Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Portable Snacks

Crudités
Chopped carrot, celery, cucumber and peppers, raw broccoli, mange tout and baby corn are great ways to fill up on low fat and low sugar nutrient packed foods. Many celebs follow a raw food diet because of this. For a more substantial snack add some hoummas (although be careful as this is high in calories and fat) or home-made salsa (very low-calorie). Again always eat slowly and chew properly.

Vegetable soup
Home made soup is a really low calorie, low fat and low sugar snack that will fill you up and give you slow releasing energy. It also has a high water content, so great for flushing out the toxins. Batch up a load on a Sunday and reheat on the hob before work and put into a flask. Avoid reheating in the microwave as up to 95% of nutrients are killed off when cooked this way. Try Italian minestrone, autumn vegetable, chunky garden vegetable or tomato & herb - around 70 calories a mug!

Chopped salads
A cross between a salsa and a salad and can be made with any of your favourite veggies. Sweetcorn kernels, chopped tomatoes, sunflower seeds, coriander and lime juice or grated carrot, diced yellow peppers, chopped celery, a few chick peas, parsley and lemon juice are great water and nutrient packed foods that will fill you up without piling on the pounds.

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