Easy snack ideas you need to know this holiday!

Megan Dimitriades

School holidays?
Weekend away?
Routine is no where to be found!
 
Here are some healthy snack ideas to help keep those eating habits in check when routine is not on our side and you still want to ensure your child, and you, have a balance of protein, carb and fat in your everyday meals and snacks. Grazing is nobody’s friend so even though you don’t have a specific routine let's keep the goal for the holiday period: to have as stable glucose as possible!

Here are some ideas and recipes to freshen up your holiday snack artillery.
 
Snack ideas:

• Biltong and dry wors sticks
• Orange slices
• Strawberries and or blueberries
• Nuts
• Egg Muffin Frittata
• Cheese blocks on a stick or give child tooth pick to stab the cheese and can add in some baby tomatoes
• Cut up slices veggies (matchstick carrots, cucumber sticks, peppers) with cream cheese, yoghurt and avocado dip or hummus – all depending on the age of your child and what they like to eat

 
Quick Recipe: Grain-Free Chocolate Brownies (Gluten Free)

Ingredients
1 cup almond butter
½ cup coconut sugar(brown sugar)
2 tbs milk
2 tbs coconut oil (melted)
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
½ cup cocoa
¾ cup almond flower
½ tsp baking powder
½ cup chocolate chips (optional)
Preheat oven to 180 degress celsius

Method
Pour all wet ingredients into large mixing bowl
Whisk together
Add dry ingredients and mix together
Bake for 22-25minutes depending on whether you like gooey or well baked
12 servings

Nutritional content with chocolate chips
324Kcal
19g Carb
24.3g fat
6,8g protein
 
Nutritional content without chocolate chips
277kCal
13.9g Carbs
21.6g Fat
6.1g Protein
* Recipe credit @cocobeanliving

​Quick Recipe: Tortilla Sausage Rolls
 
Ingredients:
2 tortillas
400-500g sausages (beef, pork or chicken)
1 egg
Tsp sesame seeds

Method:
Lay out tortilla
Take sausage meat from casing and lay half out on each tortilla lengthways across
Roll the tortilla up and cut into approx. 3cm slices
Lay out on a greased baking tray
Brush with egg and sprinkle teaspoon of sesame seeds on top
Bake in 200 degree celsius oven for 20-25minutes

Nutritional info per slices (5 slices per tortilla)
99kcal
3.7g carb
6g fat
4.1g protein
 
Quick Recipe: Yoghurt Bark

Ingredients
2 cups plain Greek yoghurt
1 cup strawberries

Method
Line a baking tray with baking paper
Pour 1.5 cups of yoghurt into tray
Add  ½ cup  yoghurt  to the food processor with the strawberries
Pour strawberry mixture into yoghurt in baking tray and use a spoon to make swirling patterns
Cut slices of strawberries on top for decoration
Freeze for 4 hours
Serves 4 people
(Can add honey for additional sweetness but if strawberries are sweet there is no need)

Nutritional content per ¼ tray
118Kcal
10.9g carbs
7.5g fat
6,8g protein