Back into routine - easy, healthy snack ideas

Varsity started again today, and it couldn't have come sooner. Although I obviously love holidays, I am extremely glad to get back into routine. Not only do holidays steal my money, they steal my healthy-eating weight-losing progress.

When you're in routine, it is much easier to plan your meals and make sure that you are eating healthily. Because you wake up at the same time everyday, you can have breakfast at the same time everyday. In the holidays I sometimes only have breakfast at lunchtime because I wake up so late!

My friends used to make fun of me in high school (and they still do now, too) about how many lunch boxes fill up my bag. Has nobody heard that it's better to eat lots of small meals than 3 big meals per day?! Here are some quick and easy ideas for a snack at school.

Fruit
Taking an apple, banana or naartjie to school is great when you want something small and sweet - and they don't take up a lot of space! 
I don't know if it's just me, but eating an apple that has been cut into pieces just tastes different. Put some lemon juice on the apple slices before you put them in a lunch box, as this keeps them from going brown.
Don't forget about the other fruits hey! There are few things that compare to a soft, sweet, juicy pear. My mom also cuts up fresh pineapple for me, as well as kiwis when they're in season. Don't forget about fruits such as strawberries, litchis, grapes, guavas, nectarines, peaches, apricots, watermelon, sweet melon, spanspek, the list goes on.

Nuts
Peanuts and raisins are always good, but there are lots of other yummy nuts out there as well! Have you ever tried pistachio nuts? My word, are they divine. Cashews are a bit sweeter, and macadamias are nice and salty. Most Pick 'n Pays have a stand where you can choose the nuts you want yourself and scoop them into a bakkie.

Dippers
Carrots, baby tomatos, cucumber sticks, baby mielies, peppers - all of these veggies make super yummy dippers. You can dip them in cream cheese, a mixture of mayo and sweet chilli sauce, humus, or anything else your heart desires.

Fingers
This is basically a salad that you can eat with your fingers. All of the veggies I mentioned before, as well as gherkins, mushrooms, olives, fetta, blocks of cheese, cut up pieces of sausage, chicken nuggets, pieces of ham or salami - basically anything that's bite sized and not messy.

Provitas
My dear friend Zina got me addicted to Provitas spread with peanut butter. It really is such a fab teatime treat! 
Slices of cheese are also great on Provitas, as well as cream cheese or any other spread.
You can basically use Provitas as a piece of toast and pile on the ham, cheese, tomato - the works. The more, the yummier! 
Another favourite of mine is tuna mayo with raw onion mixed in. This spread on a Provita really is top notch. If you like green pepper, throw a few pieces of that in too.

Biltong
Who doesn't love biltong?! (my mom... haha - more for me!) Biltong comes in lots of different forms. You can have droewors, sticks, or just normal, plain old, heavenly biltong. Becuase it's a bit expensive, when I do get biltong I only get a few pieces, but it really is an amazing snack.

Remember to pace yourself, because eating all your food by first break and having to watch your friends eat sucks - and leads to you thinking you're hungry again (but probably are just lus) and you end up asking them for some. Eat when you're hungry, not when you're bored. 

Please feel free to send me your snacking ideas as well, I'd love to try them out and share them. 
Here's to a happy, healthy week of snacking! 
Roxy X