If for ethical or health reasons you’ve decided to try a vegan diet, you may think that snacks are a definite no-no. However, with a bit of imagination and planning during your weekly shop, these are all vegan-friendly snacks you can eat when you’re on the go and hunger strikes or if you need a quick boost before or after a workout.
- A rice cake spread with some peanut or other nut butter.
- Some ripe melon, skin and seeds discarded and the flesh chopped into chunks. This will keep for a couple of days in a covered bowl in the fridge. If you like, mix in a little chopped stem ginger in syrup.
- A packet of vegetable crisps or plain popcorn.
- A couple of fruit leather yoyos.
- A handful of almonds and/or some dried fruit – raisins, sultanas, banana chips or ready to eat dried prunes or apricots.
- Baby carrots (choose organic carrots with the tops still on for the best flavour) or plain breadsticks, served with hummus.
- Crushed avocado on sourdough toast with a squeeze of lemon, and finely chopped chilli or basil.
- A bowl of granola with soya or almond milk.
- Baked sweet potato wedges – drizzle with olive oil and a pinch of cumin, cayenne pepper, paprika and salt and bake at 400°C until cooked. Serve with sauce (for example, Mr Organic Tomato Ketchup).
- Halved cherry tomatoes, sprinkled with a little olive oil and oven roasted or cooked in a covered saucepan until thick, seasoned and served on crisp sourdough or granary toast, rubbed with a clove of garlic (optional).
- A fruit smoothie made by blending a banana with some soft fruit (raspberries, strawberries or a chopped peach), adding some orange or apple juice and blending again.
- A pot of vegan dairy-free “yoghurt” made with either soya or coconut, such as Alpro or Koko, from major supermarkets.
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