25 Healthy Snack Ideas
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.
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.
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 healthy snack ideas?
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.
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Blake
09.13.2008
great snack ideas. thanks!
Blake’s last blog post..My Photo Food Journal
Tom
09.13.2008
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
Cathy in NZ
09.13.2008
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’
Melanie
09.16.2008
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!
Cassie
09.29.2008
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.
Cassie’s last blog post..A Pantry Challenge: Mixed Bean Salad and Bread
Melanie
09.30.2008
Hi Cassie,
Thanks for your tips too! I like the idea of almond butter with sliced fruit!
mary
06.09.2009
triple chocolate cake with wip cream,sprinkles,chocolat icing,carmel,and cherrys sounds good to me.
Melanie
06.09.2009
Hi Mary,
LOL Yeah, sounds good to me too, but doesn’t quite fall into the “healthy snack” category!! Occasional treat perhaps?
Gina
09.16.2009
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!!!
Melanie
09.21.2009
Yum, what a great idea!!
Richard 16/m/uk
07.16.2010
HUGEEE plate of cabbage with a tiny bit of healthyish marg mixed in.
It’s lovely
Melanie
07.27.2010
That’s a new snack idea for me, thanks!
lauraaaaaa
10.11.2010
perfect!!! easy and super green and healthy.
Melanie
10.11.2010
I’m glad
Ashley
10.17.2010
Some inexpensive healthy eating ideas would be nice too. Eating healthy is just so expensive these days, it’s just ridiculous! We should all be able to put good food into our bodies no matter what we’re earning.
The term ‘food stress’ is starting to become apparent where I live in Australia.
For instance, here is an article on it: http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/wellbeing/poverty-means-poor-diet-for-those-on-breadline-20100927-15u5k.html
Melanie
10.18.2010
Hi Ashley,
It certainly is an issue. Government subsidies in all the wrong areas don’t help this matter.
I have written about this in the past, but it would be good to look at it again. I’ll try to write something on the topic soon. Here’s the article I wrote on cheap healthy recipes. Thanks also for sharing the article.
Kyle/Chicago
02.11.2011
A good idea for a healthy snack is hard boiled eggs. Eggs are said to be a filler food which helps in weight loss. At 75 calories and 6 grams of protein, an couple eggs is a perfect way to start your day and also a great mid day snack!
Another good idea for a healthy snack is pistachios. The great thing about pistachios is that the shells make the serving size look a lot larger and fools our brain into thinking we’re full. The shells also serve as a reminder of how much you have eaten. 30 pistachios contain 100 calories, 6 grams of protein, and 3 grams of fiber which make this a great healthy snack!
Enjoy!
Haley
03.14.2011
Thease ideas are so helpfull to me and my family because me and my family used to eat like hot dogs and french fires for snacks and we started to get high colesteral and it was not good for our health thanks so much for thease tips
Melanie
03.16.2011
Hi Haley,
I’m so glad you’ve found my website, I’m always updating my content with new articles, so please do come back regularly
Yas
04.28.2011
A nice dessert idea for those with a sweet tooth
crush or grind handful of almonds and or walnuts, chop up an apple finely. Add it to the nut mix then sprinkle ground cinnamon over the top. Then drizzle honey.
enjoy
Melanie
04.30.2011
Hi Yas,
I love your idea. Thanks for sharing it!
Mette from Denmark
06.13.2011
Hi Melanie,
I just stumpled upon your snack ideas and they are really great. I always find it difficult to find an alternative for sweets when I feel peckish, but you presented some good ideas here. Thank you.
I sometimes mix almonds and raisins with cacao/chili powder and cinnamon. It is both sweet and spicy and it is quite filling, in my opinion.
Best
Mette
jane
06.20.2011
cant spell yogurt
Melanie
07.01.2011
“Yoghurt” is the British way to spell it.
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