Healthy Snacks- Healthy office snack options

There are some healthy snack options that you can easily take along to your office, school, college or whenever you are traveling. Now, you are already familiar with these foods. But it is all about combining them in the right way so that your snack becomes balanced and your body feels satiated. Take apple for ab example. If you eat one apple that might not be enough to suppress your hunger. Now, if you eat two apples that would actually be an overdose of carbohydrates. Now, combining this apple with peanut butter or roasted peanuts will actually make you satiated very easily. Psychologically and scientifically, when we combine two or more foods our body feels more satiated. All the snack options that we going to discuss are on the same lines. Moreover, these foods are cheap and easily available in the market throughout the year. These snack options are for one and all. It doesn't matter if you workout or not, you are a man or woman, young or old. It is for everybody. Most importantly, these snack options will help you stay away from the unhealthy food outside. Now, in India no snack is complete without tea. And i promise, you can include Indian tea or green tea with any of these snack options. Just make sure that you should keep sugar to minimum. If possible, use natural sweeteners like stevia. So without any further delay, let's get started. 

First is Makhane, also known as Phool Makhane or Lotus seeds. Now my mother is head over heels in love with makhane. She takes them to her workplace everyday and she tell me these are so filling, so crunchy that it feels like having popcorn. Now Lotus seeds are very healthy. They are low in calories and rich in minerals. They are also high in fibre and have some amount of protein as well. They are super loaded. So it becomes a great snacking option for somebody who is suffering from high blood pressure. You can just roast them in kadhai with a pinch of salt or microvawe them for a few minutes. Trust me you will live them. In my opinion, makhane are satiating in itself but if you want you can have one handful of unsalted roasted peanuts along with them 

Second is, bhuna chana or roasted chickpeas. Now, they are also extremely filling and very tasty. Roasted chickpeas are a great source of complex carbohydrates and also have some amount of protein . Even after consuming 2 large handfuls of roasted chickpeas, you will hardly get 15 grams of carbohydrates but your stomach will be full. So you can combine them with one handful of unsalted roasted peanuts to get healthy fats and some amount of protein. 

Third option is, Fruits and Nuts. You can choose any fruit apple, banana, orange or whatever seasonal fruits that are available around you. And combinethem with one handful of nuts like badam, cashews, walnuts, peanuts etc. now you are getting carbohydrates from fruits and healthy fats and protein from the nuts. All in all it becomes a well balanced, filling and nutritious snack options. 

Fourth is, Banana peanut butter roti. Take one whole wheat roti and apply one tablespoon of peanut butter on it. Ass one banana after cutting in small pieces to it & you can just roll it and have it. It is a very tasty, filling and nutritious snack option. 

Fifth is, Carrots and cucumbers. Now only carrots and cucumbers may not be enough to fill your tummy. So you can actually add two handful of unsalted roasted chickpeas and one handful of unsalted roasted peanuts along with it. Nownyou are getting vitamins and minerals from carrots and cucumbers, carbohydrates and some amount of protein from chickpeas and healthy fats and again some amount of protein from peanuts. This is how you combine the foods to make your snack filling and balanced. 

Sixth is, My favourite boiled Chana Chaat. It is very easy to prepare. All you need is to boil the chana and add onion, tomato, cucumbers and season it with salt, pepper, tomato ketchup and lemon. Just mix it well and it is ready to go. You need not boil chana everyday. You can boil it in bulk and store in refrigerator for 7 days. There can be a lot of variations to this chaat. Instead of using black chana, you can even use chole, rajma or sprouts. 

These are so.e healthy snack options you can keep them handy always.