6 healthy snacks for any time

Making these delicious snacks at home allows you to choose good quality ingredients and make the variations you want.

When we try to eat a healthy diet, we tend to take into account what we eat at breakfast, lunch and dinner, but we forget about the rest of the meals. It is precisely at mid-morning and mid-afternoon when more transgressions are usually committed.

If we have not taken the precaution of taking a piece of fruit or nuts when leaving home, it is very likely that we will end up buying pastries or some easily accessible processed food.

Trying to have healthy snacks prepared will allow you to maintain your healthy diet throughout the day.

1. ALMONDS

Ingredients:

• 140 grams of whole spelt flour
• 10 grams of grated almonds
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 50 grams of sage syrup
• 25 grams of sunflower oil
• 50 ml water or vegetable milk

Preparation (35 minutes):

1. In a bowl mix the flour, grated almond and baking soda.
2. In the center a hole is opened to pour the sage syrup, sunflower oil and water or vegetable milk.
3. The dough is worked and stretched with the roller on a floured surface.
4. On baking paper, it is cut into squares.
5. Bake 20 minutes over medium heat.
6. To make them shiny, they are painted with vegetable milk before baking.

2. RICE PANCAKES

Ingredients:

• 50 grams of short-grain rice
• 100 ml olive oil
• 100 ml sugar to make caramel
• 150 grams of chocolate

Preparation (40 minutes + overnight rest):

1. The rice is cooked for 25 minutes, so that it passes, and then washed and drained.
2. The oven is heated to 100 °C and turned off.
3. Spread the grains on the tray and let them dry overnight.
4. The next day, they are fried in very hot olive oil so that they swell and drained into absorbent paper.
5. In a flat mold they are bathed with warm caramel and pressed to unite.
6. Then the pancakes are trimmed.
7. The chocolate is melted in a water bath to bathe them.

3. MARZIPAN APRICOTS

Ingredients:

• 1 vanilla pod
• 12 apricot apricots, better if they are organic
• 75 grams of cane sugar
• 100 grams of grated almonds

Preparation:

1. 100 ml of boiling water is brought to a boil with the vanilla pod.
2. The apricot apricots are opened in half.
3. They are left 5 minutes in the infusion to rehydrate.
4. The vanilla is removed, drained and with the liquid and sugar a thick syrup is prepared.
5. The almonds are incorporated and stir well.
6. The apricots are filled with this consistent cream.

4. FRUITY FLAN

Ingredients:

• 2 tablespoons agar-agar powder
• 2 oranges, in juice
• 2 tablespoons apple syrup
• 150 grams of tofu
• 3 kiwis
• 1 pomegranate, to decorate

Preparation (10 minutes + 1 hour rest):

1. The agar-agar powder is boiled in about 100 ml of water for 5 minutes, to dissolve it.
2. Add the juice of the oranges, the 2 tablespoons of apple syrup and the tofu crushed with a fork.
3. Pour the mixture into 3 cups, distribute the kiwis cut into slices and place some on top to decorate.
4. Let stand for an hour, until set.
5. To create contrast, they can be splashed with pomegranate.

5. CHOCOLENAS

Ingredients:

• 1 soy yogurt
• 100 ml soy milk
• 100 ml olive oil
• 100 ml agave syrup
• 75 grams of carob flour
• 200 grams of wholemeal flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 25 grams of hazelnuts
• 1 tablespoon cinnamon powder

Preparation (15 minutes + 20 minutes baking):

1. To make these vegan muffins, you beat soy yogurt, soy milk, olive oil and agave syrup.
2. In addition, carob flour, wholemeal flour and baking soda are mixed.
3. Add the mixture to the liquid beating with a wooden spoon until a homogeneous dough is achieved.
4. Then add cinnamon powder and 25 g of crushed hazelnuts.
5. They are baked in muffin molds for 20 minutes at 170 °C.

6. HOMEMADE GRANOLA WITH COCONUT AND SESAME

Ingredients:

• 100 grams of oat flakes
• 150 grams of crushed nuts (walnuts, pine nuts, cashews…)
• 50 grams of grated coconut
• 30 grams of ground sesame
• 50 grams of raisins
• 2 tablespoons sunflower oil
• 2 tablespoons liquid honey

Preparation:

1. Oat flakes, crushed nuts, grated coconut and ground sesame are grilled, stirring from time to time so that they do not burn.
2. When they are toasted, raisins, sunflower oil and liquid honey are added.
3. It is stored in an airtight container and taken with yogurt, milk or vegetable drink.