Very Delicious Healthy Snacks You Can Do Yourself
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When you are craving for a snack, which food do you try to get a hold of? Potato chips and candy? What if you want be healthy? It can be hard to find snacks that are both healthy and tasty particularly if you are used to reaching for highly sugared or salted snacks. Keep reading to learn how to put together snacks that are nutritious and that gratify your cravings. The following are foods you can indulge in while you watch your diet and weight. Doesn't that seem too good to be really true? See for yourself!
Super yummy dipped pretzels are a great snack that you can indulge in that won't make you feel like you are limited in terms of calorie count or meal size while still eating your favorite tastes. Microwave a half a cup's worth of semi sweet chocolate until it has reached the melting point. This will take about two minutes to accomplish and ensure that you stir it really well before using. Dip low salt or low sodium pretzels into the melted chocolate until they are well covered and then set them on parchment in a single layer. Let them cool at room temperature or put them in the fridge for roughly 20 minutes.
Yummy Tortilla Chips are something that, believe it or not, you can whip on your own at home. Tortilla chips, when you buy them from the store, are usually loaded down with an insane amount of salt and aren't really very good for you. For this healthy recipe, you'll be making use of corn tortillas to make your own chips. Gather at least ten corn tortillas and cut them in six parts. Set the pieces onto a baking sheet and then spray it with a mix of canola oil, a quarter teaspoon of chili powder, a half a teaspoon of cumin, and a quarter teaspoon of sea salt. Coat the pieces totally and then bake them in an oven at 350 degrees for abut 15 minutes. Let them cool down totally before you eat them.
Make some delicious caramel corn! You probably think that, due to the extremely high sugar and calorie count, there's no way that the caramel corn can be good for you. Try making this (much better) recipe instead. In a big pot, melt two tablespoons of butter and blend in two tablespoons of brown sugar, 1/4 teaspoon of kosher salt, and a tablespoon of water. Try using a whisk to mix all the ingredients and then add seven cups of air popped popcorn into the pot. If you enjoy lightly salted peanuts, mix in ounce or so of those as well. Mix all if it together until the popcorn (and nuts) is coated equally and then allow it to cool before eating it.
If you don't mind doing a little of research, you can find plenty of snack recipes that are nutritious and good for you and that also have not so many calories or unhealthy ingredients. There are all varieties of alternatives for super nutritious and tasty snacks out there. You only need to find the patience to search them out and prepare them yourself. It shouldn't be tough to be healthy. It's in your power to do it!
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