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Fiery quail’s eggs tapas

This is really easy to make and frankly if you’re feeling like a quick snack for yourself just switch it up for a chicken egg. I slow fried the quail eggs in margarine, bad i know but I shouldn’t have butter. I then mixed some rocket n thin strips of cucumber with a lil sesame oil n lemon. I placed it on some toasted whole wheat bread with a lil tahini. Topped with the egg which I then saltnpeppered w/ some sesame seeds. The red oil is from this chilli black paste I got in the asian supermarket, but you can replace with Sriracha if you want too! 

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Обеденный перекус. Салат по-Тбилисски и макароны с запечённой рыбой (горбуша).

Lunch snack. Tbilisi salad and pasta with baked fish (pink salmon).

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Reasons You Should Eat Fruit For Lunch

Fruits are an excellent lunch food for everyone because they make healthy snacks and desserts.Eating fruit on a lunch time can decrease appetite for the actual meal. The fructose found in the fruit supplies a quick energy boost and the fibre creates a feeling of fullness.

Late Lunch If lunch is late, keep the peace with a quartered orange or a dish of fresh pineapple chunks. Both have lots of potassium and fibre. Oranges are high in vitamin C and folate. Dried fruit is another good hold-over that is nutritious. Fruit as fat prevention When you know that a lunch is not going to be the healthy meal you prefer to serve yourself a mini meal of fresh fruit, Mix chopped watermelon, carrots, paw paw and banana chunks into a quick fruit salad. That keeps ones blood sugar on a moderate level until the fat food or high calorie sauces are served. You will eat less unhealthy food, too.

Choose Fresh Fruits Packaged fruit juices, smoothies and fruit snacks often have additives like honey or fruit juice concentrate; both of them gain calories without adding nutritional value. By selecting fresh fruits you will add needed calories and nutritional value. Regulate Your Digestion If you start your lunch with unsweetened grapefruit or grapefruit juice, you will easily regulate your digestion. Dietary Fibre  Consume any high fibre fruits for lunch. Eat pears, apples and berries for a significant amount of dietary fibre and water content. This is especially good for those trying to lose some weight or keep fit. During lunch and throughout the day include all kinds of fruits unsweetened and mostly fresh. Nuts and seeds are healthful garnishes for fruit, consume them in moderation.

The beauty of it is no one needs to know you’d rather skip the saturated fat they slaved over. 

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Avocado and Spinach Grilled Cheese Sandwich

YUM YUM YUM! oh my! this grilled cheese recipe is so gorgeously delicious that just thinking about it makes my mouth water! The spinach and avo combo is one of my favorite and here the softness and rich taste of the avocado is highlighted by the flavor of warm spinach and the gooeyness of the melted cheese. Every bite of this sandwich is an absolute delight. It made my day!

Hope you try it and love it too!

Recipe

Serves 1

Ingredients:

-2 slices of whole wheat bread

-1/2 avocado

-a handful of baby spinach

-cream cheese

-1 tbs of goat cheese

-salt, to taste

Directions:

-Spread cream cheese on both slices.

-Slice avocado and place on one slice. Cover with leaves of baby spinach. Add goat cheese, grossly chopped. Salt. Cover with second slice of bread.

-Oil a pan and heat one side of sandwich. Drizzle more olive oil on other side. Flip sandwich and heat on other side. Flip again until grilled to your liking.

-Slice sandwich in half and serve on a plate with a side salad.

Bon Appétit!

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Care for a Lunch Snack? Healthy Snack Suggestions for Lunch Hour

If you are the type of person who does not go on a day without snacking, you need to make sure that the lunch snack you eat everyday are healthy more than anything else. When it comes to your daily lunch hour, we all want to reach for that savoury pack of chips or that sweet serving of chocolate fudge ice cream to cleanse our palates. However, if we indulge always during snack hour, we might bid and kiss our size 3 skirts goodbye and say hello to a size 6. Healthy snacking options are important especially if you want variation and you want to keep your figures intact while you are at it.

Dried fruits

A dried fruit snack such as a dried mango, a dried orange or a dried strawberry can be a very satisfying and filling lunch snack. Fruits are a great source of vitamin C, antioxidants and other important vitamins and minerals to keep you going and doing your job from 8 in the morning until 5 in the afternoon. Indulging on a pack of dried mango contains significantly less in calories compared to snacking on a bag of potato chips that you have a habit of eating with dips on the side. Make dried fruits a constant in your list of snack varieties. After all, you can never go wrong with natural and organic food choices.

Peanuts

They say that peanuts are actually a good form of brain food, and snacking on these during lunch hour can help you stay alert – both physically and mentally. Peanuts are packed with good calories that you can easily burn within the day. There are greaseless and unsalted peanuts that you can devour that can provide the same snacking sensation as a bag of sinful potato chips. You can even go further as having peanut butter on your whole wheat bagels if you want to have a filling snack.

Dark chocolates

If there is anything good in this world, it has to be dark chocolates (well, among other many things). Dark chocolates are packed with antioxidants and contain significantly less calories than your regular milk chocolate variety. The darker your chocolates are, the healthier and less sugar it contains. For people who are always on the lookout for their figures, gorging on dark chocolates is a good option. Moreover, eating dark chocolates is known to produce endorphins or happy hormones. If ever you find yourself feeling the blues during snack hour, consider a bar of dark chocolates instead of a fat and mean greasy cheeseburger from your office’s neighbourhood burger joint. If you want variety, choose dried mango snacks covered with dark chocolate for a filling and satisfying snack.

