Most of us get ‘peckish’ at some point in the day, and if you’re sure that it’s true stomach hunger (and not just head hunger – see my how to beat food cravings as well as how to stop over eating blog posts for that!) then a healthy snack is just what you’ll need.
Check out my top ideas below on what you can munch on/prepare in advance.. the key is to combine protein (e.g. peanut butter) with produce (e.g. an apple.. fresh, natural & fibrous foods) to help you to feel energised and fuller for longer :)!
Shop-Bought Pre-Packed Snacks:
- Nakd Bar
- 9Bar
- Graze Box (my sister’s choice!)
- Quest Bar
- Skinny TopCorn
- LARABAR
- Cereal or Snack Bar – check out my How to Choose a Healthy Snack Bar post!
- Piece of Fruit / Packet of Dried Fruit
- 50g Cashew Nuts or Almonds – Choose unsalted
- Light Babybel or Extra Light Laughing Cow Triangle
Home Made:
To Take on the Go – You can keep snacks fresh with a small cool bag
- Healthy Hummus with Crudités or Pitta Bread
- Rice Cakes with Peanut Butter or PB2/PPB or Cottage Cheese or Almond Butter
- Apple Slices with Peanut Butter, PB2/PPB or my Skinny PB Dip
- Ants on a Log
- Home-made Granola with yoghurt
- Breakfast Cookies
- Pineapple Slices or Strawberries
- Carrots dipped in Salsa
- Banana Protein Bars
- Weetabix Energy Bar
- Oat & Blueberry Muffin
- Healthy Carrot Cake Muffin
- No Bake Truffles
- Apple Crisps
- Roasted Chickpeas
- Oat Bran Muffin
- Pumpkin Muffin
- Quinoa Pumpkin Bars
- Coconut Fairy Cakes
- Banana Bread
- Oat & Apple Breakfast Bar
- Soft Peanut Butter (Skinny) Cookies
- Almond Cookie Bites
At Home:
- Air popped Popcorn with Cinnamon
- Baked Apple with Cinnamon and Almonds
- No Bake Pumpkin Bites
- Bircher Muesli
- Kale Crisps – recipe in the video!
- Frozen Banana & Nut Butter Bites
- Large Mushrooms with low fat Feta Cheese & Sweet Chilli Sauce
- Healthy Ice-Cream
- Greek Yoghurt Pancakes
- Healthy Waffles
- Tzatziki Dip with Pitta Bread
- Zingy Frozen Grapes
- FroYo
- 2 Ingredient Pancakes
- Pumpkin Bar & Pumpkin Spiced Latte
Smoothie:
- Peanut Butter & Banana Smoothie
- Kiwi & Kale Strawberry Smoothie
- Cleansing Cucumber Limeade
- Skinny Iced Mocha
- Melon Berry Smoothie
- Berry & Soya Milk Smoothie
- Skinny Chocolate Milk
- Green Monster Smoothie
- Mint Chocolate Protein Smoothie
Chocolate Fix:
- 2-3 Squares of Dark Chocolate (more antioxidant goodness & less added fat/sugar than other chocolate)
- Chocolate covered Banana & Nut Butter Frozen Bites
- Chocolate Black Bean Cookies
Protein Snack:
- Protein Pancakes
- Chocolate Brownies
- Protein Carrot Cake
- High Protein Banana & Rhubarb Loaf
- Protein Coffee Cake
- Chocolate Protein Waffles
- Protein Flapjack
- Purition Super-Seed Breakfast Smoothie
- Kale Protein Smoothie
- Mocha Protein Shake
- Vanilla Protein Loaf
- 3 ingredient Protein Cookies
- No Bake Peanut Butter Balls
I hope these ideas inspire you to snack healthy – do let me know what you like to snack on in the comments section below!
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My favourite go to snacks are garbanzo dry roasted chick peas. They are only 88 calories per 65g and they last so long. They come in 3 tasty flavours and have protein, are low fat and low sugar as well as just a trace of sodium. They are my favourite snack 🙂
Thanks for your great suggestion Alyssa! Have you tried roasting your own?! I have a recipe on here and they are delicious – you can make them in as many flavours as you like! xx
I love this, thank you. Although I tend to be pretty healthy, snacking can often be my downfall! Looking forward to my Frank’s bars arriving and I’m definitely going to try the pancakes and hummus recipes.
Great job hun, keep it up
Caroline
Cocktails and Caroline
Aw thanks for your lovely comment! Do let me know how the recipes go! Nic x
My snack is a handful of grapes with tinned peaches and quark – loving quark at the moment and I’ve found a lemon flavoured one that I must try out!
I’m going to try your No Bake Pumpkin bites, I have a can in the cupboard that probably needs dusting off!
Ooh I love your snack! And do let me know how the bites go – I love them 🙂 It’s funny you should mention the lemon quark – I have a review on it next week along with some tasty recipes!! Nic 🙂
Where can I find the garbanzo ? :O
Hey! You get chick-peas from the supermarket (tinned section!) Nic x
if i feel like i desperately need some carbs after lunch i like to have oatcakes with either almond butter or tomato puree and mozzarella or pesto on top! xx
GORGEOUS idea!!! xx
A tub of Greek yogurt w/ flavoured whey protein mixed or… BEEF JERKY (gives my jaw a good workout too!)
Hahaha Hadee :p x