Rewa enjoys a mango-banana smoothie
Watch this page, as we add photos of simple snacks that can be made in a jiffy.
These snacks may require cutting or blending but generally not cooking and are easy to prepare just-in-time, often with kids’ participation, lending a special sparkle to snacktime. They are made of whole foods, usually raw.
To prepare these snacks, the key task is to ensure that you are well-stocked with raw material. Fruits, vegetables, puffed grains, nuts and dry fruits lend to myriad combinations, even with only 2-3 ingredients at a time. A dash of lemon juice and a pinch of salt will add zest to carrots, cucumbers or even boiled garbanzo beans. A bit of nut butter or crushed nuts on top of banana, apple or celery makes a tasty and filling combination. And don’t let me get started about nuts or nut butter and fresh fruit on top of toasted bread. Enchanting!
Send your favourite simple snack ideas to askammanow@gmail.com – include a photo of the snack along with instructions, that should be brief enough to fit into the caption of the photo.
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Great! Please keep posting. Some of these are so simple and even familiar.. yet when inside one of those ravenous bouts, these simple solutions elude and one tends to reach out for the packaged stock, only to feel bloated and guilty 2 seconds later. These ideas need to be refreshed.
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Yes, I am hoping to receive lots of contributions and add, say, 3 new photos every week. Many of these are familiar but a visual menu like this can help us remember them at the time of need. And as readers chime in all of us can get new ideas as well.
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