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.
Fuelling up regularly for many people, is a vital way to prevent binging on unhealthy foods and eating too much at main meals. Even if you’re trying to lose weight, there are plenty of healthy snacks for weight loss.
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.
Note: If you don’t find what you’re looking for here, I’ve another 20 Healthy Snack Ideas for you to enjoy, as well as 10 Easy Snacks and 22 Snacks Under 200 Calories.
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.
So if you’re after some healthy snacks for weight loss, or just some snack ideas, check these out…
25 healthy snack ideas…
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, almond butter thinly spread on each slice, 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!
triple chocolate cake with wip cream,sprinkles,chocolat icing,carmel,and cherrys sounds good to me.
Hi Mary,
LOL Yeah, sounds good to me too, but doesn’t quite fall into the “healthy snack” category!! Occasional treat perhaps?
One of my favorite snacks is dipping 4 ounces of strawberries in a sugar free/fat free 60 calorie Jello Dark Chocolate Pudding cup for a total of 100 calories. Not quite chocolate covered strawberries, but pretty damn good!!!
Yum, what a great idea!!
HUGEEE plate of cabbage with a tiny bit of healthyish marg mixed in.
It’s lovely
That’s a new snack idea for me, thanks!
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