Organic foods help in enhancing your fitness levels and keep you healthy. These healthy snacks are perfect for a quick bite and help maintain your metabolism. You can use the following recipes as meal replacement snacks in your efforts to adopt a healthy lifestyle.
Homemade Trail-mix
Organic nuts and berries can be combined with dried fruits such as raw almonds or roasted peanuts. Make sure your ingredients have no added sugar, no preservatives and no additives. Peanut butter, preferably of the organic variety, can be applied to whole-wheat pitas, grain bagels, or whole-wheat crackers to prepare an instant bite.
Yogurt and Fruit
Half a cup of organic low-fat yogurt (vanilla or plain) can be blended with vanilla or strawberry soymilk. The shake can be consumed with a few frozen strawberries and half a frozen banana.
Mini-pizzas
Marinara sauce or pizza sauce can be spread over an English muffin (whole wheat). Slices of organic tomatoes and Swiss cheese must be placed on top of the muffin before heating it using an oven.
Waffles
A blueberry waffle can be layered with half a cup of organic yogurt (plain and low-fat) and fresh defrosted berries or organic berries.
Cottage Cheese and Fruit
Half a cup of cottage cheese (low fat) can be scooped into the half of honeydew melon or cantaloupe.
Sweet Bagel
A grain bagel sprouted with cinnamon and raisins can be topped with a quarter cup of ricotta cheese (low fat). Cinnamon can be sprinkled on the top.
Mini-breakfast Burrito
Salsa and scrambled albumens can be stuffed into whole-wheat tortillas for a quick breakfast snack.
Pita with Fruit
Whole-wheat pita can be stuffed with half a cup of cottage cheese (low-fat) and canned pears, peaches, or fresh bananas.
Pita with Meat
Pitas can be stuffed with sliced milk cheese, sliced turkey, tomato, and mustard for a healthy non-vegetarian bite.
Crackers with Spread
Spreads like tuna salad or an ounce of chicken can be used on whole-wheat crackers and consumed as evening or mid-day snacks.
Adding these snacks to your daily diet and reducing the consumption of fast food can have great benefits on your health. Whenever you feel hungry, prepare one of these light snacks instead of consuming large meals or lots of unhealthy fast food. Vegetables such as bell peppers, carrots, celery, cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, and others can also be added to your diet. Plenty of water must be consumed regularly and you will notice significant improvements in your health.
Homemade Trail-mix
Organic nuts and berries can be combined with dried fruits such as raw almonds or roasted peanuts. Make sure your ingredients have no added sugar, no preservatives and no additives. Peanut butter, preferably of the organic variety, can be applied to whole-wheat pitas, grain bagels, or whole-wheat crackers to prepare an instant bite.
Yogurt and Fruit
Half a cup of organic low-fat yogurt (vanilla or plain) can be blended with vanilla or strawberry soymilk. The shake can be consumed with a few frozen strawberries and half a frozen banana.
Mini-pizzas
Marinara sauce or pizza sauce can be spread over an English muffin (whole wheat). Slices of organic tomatoes and Swiss cheese must be placed on top of the muffin before heating it using an oven.
Waffles
A blueberry waffle can be layered with half a cup of organic yogurt (plain and low-fat) and fresh defrosted berries or organic berries.
Cottage Cheese and Fruit
Half a cup of cottage cheese (low fat) can be scooped into the half of honeydew melon or cantaloupe.
Sweet Bagel
A grain bagel sprouted with cinnamon and raisins can be topped with a quarter cup of ricotta cheese (low fat). Cinnamon can be sprinkled on the top.
Mini-breakfast Burrito
Salsa and scrambled albumens can be stuffed into whole-wheat tortillas for a quick breakfast snack.
Pita with Fruit
Whole-wheat pita can be stuffed with half a cup of cottage cheese (low-fat) and canned pears, peaches, or fresh bananas.
Pita with Meat
Pitas can be stuffed with sliced milk cheese, sliced turkey, tomato, and mustard for a healthy non-vegetarian bite.
Crackers with Spread
Spreads like tuna salad or an ounce of chicken can be used on whole-wheat crackers and consumed as evening or mid-day snacks.
Adding these snacks to your daily diet and reducing the consumption of fast food can have great benefits on your health. Whenever you feel hungry, prepare one of these light snacks instead of consuming large meals or lots of unhealthy fast food. Vegetables such as bell peppers, carrots, celery, cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, and others can also be added to your diet. Plenty of water must be consumed regularly and you will notice significant improvements in your health.
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