It’s mid-morning or mid-afternoon and you get hungry. You would like to snack on something, something healthy but delicious. However, you have nothing on hand and there is nothing interesting in the office vending machine or at the corner coffee shop either. With a little luck, you end up eating rice cakes or the same old banana. Does it sound familiar to you?

Whether we are working in the office, taking a walk with friends, in the park with the kids or at home, find different snacks and snacks it can be difficult.

The ideal is prepare and bring the snacks ourselvesas well as plan meals well and always have them ready in the refrigerator. But then life comes with its tasks, and there are times when, just before we walk out the door, we realize that we have nothing to take. Or we get hungry at home and we don’t have anything prepared.

The good news is that even in these times when we are in a hurry We don’t have to rely on processed products like packaged bars or pancakes.

What you need to improvise healthy snacks

With a little knowledge, a good refrigerator stock and a full pantry We can prepare healthy snacks in no time:

• In the pantry: good condiments, jars of legumes, nuts and seeds, some crackers, vegetable milk…
• In the refrigerator: vegetables and fruit, nut butters, vegan yogurt or cheese and vegetable proteins such as tofu or tempeh.

In addition, to carry snacks it is advisable to have a variety of small containers (ideally glass), brecycled glass jars (which we can keep) and some reusable packaging.

Keep in mind What should be in a balanced snack?: fruit or vegetables and some protein component to satisfy us more such as nuts, seeds, legumes, tofu, tempeh…

Depending on our physical activity and specific moment (for example for athletes before training, children, pregnant women, etc.), we can also include complex carbohydrates such as some whole wheat toast, crackers, whole wheat sticks, cereal pancakes or homemade popcorn.

Next, I leave you the recipe for my favorite express snacks: