Summer Snacks Ideas – The Best Quick and Easy Healthy Snack Recipes to make and perfect grab and go options.
Summer Snacks
These healthy summer snacks ideas will keep the whole family nourished on a hot day, and the best part is that little to no effort is required for most of these nutritious snacks.
As soon as the summer break starts, my kids seem to be hungry all day long, so I tend to keep my kitchen well stocked with a whole range of foods that I know they’ll like and that are actually good for them.
Fresh Fruit
Make the most of the summer fruit and snack on a piece of fruit or make fruit salads with fresh strawberries and other summer fruit bounty to enjoy as a quick snack.
You could also enjoy popular fruit treats such as a whole banana or apple slices spread with cream cheese, peanut butter, nut butters or your favorite spread or dip.
Healthy Summer Salad Snacks
Cool down with fresh veggies on a hot summer day simply by snacking on sliced cucumber, cherry tomatoes, celery sticks and baby carrots or making a simple salad such as my easy cucumber salad, creamy corn salad or the above pictured creamy broccoli salad.
Hard-Boiled Egg
I like to prepare a bowl of hard boiled eggs each weekend as a great way to have instant grab and go quick summer snacks that are full of healthy fats and high in grams of protein, and can be enjoyed as is or made into an egg salad or devilled eggs.
Healthy Summer Cheese Snacks
We love to snack on different flavors of cheese including cheddar, mozzarella, parmesan cheese and string cheese.
I’ll often put together a summer snack board or snack platter filled with a choice of cheeses and some meats and dips too.
Smoothie Bowls
A healthy alternative to sweet treats is to make nutritious smoothies like green smoothies or smoothie bowls that you can infuse and top with healthy, simple ingredients like Greek Yogurt, almond milk, coconut milk, nuts, seeds, dark chocolate chips and your favorite fruit.
Trail Mix – Healthy Summer Snacks
Enjoy your favorite nuts and seeds as a simple snack, or a fun way to enjoy the health benefits of the nutritious foods is to put together a trail mix of all of your favorites to snack on as needed for much needed healthy fat, protein and fiber through the warmer weather.
Rice Cakes
You’ll find rice cakes that are both plain and unflavored and that are topped with dark chocolate, yogurt and other tempting toppings make quick and healthy summer snack ideas.
Enjoy as is or topped with your topping of choice such as butter, peanut butter, jam, cottage cheese or cream cheese.
Healthy Chips
Opt for healthy chips from the grocery store as the perfect snack to grab and go. Choose from sweet potato chips, tortilla chips or lentil chips.
No Bake Peanut Butter Cookies
These no bake peanut butter cookies make a delicious snack that’s full of simple, whole foods.
The no bake treats are quick to prepare and can be ready and waiting in the fridge for you for when sweet cravings strike and you’re wanting a healthier alternative to packaged treats.
Homemade Granola Bars
My kids adore these homemade granola bars, and the good news is that they have only 4 wholesome ingredients and make a healthy sweet snack to satisfy any taste buds.
Homemade Ice Cream
You can easily create No Churn Ice Cream without an ice cream maker that you can enjoy instead of store bought ice cream that’s usually full of added sugar and other not so natural ingredients.
Best Summer Snacks Video
Here’s the video with some of my go to healthy snacks that I keep in my kitchen to enjoy through the summer months. Hit play below or click here to watch on YouTube.
