We return home from work tired and often quite hungry! With no energy or motivation left to prepare an evening snack, we end up stuffing ourselves with junk food, and with it a load of guilt!
It can be a task to keep ourselves in high spirits about cooking as soon as we land home after a long day at the office. But making evening snacks need not be bothersome. Many snack recipes are both healthy, hassle-free, and can be put together instantly.
In this article let’s take a look at some healthy and easy evening snacks that will not only save you time but boost your health as well. From fruits and nuts to turkey and tuna, we have prepared a list you’d consider adding to your evening routine.
Pumpkin Seeds
Say hello to pumpkin seeds! If you haven’t heard yet, pumpkin seeds are a superfood. Loaded with vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, they are very tasty and can be eaten either roasted or boiled.
While some prefer them, plain others might like to add salt, cayenne pepper, or chipotle flakes to the roasted pumpkin seeds.
Sprouts
Nothing like a bowl of fresh sprouts to add that much-needed nutrition to your diet. It is always useful to prep for some sprouts and have them ready in your refrigerator for later use.
Prep: Soak an assortment of lentils, chickpeas, and legumes overnight in a bowl of water. The next morning, drain the water and rinse the sprouts. Transfer into a clean container and refrigerate.
Upon returning home after a long day you can take out the sprouts from the refrigerator, add some chopped veggies like cucumber and tomato, and some salt and pepper to make for a very delicious and healthy evening snack.
Nuts and Dry Fruits
Eating a handful of nuts and dry fruits can do wonders for your health. Have a quick mix ready of cashews, walnuts, almonds, pistachios, dates, prunes, apricots, and munch them as you prepare dinner or have your tea. Nuts contain unsaturated fats that are good for your heart and overall health.
Avocado Toast
Avocado is creamy, delicious, and loaded with healthy fats, potassium, and fiber. To make the spread you will need avocado pulp, a few drops of extra-virgin olive oil, a pinch of cumin powder, a pinch of crushed black pepper, and sea salt. You can go ahead and mix these ingredients until smooth.
Next, you can spread this sumptuous mixture on toast and if you like top it up with tomato, olives, or jalapeno. Avocado toast looks great, tastes even better, is very healthy and quick to prepare.
Turkey Sandwich
A Turkey Sandwich is super healthy and makes for a good evening snack. You can pick some turkey slices at the supermarket and have it ready in your freezer. In the morning, you must remember to keep the packet in the refrigerator to defrost.
On whole-grain bread, you can spread a touch of mayo, place some lettuce leaves, cucumber and tomato slices, pickled vegetables, turkey slices, and season with salt and pepper. And there you have it, a delicious turkey sandwich.
Tuna Bites
Combine a can of tuna with cucumber, shredded carrots, pickles, olives, mustard sauce, a touch of mayo and season with salt and pepper. You can use this spread on whole-grain crackers or use pita chips or wheat thins for scooping.
Fruits with Yogurt
It’s always handy to have some low-fat or plain Greek Yogurt in your refrigerator. You can cut whatever fresh fruit you have and combine it with the yogurt. You can also top up the mixture with some honey and chia seeds to make for a perfect evening snack.
Takeaway
Say goodbye to those deep-fried, overprocessed snacks that make us feel bloated and provide no nutrition whatsoever! When we eat healthily, we feel good and light, get all the nutrients and vitamins we need and this pays off in the long run! I’d suggest, try the avocado toast for starters and take it from there!
