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Do you find it impossible to go from breakfast to lunch without a mid-morning snack?
You’re not alone.
Many of us get hungry between meals, but it’s not necessarily a bad thing. Not at all.
Fuelling up regularly for many people, is a vital way to prevent binging on unhealthy foods and eating too much at main meals.
But what’s the best option? Preferably the snack should be something that offers a complex carbohydrate and a source of protein to keep you feeling sustained throughout the day.
Here’s a typical schedule you can rework to fit your daily routine:
- Breakfast at 8am
- Mid-morning snack around 10.30am
- Lunch around 1pm
- Mid-afternoon snack around 3.30pm
- Evening meal around 6pm.
With a schedule like this, your blood sugar levels are maintained at an even level, preventing ravenous hunger that often leads to overeating and poor food choices.
Over a year ago, I wrote a list of 20 Healthy Snack Ideas.
If you’ve run out of ideas for snacking, here are 25 more suggestions to help you out:
1. 1 rye crisp bread with cottage cheese and a pinch of garam masala.
2. Small serve of tuna mixed with natural yoghurt and herbs, spread onto 3 celery sticks.
3. 4 carrot sticks, 2 cherry tomatoes, and 4 green beans served with guacamole dip.
4. 1/4 cup of unsweetened applesauce with 1 slice of wholegrain bread, toasted, and cut into 4 strips for dunking.
6. 2 multi grain crackers topped with a small serve of cheddar cheese and sliced green grapes.
7. 1 tablespoon of mixed seeds, 3 strips of red pepper, 2 thick slices of mushroom.
8. 1 small apple sliced, 1 tablespoon peanut butter for dipping, 20 raisins sprinkled on top.
9. 1 oatcake with cottage cheese and fresh coriander.
10. A small serving of natural yoghurt with pumpkin, sesame, and sunflower seeds, and a pinch of cinnamon.
11. 2 multi grain crackers topped with grated cucumber, natural yoghurt, and a sprig of mint.
12. A small bowl of frozen berries and natural yoghurt, topped with linseeds.
13. 8 cashew nuts, 3 carrot sticks, and 2 thick slices of cucumber.
14. A small cup of homemade vegetable soup.
15. 2 rice cakes spread with hummus, and topped with cherry tomatoes.
16. 1 rice cake spread with pesto, topped with a small amount of mackerel, and diced tomatoes.
17. A small bowl of natural yoghurt with 1/2 cup unsweetened granola.
18. 3 handfuls of unbuttered/unsweetened popcorn, seasoned with herbs.
19. 6 Brazil nuts, 4 small florets of broccoli, and 2 cherry tomatoes.
20. Small serving of natural yoghurt, with linseed’s, and a pinch of cinnamon.
21. 2 crisp breads spread with mashed avocado and a squeeze of lemon juice.
22. 2 multi grain crispbreads topped with salmon, cottage cheese, and herbs.
23. 2 small kiwis sliced, and 6 almonds.
24. 1/2 cup pure orange juice, frozen and eaten as sorbet.
25. 1 rice cake topped with a hard-boiled egg and mixed herbs.
What are your snack suggestions?
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great snack ideas. thanks!
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These all look like good ideas. I’m in search of some good healthy snacks as my schedule is pretty rough right now. Thanks for the ideas
I have been finding that I have ’staying awake problems’ in the 2 hour lecture that starts @ 2pm. There are 2days like this one of which has a 2hr break until and the other a 1hr break……I don’t know exactly what to do! However, I have found that if I have some fresh fruit salad in the 10min break between the 2hrs i.e. 3ish I manage to ‘wake up/concentrate’…….I thought that maybe the lunch was the problemo anyway I will endeavour to try some healthy snacking in a bid to deal to it….I’m quite sure the lecturer can ’see-me’
Hi Blake, Tom and Cathy,
Thanks for your comments.
@ Cathy: I can remember those days at uni too LOL Hope your mid-afternoon snacking helps you stay awake!
Great ideas there, Melanie. I like those rye or multi-grain crispbreads you mention and one of my favorite snacks is to spread almond butter and sliced fruit over top. Or for a savory version, and similar to your #15, is to spread on hummus and sliced cucumber and tomato. And smoothies.. though it’s not as practical if I’m away from my kitchen.
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Hi Cassie,
Thanks for your tips too! I like the idea of almond butter with sliced fruit!