    Yogurts

Ice creams are happy food, and yogurts are just the same but with less calories. Reach for your yogurt during snacking hour so you do not load extra on calories, carbohydrates and other complex sugars that you would normally get by eating just a tiny serving of dairy ice cream. Enjoy your cup of yogurt with your choice of cut-up fruits or drizzle it with some dark chocolate syrup for that sweet component. Yogurts also make for a great lunch snack as it is easy to buy, carry and enjoy.

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Lunch Snack Options for those on the Go

Busy people are probably those that have the strongest excuse not to eat healthy. However, that should not be the case since there are a lot of healthy food options that anyone can eat as part of their main courses or even as a lunch snack. What are these snacking options that are best for those who are always on the go?

Fruits

Whether the natural kind or the dried variety, having fruits as a lunch snack is beneficial as these are bursting with vitamins and minerals that you need to function well during the day. Since there are a lot of fruits that are fun size such as blueberries, strawberries and grapes to name a few, you can easily fit these fruits inside a resealable plastic bag and bring it with you inside your bag. If you are not quite fond with natural fruits, go for dried fruits instead as these are generally more fitted for snacking more than anything. Choose from different flavours such as dried mango, dried strawberries, dried apples, dried kiwis and dried orange peels for your snack hour.

Yogurt

Instead of lusting over a tall glass of milkshake, 2 servings of Thai tea gelato, or a cafe latte with whipped cream on top, it is best to settle with yogurt instead given its vitamins, antioxidants and fibre content. Yogurt is a healthier choice if you want something creamy during snack break. If you are not quite happy eating yogurt as is, eat it with your favourite cereals for that crunch. You can also include some fruits such as blueberries, strawberries, dried mango and even kiwis for that added flavour and texture. What makes yogurt great as a snacking alternative is that you can find it anywhere even in your local 24/7 convenience store outlet.

Wheat crackers and jam

If you are hypoglycaemic and you always need a snack that can bring your sugar levels back to normal, it is best to keep wheat crackers and a pack of jam with you so you always stay alert and attentive before the gruelling day ends. Wheat crackers, like yogurt, are rich in fibre, which makes it an even great snacking option whenever you feel your hunger pangs kicking in.

Sliced vegetables

Instead of reaching for that bag of chips, create your own chips by slicing vegetables into thin chip-like pieces. Cut carrots and cucumbers into bite-size pieces. You might also want to prepare your own dip of blue cheese or yogurt for that tangy flavour to your vegetables. If you are not fond of eating vegetables in general, cutting it into chip-like shapes can do the trick. Eating dried fruits such as dried mango or dried apples can do the trick as well if you are not fond of eating natural fruits.

Pack of nuts, almonds or pistachios

A great crunch always makes for a satisfying snack. Have packs of nuts, greaseless almonds or pistachios in your bag whenever you go so you have the source of carbohydrates and energy when you most need it. With nuts, greaseless almonds and pistachios as lunch snack, you can have your source of protein wherever you go without necessarily spending on expensive protein shakes and fatty and greasy burgers.  

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Making a Pledge to Healthy Snack: What are the Benefits?

Anyone can definitely appreciate mangoes or even an assuming piece of dried mango fruit. It is probably one of the popular fruits enjoyed by many in the world since its sweetness and sourness are balanced well in between. As a yummy treat, it is also a rich source of antioxidants (in the form of phenols), iron, Vitamin C, Vitamin E, Selenium and even Calcium. If there is an abundance of fresh mangoes in your house, it might be nice to spend some time in the kitchen and do your own batch of dried mangoes.

                  Although a dried mango is always processed and manufactured through dehydration, attempting a DIY dried mango project at home is definitely worth the try. Again, if mangoes are in abundance in your household, then there is absolutely nothing to lose with this DIY fruit snack project. For a DIY dried mangoes project, of course you will need a bunch of ripe mangoes ready on your kitchen table. Cut the cheeks of the mangoes up to the seed core in the middle. That way, you will have a significant amount of mango chunks to scoop out. Put the chunks of mangoes inside a food processor and wait for it to be pureed. Once the mangoes have been pureed, spread it over a cookie sheet pan lined with wax paper. Spread the pureed mango evenly and bake it inside an oven. Lining the cookie sheet pan with wax paper allows the moisture content of the mangoes to be absorbed by the paper, which is the underlying principle of dehydrating mangoes in order to produce packs of dried mango for snacking.

        If you want a DIY dried mangoes project alternative, you can go for a more traditionally-tested recipe. For this other DIY option, you will need pureed mangoes as well but you will need to add a few teaspoons of salt. Mix the mango puree with salt over low heat, and then once it has cooled down; place 2 tablespoons-full of the mixture on a plastic. It is best that you have several small plastic squares on top of a table while you do this. Spread the 2 tablespoons of mango and salt mixture, and then dry all of them under the sun for about 4 hours. Once you see that the mixture has somehow hardened itself and that it has turned slightly brown, and then you take it inside your house to cool it down altogether. It will look more like candied mangoes but can be as enjoyable and satisfying as dried mangoes. Go here for more.

If you do not have the time to make your dried mango snack inside your own kitchen, of course the option to buy dried mango whether from the supermarket or from an online store that carries organic fruit snacks is always available. If you buy dried mango, you have to make sure that you will check the date when it was manufactured. That way, you can be sure that it is fresh for your snacking pleasure even if you did not prepare it yourself.