Making healthy snacks is a great way to ensure that you eat right. When you make your own snacks, you get to experiment with flavors and textures to create exactly the snacks you want. You also can generally make healthier snacks – a better alternative to chips and other not-so-healthy snacks. Here are some great snack ideas to get you started:

Mini Open-Faced Canapes

These tasty miniature sandwiches are a perfect snack and are pretty enough to be served as party food, too. You can adapt them and change them up just by changing the types of cheese and nuts you use. This recipe makes about 12 mini canapes.

Ingredients:

  • 90 grams of soft cheese, such as cream cheese or brie
  • Chopped green onions, to taste
  • ? cup sun-dried tomatoes, chopped
  • ? baguette, sliced and toasted lightly
  • ? cup chopped nuts, such as walnuts
  • ? cup raisins

How to put it all together:

  1. Soften the cheese by heating slightly and stir in the raisins, nuts, and green onions until well combined.
  2. Spread the cheese mixture over the slices of baguette and top with sun-dried tomatoes.

Mini Sweet Pizzas

These pizzas are great when you crave something sweet but something a little unusual. The pizzas are packed with proteins and are a healthy snack.

Ingredients:

  • 10 small miniature pita breads
  • 1/2 cup peanut butter
  • ? cup chopped nuts, such as walnuts or almonds
  • 2 tablespoons chocolate hazelnut spread
  • ? cup of mixed dried fruit (dried strawberries, dried mangoes and dried blueberries work well, although any mix of dried fruit can be tasty)

How to put it all together:

  1. Warm pita breads very slightly in a toaster over or in a warm oven for a few minutes.
  2. Spread the peanut butter and then the hazelnut spread all over one side of each pita bread, putting an equal amount of spread on each pizza.
  3. Sprinkle each pizza with nuts and dried fruit. Serve warm.

Sweet Chewy Treats

These treats are easy to digest, high in fiber and nutrients, and are a real hit with kids. This recipe makes about 16 treats.

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup mixed nuts
  • ? cup dried figs
  • 8 dried dates, without seeds or pits
  • 1 cup raisins (or dried fruit of your choice)
  • 1 cup shredded coconut

How to put it all together:

  1. Combine nuts, figs, dates and raisins in a food processor or blender until the mixture becomes sticky and can hold a shape. You may need to add more nuts for this to happen.
  2. Roll the mixture into 16 balls. Roll each ball in the coconut until well coated.

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