Quick and healthy snack ideas for mums
Last Updated on August 30, 2024
As mums we often pack our kids snacks when we go out, but we forget to pack some for ourselves, which means when hunger strikes we often grab whatever we can find.
Finding quick and healthy snack ideas that we can make, instead of resorting to whatever we can find, or snacking on toddler snacks can be tricky, as many snacks require baking, or many ingredients, and as busy mums we don’t have time for that.
So after some research, I’ve found some quick and healthy snack ideas for mums that require little to no prep, and can even be found in many different supermarkets.
If you’re interested in adding quick and healthy snack ideas to your day, then here are some that I hope sound enticing.
Quick and healthy snack ideas – savoury
- ¼ cup of mixed nuts – walnuts, almonds, Brazil nuts, hazelnuts, pine nuts, macadamias, cashews, pistachios
- Cheese and crackers
- Cream cheese and celery sticks
- Crunchy chickpeas
- Edamame
- Hard boiled egg
- Hummus and sliced pepper, carrots, cucumber, or celery
- Hummus and wholegrain crackers
- Make your own trail mix combining dried fruit and nuts
- Popcorn
- Toast with almond butter, sliced bananas, and chia seeds
- Tortillas and guacamole
- (Mix together avocado, a squeeze of lemon juice, salt and pepper)
- Wholegrain crackers and guacamole
Quick and healthy snack ideas – sweet
- Apple slices and peanut butter
- Banana muffins
- Bliss balls
- Carrot cake oatmeal breakfast cookies
- Dark chocolate
- Dark chocolate covered almonds
- Dates
- Fruit salad
- Greek yoghurt and mixed berries
- No bake energy balls
- No bake peanut butter balls
I hope there’s some quick and easy healthy snack ideas here that you’d like to try, and even some that you may like to stock up on and take out with you on your days out.
What quick and healthy snack ideas will you try from this list?
