5 Simple Ideas for Healthy Snacks at Work

With an eight-hour workday, we definitely need to eat 2 and sometimes even 3 meals at work. Take for example the case where the working hours are 9-17 hours.

If breakfast was at 8 a.m., and if you follow the nutritionist’s recommendations that it’s healthy to eat every 2-3 hours, the next meal should be around 11, the next at 2, and then one when you get home from work. If you have lunch at 2pm, 11am is definitely a good time for a snack.

But then what to eat if you can’t leave work?

We bring you 5 suggestions for simple and delicious snacks that you can prepare and eat very quickly. And along the way they are nutritionally very good and will help you maintain a healthy weight.

Cottage Cheese Stuffed Peppers

Ingredients:

2 red peppers
100 g of cottage cheese
spices as desired: salt, pepper, basil, fresh parsley, turmeric

Procedure:

Cut the peppers along the top and then lengthwise and take the seeds out. Stir the spices into the cottage cheese and fill the pepper halves with the mixture. You can take them with you in a sealed container and eat before meals or eat right after making them.

Apple and Nut “Sandwiches”

Ingredients:

1 apple
2 tablespoons peanut butter
2 teaspoons nuts (chopped)

Procedure:

Cut the apple into slices or rings, a few millimeters thick. Spread a layer of peanut butter (or almond / cashew nut butter) on each piece and sprinkle the top with chopped nuts, dried fruit or chocolate chips.

Vegetable and avocado salad

Ingredients:

1 avocado
4-5 cherry tomatoes
1 small cucumber
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
salt, pepper, if desired

Procedure:

Cut avocado and cucumber into cubes, cherry tomatoes in halves. Put everything in a bowl and add spices. Stir.

Tuna and egg salad

Ingredients:

a handful of lettuce
1 boiled egg
1 tuna in brine
2-3 cherry tomatoes
3 tablespoons sunflower seeds, unsalted and unroasted
1 tablespoon pumpkin oil
1 tablespoon squeezed lemon juice
salt, pepper, if desired

Procedure:

Wash the salad and chop finely. Strain the tuna. Cut cherry tomatoes into halves or quarters. Put all the ingredients in a bowl and mix. Enjoy the flavors.

Cottage cheese with fruits and nuts

Ingredients:

100 g of cottage cheese
1 handful of almonds
100 g of raspberries or other berries

Procedure:

Put each ingredient in your bowl and eat together. Enjoy the fullness of almonds, the refreshing taste of raspberries and the protein-rich grain cheese.