Easy Recipes for Healthy Snacks

It is often said that the words 'fun snack' and 'healthy' are words which do not go hand in hand. Well, this is not true. There are many fun and healthy snack recipes which we can make use of to whip some wonderful tasty snacks for ourselves. Most of the healthy snack recipes are low in calories, however, if you are on a strict diet, you will want to talk to health care professional to be sure that the healthy recipe is indeed healthy for you.

Easy Healthy Snack Recipes

We will now see some quick healthy snacks recipes. These recipes do not require elaborate preparation time nor do they have a long list of ingredients.

Healthy Vegetable Dip

Ingredients

• Low Fat Cottage Cheese ½ cup
• Lemon Pepper ¼ teaspoon
• Baby Carrots (finely chopped) ½ cup
• Snow Peas ½ cup

Method

• Combine cottage cheese and lemon pepper and stir well.
• Then add carrots and peas to the cottage cheese mixture and your dip is ready to be served.

Healthy Sandwich

Ingredients

• Avocado (ripe, sliced) 1
• Vegetable Dip (fat free) 1 tablespoon
• Lemon Juice ½ teaspoon
• Black Pepper (cracked) 1/8 teaspoon
• Whole Wheat Bread 8 slices
• Smoked Salmon (thinly sliced) 2 ounces
• Cucumber 12 slices

Method

• Place vegetable dip, lemon juice and pepper in a bowl and stir well.
• Spread a thin layer of vegetable dip on the bread slice and top it with salmon, avocado and cucumber.
• Place the other slice on top and your sandwich is ready to be savored.

Healthy Egg Recipe

Ingredients

• Hard Cooked Eggs (cooled and peeled) 6
• Crabs (finely chopped) ¼ cup
• Red Pepper (finely chopped) 2 tablespoons
• Green Onion (finely chopped) 2 tablespoons
• Fat Free Mayonnaise 2 tablespoons
• Dijon Mustard 2 teaspoons
• Ground Nutmeg
• Dried Parsley ½ teaspoon
• A Dash of Black Pepper

Method

• Cut the eggs into half lengthwise and remove the yolks.
• Take egg yolks of only three eggs and beat them. Throw away the other yolks.
• Now add crabs, red pepper, green onion, mayonnaise, mustard, nutmeg and parsley to the yolks and blend well.
• Add a dash of pepper to taste.
• Spoon the mixture into the egg halves and serve.

Healthy Snack Recipes for Kids

Children often are the ones, along with their parents, eating all the unhealthy food. For a health conscious mother it can become a taxing job to feed the children with healthy food. However, here are some healthy snack recipes, which will become a hit with your children and they will not turn towards unhealthy snacks. At the same time, these are also a hit with adults.

Apple Chips Recipe

Ingredients

• Sugar 2 tablespoons
• Ground Cinnamon 1 tablespoon
• Apples (thinly sliced) 4

Method

• To make the chips as crispy as the ones we get in the market, slice them as thin as possible. They do not necessarily have to be round in shape.
• Preheat the oven to 250 degrees Fahrenheit, while you prepare the apples.
• In a bowl, mix sugar and cinnamon well.
• Add apple slices to the mixture and toss, so that both the sides of the apples are well coated.
• Now line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper and pour the apples in a single layer onto the baking sheets.
• Transfer the baking sheet to the oven and let the apples bake till they are lightly brown in color and just crisp.

Basic Smoothie

Ingredients

• Strawberries (hulled) 1 quart
• Banana (cut into pieces) 1
• Peaches 2
• Orange Peach Mango Juice 1 cup
• Ice 2 cups

Method

• In a blender, blend strawberries, banana and peaches, till the fruits are pureed.
• Now add in the juice and blend well again.
• Lastly, add ice and blend to desired consistency, pour and serve the smoothie.

For more information, read

• Healthy Recipes for One
• Healthy Late Night Snacks
• Healthy Mexican Recipes

These are just some of the healthy snack recipes. You can be creative and combine a variety of recipes to make healthy recipes for your family.