just less than 5 minutes to make.
Ingredients
½ Cup of pistachios, in the shell ones seem to be the best for this recipe
Asian Sesame Sticks
Wasabi Covered Peas
Directions
Just simply put them together on a plate and enjoy the healthy combination. What will take a few minutes is just mainly finding them at the store.
4. Mozzarella Cheese Sticks – just pick up at the store
You can make your own mozzarella cheese sticks or you can simply pick them up at the store if you don’t have the time to make them. The only downfall is that if you want to take these with you and might not eat them right away you will need to get an ice pack and some in a lunch box so that way it won’t get hot. People of all ages enjoy mozzarella cheese sticks. You can also have some vegetables or fruit with it but avoid eating crackers.
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3. Baked Kale Chips – 20 Minutes
If you’re looking for something different then this might be a recipe for you to try. Kale chips are delicious, especially when they are baked and they just take around 20 minutes to prepare. These are also great at parties and great to just have around the house and have a few bites then go!
Ingredients
1 Bunch of Kale
1 Tablespoon of olive oil
1 Teaspoon of seasoned salt
Directions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. A cookie sheet needs to be lined in that’s non insulated and with some parchment paper.
Take either kitchen shears or a knife and remove the kale leaves from the stems that will be thick. Tear them up into small bite sizes. Wash the kale and dry it completely. Using a salad spinner might help. Drizzle the olive oil on it and sprinkle the seasoning salt on the kale.
Bake for around 10 to 15 minutes or until the edges appear to be brown but avoid burning them.
Recipe link: allrecipes.com
2. Snack Wraps – 15 minutes
I love snack wraps. They are easy to make and they are also filling. There’s a variety of snack wrap recipes online but this one doesn’t take very long to make.
Ingredients:
60 Servings
12 flour tortillas make sure they are 10 inches
1 8 ounce of package cream cheese
1 head lettuce
1 6 ounce of turkey that’s slicked deli style
2 cups of carrots that’s shredded
2 cups of minced tomato
Directions
Take your cream cheese and spread it evenly over your tortillas.
Put the lettuce leaves on top of your cream cheese.
Next put your turkey slices evenly on the layers of the lettuce.
Sprinkle your carrots and the tomatoes over the lettuce
Roll the tortillas up until they make a nice wrap.
Optional: you can cut the wraps into bite sized pieces or leave them whole.
Secure them with using toothpicks.
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1. Nutrition Bars – 2 minutes
These days, nutrition bars seem to be the number one healthiest snack available. You can also make your own nutrition bar or you can browse the huge selection of nutrition bars at the store. Be sure to read all of the ingredients in the bar and that it really is low carb. Some nutrition bars might not be as low carb as you want them.
Conclusion
Cutting up veggies and fruit slices and having them in the frig is also a great way to make sure that you don’t grab that candy bar. Lose a few pounds this year by just sticking to only healthy snacks.