Healthy Snack Ideas

If you are trying to lose weight you should eat a snack for morning tea and afternoon tea. Snacking means you’ll be less likely to overeat at lunch and dinner, and as an added bonus it boosts your metabolism.

It's advisable to plan your snacks in advance so you have healthy options available. We've listed some ideas below:

Savoury Snacks

- Vegetable sticks (carrot, celery, capsicum and snow peas) with low fat dip such as hummus
- A toasted pita pocket cut into triangles with 2 Tbsp low fat tomato salsa dip
- 3 Ryvita, 4 x 9-Grain Vita-Weats, 2 rice cakes or 5 corn thins topped with 1-2 Tbsp cottage cheese and a slice of low fat cheese or vegemite
- A mini can of baked beans
- A small handful of unsalted raw nuts (30g)
- A small low fat savoury muffin
- Up to 20 rice crackers (plain or flavoured)
- A sushi roll
- An English muffin topped with fresh tomato slices and low fat cheese
- Celery boats filled with cottage cheese, low fat peanut butter or low fat hummus
- Continental Cup of Soup
- 2 cups of cooked microwave popcorn (plain or low fat with flavouring)
- 1/2 – 1 cup salt reduced pretzels
- A snack packet of low fat corn chips (1 snack packet)
- Dried cereal - ¾ cup Mini Wheats or ¼ cup natural muesli

Sweet Snacks

- Two low fat biscuits (Weston Oatmeal, Weight Watchers or Arnott’s Snack Right Full o’Fruit biscuits)
- A slice of raisin toast or multigrain bread
- A piece of fresh or frozen fruit (banana, apple, orange or pineapple)
- A cup of fruit salad (tinned or fresh)
- 200g tub of low fat or diet fruit yoghurt or a 150g tub of Fruche Light
- A pikelet, crumpet or English muffin topped with 100% fruit jam or red gum honey
- A low fat sweet muffin
- An Uncle Toby’s Real Fruit bar
- 200g low fat custard, or half a cup of custard with a piece of fruit or a cup of fruit salad
- Half a scone (fruit or plain, topped with 100% fruit jam)
- A breakfast bar such as Kellogg’s K-Time
- A muesli bar such as Nature’s Own with nuts and seeds

A healthy snack should fill you up for at least two hours, so next time you’re tempted to reach for the biscuit jar at work ask yourself, “Will this fill me up for at least two hours?”. If the answer is no, try some of the options above.