Healthy snacks: This is how you can satisfy a small hunger in between without chocolate and cookies

Instead of snacking on cookies, chocolate and chips, are you looking for healthy alternatives?

Here are snack ideas for those who are hungry.

Are you familiar with this: You have only recently started work and is it still far too long before your lunch break *?

Or lunch is rather spartan and now you want to

?

Reaching for

now

would be a convenient option: many people are currently working in the

, the snack drawer is not far away and colleagues cannot throw you critical looks.

Still,

.

Right now you probably have less exercise and a high calorie diet - too much fat or sugar will sooner or later make itself felt.

Better to use

!

Healthy snacks: fruit and vegetables in handy portions

For

, you can access safely.

They contain few calories, but vitamins and other nutrients.

When shopping every week, always buy a few

to snack on.

If you don't have the time to chop up in your day-to-day work, prepare the healthy snack in the morning: carrots are good in stick form, apples are almost even better when cut in wedges than whole.

Stow the prepared fruit or vegetables in small cans or glasses and keep them within easy reach in the refrigerator.

Then you have no excuse in the afternoon to go to the biscuit drawer instead.

With vegetable sticks, you can also use a

.

Also read:

Healthy snacks for those with a sweet tooth: How to make Energy Balls yourself

Fruit and vegetables just don't suit your taste?

No problem, there are other

.

How about some homemade energy balls?

These are small, bite-sized balls that you

, for example dates, almonds, cashew nuts or desiccated coconut.

There are countless recipes, just try out what you like best.

You need a

for preparation

, but you can also make the energy balls yourself in the Thermomix.

.

So you have a tasty supply of candy alternatives.

Here is a

:

• Grind

  120 g mixed nuts

  (such as hazelnuts, cashews or

  Brazil nuts

  ) into small pieces.

• Add

  100 g pitted dates, 30 g almond butter, 20 g finely ground almonds and 20 g fine oat flakes

  and mix everything together until a crumbly mixture is formed.

• Shape them into small balls.

• You can

  roll

  the balls in

  cocoa powder

  or

  coconut flakes,

  if you like.

You

can also make healthy

yourself, as bars that you buy often contain too much sugar.

Here you will find a healthy granola bar recipe to try out.

And if you have absolutely no time to do it yourself, but want to buy something ready to snack on, another tip: Reach for

.

You can also spread a little cottage cheese on them.

Also interesting:

Hearty snack for in between - but healthy thanks to avocado

If you feel like something hearty in between when you're hungry, the superfood avocado might be the right thing.

Avocados provide you with

and biotin.

a delicious

meals

, which is quick and easy to prepare:

• Mash half an

  avocado

  with a fork.

• Mix the avocado with 2 tablespoons of

  cream cheese

  and 2 teaspoons of

  lemon juice

  .

• Now

  season

  with a little

  salt

  .

From now on there are no more excuses.

Of course, you can treat yourself to cookies, cakes and chocolate every now and then.

But you can also use

for snacks in between

and make a lot of things yourself quickly at home.

Read more:

What to do if you crave chips and chocolate?

What to do if you crave chips and chocolate?

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