Power Snacks

Food is Fuel
Written By Kyle Walling

Sometimes you just gotta snack. 

Make sure it’s good enough to power you through the day and not leave you hanging. Here are more than twenty quick and easy snack recipes:

  • 1 hardboiled egg sliced on high-fiber or sprouted grain bread, add a drizzle of your favorite hot sauce or sriracha

  • 2oz (60g) pulled or canned chicken, 1/2 cup avocado—mixed together, drizzle with dressing or hot sauces (always adds some low calorie pizazz to foods)

  • 1 oz favorite cheese, 2T almond butter, 1/2 cup celery or apples—optional: sprinkle 1T chia seeds in almond butter

  • Quesadilla—microwave some shredded cheese into a tortilla and fold in half. Dip into your favorite salsa or guacamole salsa, YUM!

  • 1/2 cup homemade trail mix with almonds, cashews, sunflower seeds, raisins, and some dark chocolate nibs

  • 1/2 cup bell peppers sliced spread with cream cheese 

  • 1/2 cup Greek yogurt, 8 walnuts cut into pieces, drizzle with a tsp of honey

  • 1/2 cup edamame beans

  • 1 rice cake, 1/4 - 1/2 cup squash on top, sprinkle 1oz (30g) feta or goat cheese, top with favorite herb—crunchy and delish!!

  • 2 slices quality deli turkey, 1T mayo, 1/2 cup cucumber & tomato—roll up and eat

  • 1/2 cup sardines mashed with a fork, 1T mayo, 1/2 cup celery diced—mix and enjoy!

  • 1/4 cup black beans, 1/4 cup salsa, 1/2 cup avocado

  • 1/2 cup raspberries, 1/2 cup cottage cheese

  • 1/2 cup high-fiber crackers, 2T almond butter

  • 1oz cheddar cheese, 1/2 pear, 12 almonds

  • 1/2 cup sweet potato, 1/4 cup full-fat plain yogurt or sour cream

  • 1/2 cup squash, 1T butter, 1T ground flax seed sprinkles on top

  • 2T cashew butter, 1/2 banana, 1/4 cup dry oatmeal—mix and enjoy!

  • 1 tomato cut into slices, 1/2 cup mashed avocado layered on top, 1oz (30g) shredded cheese sprinkled as final layer—broil on baking sheet for a couple minutes

  • 1/2 cup hummus, 1/2 cup celery or carrots, a small handful of high-fiber crackers

  • 2T shredded coconut, 1/4 cup dry oats, 1/2 banana—mix together and enjoy!

  • 1 pear, 12 almonds

  • 1/2 cup almond milk, 2T seed mix (chia, hemp, flax), 1/2 cup berries—all mixed in a bowl

  • 1/2 cup roasted green peas with 2T olive oil

  • Quinoa tabbouleh (1/2 cup cooked quinoa, 2T chopped onion, 1/2 diced tomato, 1- 2T olive oil, 1/2T fresh squeezed lemon, 1T feta cheese and mint, salt and pepper to taste)

  • 1/2 cup cooked whole grain pasta of choice (like brown rice, red lentil or whole wheat), 2T basil pesto, 2oz fresh mozzarella cheese—mix together and enjoy warm or cold!

  • 1/2 cup cooked lentils of choice, 1/4 cup full-fat sour cream or tahini

  • 1/2 cup plain yogurt, 1/2 cup berries of choice, ground flax seeds mixed in

Kyle Walling

Freelance graphic designer. Creative web, print, & brand storytelling | Graphic & Web Design—Chico, California

http://www.kwallingdesign.com