Who says healthy can’t be delicious? Here are easy recipes for healthy homemade snacks for work and for school that are absolutely scrumptious and totally good for you!
(If you’d rather drink your way to health, check out How to Make Turmeric Golden Milk and How to Make Fresh Lemon Ginger Tea. Both drinks are perfect for winter too!)
And just like that, it’s 2019. I can almost hear our collective “how did that happen?” sigh! A new year, a new me, or maybe just the same old me but a little wiser?
I don’t do resolutions anymore; I just start little things that I hope turn into habits..character…destiny…you know how that goes.
So let’s end the year on a high note and start the new year right, shall we?
For our last quarterly roundup of 2018, I have a round-up of recipes for you that are delicious and won’t make you feel guilty about having more than 1 (or 2) – healthy homemade snacks for work, for school, for road trips, for when you’re watching TV or reading a book or online shopping or just about any time you’re hungry!
Healthy Homemade Snacks for Work and School!
Who says healthy can’t be delicious? Here are healthy homemade snacks for work and for school that are absolutely scrumptious and totally good for you! They’re delicious and easy to make, you’ll want to reach for them just about any time you’re hungry. From bars to energy balls to apple chips, snack without the guilt
Healthy Homemade Snacks for Work and School: Cookies
Who doesn’t love cookies? I bet we all had our fair share of cookies over the holidays but these cookies are packed with the good stuff; you’d want them all year-round.
These superfood breakfast cookies are not your typical cookies. Packed with nutrient rich ingredients like goji berries and chia seeds, these cookies are not only delicious, they’re also good for you!
These are a simple two-bite sized dessert, made with only 5-ingredients and no flour, eggs, or oil. Use up your ripe bananas and satisfy your chocolate cravings at the same time!
Quick and easy dessert idea made with whole wheat flour. Perfect snack for school or work.
Healthy Homemade Snacks for Work and School: Bars
I’ve always seen bars as cookies but lower maintenance lol. They are easier to make (no scooping or rolling) but just as good!
A super healthy flapjack recipe using gluten-free oats, pumpkin seeds and hemp seeds. Also called a granola bar, oat bar or muesli bar depending on where you live in the world.
Everything you need for breakfast: oats, peanut butter and a little bit of chocolate! These healthier oatmeal peanut butter chocolate chip breakfast bars are low in sugar and so filling!
Packed full of nuts, seeds, dried fruit, and oats, these perfectly sweet superfood oat bars are gluten-free, dairy-free, and make the best snack ever!
Healthy peanut butter breakfast bars will satisfy your morning sweet tooth with wholesome cereal, honey, peanut butter, and oatmeal.
Healthy Homemade Snacks for Work and School: Energy Balls
When I first saw energy balls I thought they were going to be a fad that people are going to forget in a few months. But they are definitely here to stay! And for good reason.
Energy balls are very easy to make and packed with so much nutrients - who knew so much goodness can come out of a 1-inch ball?
Cashew-ginger protein energy balls: a quick energy ball recipe using oats, cashews, ginger powder, protein powder, chia, etc. Perfect for snack or light breakfast.
Healthy snacks don't need to be boring and tasteless! Strawberry fudge energy date balls are delicious little paleo, Whole30(ish) nutrition powerhouses.
Craving something sweet but healthy? Then grab one of these easy No Bake Easy Peanut Butter Coconut Balls. They're quick to make and they're delicious!
An easy recipe packed with plant based protein and healthy fats, these bite-sized chocolates are low in sugar, gluten free, dairy free, vegan, and grain free.
These are the perfect little treat for yourself and take less than 10 minutes to prepare.
Healthy Homemade Snacks for Work and School: Other Goodies
Still not convinced? Try these healthy and delicious recipes.
Frozen yogurt granola cups are cold, refreshing and good for you. The perfect summer snacks! Made with just 2 basic ingredients but customizable in so many ways, they’re fun to make and even funner to eat.
There is only one basic granola recipe you need to remember. Master this and you can mix and match your favourite ingredients for countless homemade granola possibilities!
These cinnamon apple chips are low in calories, high in fibre, and actually taste good!
Which one of these healthy homemade snacks are you trying first?
Happy New Year!
This year had its ups and downs, happily mostly ups, and we consider ourselves blessed beyond measure. I wish you and yours a most wonderful year ahead!
See you in 2019. Thank you for coming along on this ride with me.
Happy new year!
Did you make any of these healthy homemade snacks? Which one is your favourite? I’d love to hear from you in the comments section below.
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Alin
Friday 7th of August 2020
I needed a list of healthy snacks so bad!! This is great - will make one of the energy balls first!! Thank you!
Arlene Mobley
Saturday 5th of January 2019
You can never have enough healthy snack recipes on hand!
Jason
Friday 4th of January 2019
Just started a new diet for the new year and the sugar cravings are already killing me. Can’t wait to try some of these!
Di HIckman
Friday 4th of January 2019
BIG fan of energy balls in our house. I love them, my preferred variation is with lots of coconut, and cacao.I stopped making them though because they got too good. Can't help but pop one in your mouth everytime you pass the fridge!
Jolina
Tuesday 8th of January 2019
That sounds yummy! I love the combination of coconut and cacao.
Crystal Mendez
Friday 4th of January 2019
The apple chips look good! I bet my kids would eat those up. I don't do resolutions at the new year either. Just keep going with my monthly goals.
Jolina
Tuesday 8th of January 2019
Me too :)