10 Easy Snacks for a Well Balanced Diet

If you’re always on the go, having easy snacks on hand can be the life saver of your diet!

Small snacks between meals can help you avoid overeating, and if you choose well they can even increase the nutritional variety in your diet.

Even if your main meals are pretty well balanced, it’s easy to put your total diet out of sync with a few poor choices in snacks.

Today’s challenge is to choose easy snacks…

Go for foods that don’t contain too much fat, sugar or salt, and look out for those that provide you with more calcium, fibre, vitamins and minerals.

Read food labels carefully and choose those containing:

• Fat content not more than 3 grams per 100 grams
• Sugar content not more than 2 grams per 100 grams
• Sodium not more than 0.1 grams per 100g

10 easy snacks you can eat anytime:

#1 Fresh fruit, or fruit salad

#2 Raw veggies

#3 Half sandwich with wholegrain bread, filled with salad and lean meat

#4 Small cup of homemade vegetable soup

#5 Wholegrain crackers with cottage cheese

#6 Small handful of mixed seeds

#7 Wholegrain tortilla wrap, filled with hummus and salad

#8 Small handful of unsalted, unroasted nuts

#9 Boiled egg

#10 Small handful of dried fruit

For more healthy snack ideas, check out my previous posts:

• More healthy snack ideas
• Snack under 200 calories
• Healthy kids snacks

What are your favourite healthy snacks?