#360fit: Snack Smart With These 30 Healthy Snack Ideas

A lot of people don’t snack, this is personal and depends on your overall diet and goals. However, snacks do have their place, particularly pre-training. Having something small to eat an hour before you exercise will give you an added burst of energy to fuel you through your session and also controls your portion sizes in your post-training meal.

Here are my top easy healthy snacks that are delicious and will fuel you through your day:

• Celery with almond butter
• Hummus with vegetables [1 small can of chickpeas, 2 tablespoons olive oil, juice of ½ lemon, ¼ cup, coriander leaves, salt + pepper to taste] or try my beetroot hummus!
• Buckwheat crackers with avocado
• Hard-boiled eggs
• Banana pancake [whisk 1 mashed ripe banana with 1 egg and cook in a pan]
• Handful of pumpkin seeds with berries
• Sliced chicken breast or cold meat with cherry tomatoes
• Apple sliced with almond butter
• Sweet potato chips with guacamole
• Fresh shredded coconut
• Frozen berries blended with coconut water
• A handful of homemade Nut and Coconut Muesli
• Green smoothie [half a banana, kiwi fruit, spinach and coconut water]
• Roasted chickpeas [Place chickpeas, coconut oil, spices, salt in the oven for 20 minutes]
• Spiced pumpkin seeds [1 1/2 cup pumpkin seeds, 2 teaspoons olive oil, Juice from 1 lime, ½ teaspoon cayenne pepper, ½ teaspoon salt]
• Superfood Raw Balls
• Smoked salmon sliced with tomato
• 15 almonds
• 1/2 a cup of greek yoghurt with blueberries and walnuts
• Chia seed pudding
• 6-10 macadamia nuts

Sometimes hungry strikes when you least expect it, or maybe that pile of paper work on your desk left you stuck at work until late in the evening. Living in Dubai majority of us are lucky enough to have a small supermarket within 5 minutes walking distance.

Here are my top snack ideas that you can buy with no kitchen required!

• Chopped vegetable sticks, Cherry tomatoes or baby carrots
• Fresh fruits
• Grab a packet of raw nuts
• Small pot of organic natural yoghurt
• Buckwheat crackers with avocado
• 30g Lindt 70-85% chocolate (go on treat yourself!)
• Roo Bars, organic, vegan and raw! (Ingredients for the cacao bar: dates, almonds, cacao nibs, cacao powder).
• Oats (just add boiling water and cover) and fresh blueberries or a banana

Author: SMART Fitness Nutritionist Chloe Moir has a Bachelor of Science degree with a double major in Human Nutrition and Sports & Exercise Science, as well as more than 3 years experience working as a Nutritionist and Personal Trainer in New Zealand. She teaches her clients to make healthy choices and small lifestyle changes that help them to achieve their personal goals. Chloe has a blog,Chloe Moir Nutrition, where she shares nutrition tips, her view on current nutrition trends and a lot of delicious, nutritious recipes.