Need Healthy Snack Recipes To Nourish Body and Soul?
If you are a socially distancing, tail-gating sports enthusiast, love fall picnics, or are a Mom/Dad or kiddo who wants to grab snacks that are healthy, here are a few faves.
Avocado Hard Boiled Eggs
You know that regular hard boiled eggs are the perfect portable, easy to make and easy to grab fare, but hard boiled avocado eggs are kicked up!
Ingredients:
-6 Eggs (I prefer brown, organic)
-1/2 ripe Avocado
-S&P (Himalayan pink salt and black pepper)
-paprika
-Vegenaise (Vegan, Non-dairy, non-soy “mayo”)
How to:
-Place eggs in a 2-qt. pot and fill with cold water
-Heat to boiling
-Once a rolling boil, let it boil for about 3 minutes
-Turn off the burner, cover with a lid, and remove from heat.
-Let stand 10 minutes.
-Pour off hot water and rinse eggs with cold water.
-Dump a cup of ice into the pot with the eggs and fill with cold water.
-Let sit at least 10 minutes.
(I don’t peel the eggs until I’m ready to eat them.)
-When cool, peel eggs and slice in half lengthwise.
-Scoop out the yellow part on to a cutting board and mash with a fork.
-Scoop out the avocado half and also mash with a fork.
-Combine the egg and avocado.
-Additionally, mix in 1-2 Tbsp.of Vegenaise to combine.
-Sprinkle with S&P and divide equally to place back into the egg whites.
-Sprinkle paprika on top.
Hummus
Can get store-bought but it’s easy to make.
Ingredients:
-1 can organic chickpeas (garbanzo beans), drained and rinsed
-3 Tbsp. cold water
-3 Tbsp. tahini (comes in a can)
-Squeeze of lemon juice
-1/2 tsp. paprika
-1/4 tsp. cayenne (if you like the heat)
-S&P to taste
-Kalamata olives (optional)
How to:
-Dump all ingredients, except olives, into the bowl of a food processor and pulse.
-Blend until creamy.
-Add olives, if using, and pulse a few more times.
-Serve with cut up celery and carrot sticks, ribbons of peppers in red, green, yellow, and orange, cucumber spears, and pita bread triangles.
Additional Snacks to choose from:
• A small handful (1/4 cup) raw organic almonds
• Unsweetened coconut flakes
• 1/4 cup pistachio nuts, shelled
• A few tablespoons raw, shelled, sunflower seeds
• 6 olives
• 6 assorted color cherry tomatoes
• 1/2 cup Greek yogurt-my favorites (dairy-Fage Total 0%) (non-dairy-SO Delicious, purple container, unsweetened vanilla, coconutmilk yogurt alternative.) Add a few drops of a flavored liquid Stevia (I use chocolate on everything) or honey (not agave, as it isn’t a healthy choice) and top with homemade or store-bought granola (low sugar brand.)
Stay enchanted!