More than just exercising, being fit involves healthy eating. If you’re a busy bee who relies on snacks because of your hectic schedule, know that you can still eat healthy without wasting your precious time. Here are 10 healthy yet delicious snacks which are surprisingly easy to do.
This snack is the perfect choice for days when you like to snack on something light yet filling. Start by placing lettuce, chicken, carrots, scallions and cucumbers on rice paper. Roll and seal before slicing accordingly. Serve with peanut butter sauce.
Sushi is healthy enough as it is, but you can even push it to the healthiest limit with this recipe. Mix brown rice with salt and butter, then add sugar, salt, and vinegar. Place avocado, cucumber, and crab meat on the nori. Roll the sushi and slice on hardwood cutting boards before serving.
Slice a pita bread and place the pieces on top of muffin cups. Bake the pita and add hummus. Top the cups with dill, olives, parsley, and cucumbers. Sprinkle feta and serve on a decorative novelty cutting board.
Say goodbye to a bag of potato chips. There’s a new yummy yet healthy snack in town, and it’s called crispy eggplant chips. Cut your eggplant, lay onto a baking sheet and sprinkle with salt. Season the slices with Parmesan, garlic powder, and Italian seasoning before baking them for 16 to 18 minutes.
The healthiest of vegetables can be transformed into crunchy munchies – as this ‘Faux-tato Chips’ recipe can show you. Peel your radishes and slice them thinly. Season with vegetable oil and garlic powder before baking the chips for 60 minutes.
No need to buy from the store as you can make a healthy, 100% natural creamy garlic hummus for your eggplant or ‘faux-tato’ chips. All you need are chickpeas, lemon juice, cumin, tahini, baking soda, kosher salt, red pepper flakes and black pepper.
Create a batter with baking soda, flour, flax seed, oat bran, baking powder, brown sugar, cinnamon, and salt. Add raisins, nuts and apples, then bake the pastries for 20 minutes.
If gluten is your enemy, worry not as you can still enjoy a sumptuous snack with this banana bread recipe. Create a batter made of tapioca flour, rice flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, vanilla, egg yolk and banana; bake the mixture in an oven preheated to 350F. As an added bonus, you can store this bread in room temperature for up to 3 days.
If you have a sweet tooth, know that you can eat chocolate and not regret it after – as long as you follow this recipe. Pour melted chocolate onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Sprinkle pistachios, cherries, and coconut right thereafter. Pour another layer of chocolate and let the concoction cool and harden before breaking the pieces apart.
Be ice cold in this sweltering summer heat with these healthy and yummy popsicles. Puree the kiwi, agave, milk, and yogurt in a blender. Transfer to popsicle molds filled with bits of strawberries. Freeze for 4 hours before serving (or eating!)
