Snack Time!

After breakfast comes a snack...


I like to eat about 5 small meals a day and I try and eat them at the same time each day (weekends are a bit tricky because everything is out of sync - so I am not so strict with myself, although I still try and avoid the foods I am allergic to wherever possible because I know that I will not be feeling good for the next four days as it takes that long for the bad for to leave the body.)


So, how it works for me is: I eat breakfast at 8:30am, a snack at 10:30am, lunch at 12:30pm, a snack at 3:30pm and then dinner at about 7pm.


When I first started on this diet, snacks also had me a bit stumped - especially the variety part - but now I have them down pat and get soooo excited when it's snack time!


Some examples of the snacks I enjoy are:

• Nuts - cashew, almonds (raw, unsalted)
• Roasted chickpeas
• Popcorn
• Vegetable crisps like sweet potato and beetroot with a dip
• Nachos and a dip
• Fruit such as pear, apple, plum, nectarine, kiwi fruit
• Carrot/cucumber sticks and a dip
• Biltong (be careful to avoid biltong with vinegar if you are allergic to yeast)

Butternut Crisps

Roasted Chickpeas:  (These are a nice alternative to nuts)

• Rinse chickpeas and dry them
• Lay them on a tinfoil covered baking tray
• Coat them lightly in peanut oil and Vital yeast-free soya sauce
• Add some paprika for a bit of spice and some french herbs
• Roast in the oven for about 10 minutes to an hour depending on how crunchy you want them (be careful not to burn the chickpeas)
• Wait for them to cool down and enjoy!

Roasted Chickpeas

Savoury Popcorn:

• Buy the popcorn kernels and not the microwave popcorn
• I like to use olive oil for cooking
• Don't overcook popcorn because it tastes hideous when burnt
• Sprinkle over flavourings of your choice. I use "Nature's Choice Herbal Salt", which I buy from Dischem

DIPS: My favourite tool in my kitchen is my little hand-held all-in-one blender and chopper. I use it to make all my dips.


Avo Dip:

• Blend together avo, lemon, salt and pepper until smooth

Hummus: (No Garlic) 

• Blend together chickpeas, olive oil, tahini paste or sesame seeds, lemon juice, salt and pepper until smooth
• Add cumin as an additional option

Hummus with Nachos

Sorrel and Tofu Dip:

• This dip is best made with the creamy tofu from Woolies
• Blend together grape seed oil, sorrel, tofu, french herbs, lemon juice, salt and pepper until smooth

Butterbean Dip:

•  Blend together butterbeans, lemon-infused olive oil (Willowcreek), herbal salt, pepper and lime juice until smooth

OR

• Blend together butterbeans, avo oil, dried rosemary, lemon juice, salt and pepper until smooth

Aubergine Dip:

• Roast aubergine in the oven with sesame oil, paprika and herbal salt until tender
• Scoop out of skin and place in blender
• Add ginger (Woolies - tube), salt and pepper and blend until smooth

I hope that I have helped you see snack time in a different light and that you start to become as excited about it as I am.


Until we chat again, enjoy snacking the healthy way! :)