Evening snacks don’t mean fried food or packaged snacks. Inspired by Dr. Pal’s wellness advice, here are five quick, healthy, and filling snack ideas that offer unique nutrition benefits, from protein and fiber to healthy fats and antioxidants.
Evenings are mostly about tea and snacks. However, more often than not, we end up giving in to our cravings and have unhealthy foods for snacks. But snacking can be good and healthy as gastroenterologist Dr Pal says on his Instagram post that evenings don’t have to be about fried food or packaged snacks.
He gives 5 quick and healthy snack ideas that are tasty, filling, and ready in minutes.
Dates and Walnut Cake
This cake is naturally sweet, energy boosting and guilt free. Walnuts also have most omega 3 fats of any nut, the kind your body can not make. They help lower blood pressure, support your heart, and even boost our good gut bacteria.
Ingredients: Dates, milk, wheat or oats flour, eggs, walnuts, baking powder, chocolate chips (optional)
Recipe:
Blend dates and warm milk.
Mix with remaining ingredients
Pour into loaf tin, top with walnuts
Bake for 30-35 mins at 180 degrees
Roasted Masala Chickpeas
It is a crunchy, high protein snack.
Ingredients: Boiled chickpeas, turmeric, chilli powder, salt.
Recipe:
Toss chickpeas with spices
Spread on a tray and bake 20-25 mins at 180 degrees until crispy
Peanut and Jaggery Balls
This is a sweet, filling and very simple to make snack.
Ingredients: Roasted peanuts (dry roasted no oil), jaggery.
Recipe:
Grind peanuts coarsely
Mix with jaggery powder
Roll into bite-sized balls
Oats and Banana Cookies
These are chewy, fiber-rich and naturally sweet. Oats are packed with several essential nutrients and vitamins that can support your heart health, support weight loss, lower blood sugar, alleviate childhood asthama and improve digestion. Bananas have high potassium content, which plays a vital role in muscle contraction and preventing cramps.
Ingredients:1 ripe banana (mashed), 1 cup oats, 1 egg, pinch of cinnamon, 1/2 tsp baking powder
Recipe:
Mash banana and mix all ingredients
Scoop and flatten on tray
Bake 12-25 mins at 180 degrees
Roasted Makhana (fox nuts) Crunch
It makes for a light, crunchy and antioxidant-rich snack
Ingredients: Makhana, pinch of salt, turmeric, chili powder.
Recipe:
Dry roast makhanas in a non-stick pan until crisp.
Toss with spices. Cool and enjoy.
Among these five snacks, roasted chickpeas serve as the top protein option because they provide sustained energy and help with muscle recovery. The combination of oats and banana cookies together with chickpeas offers a complete fiber solution that promotes digestion while helping you maintain your fullness throughout the day.
The dates and walnut cake together with the peanut-jaggery balls provide a healthy fats option that delivers energy through nutrient-rich ingredients and heart-healthy oils. The most weightless snack choice available to you is roasted makhana, which provides a crunchy texture and antioxidant benefits while maintaining low calorie content for a guilt-free snacking.
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