By Kayla Menkes
The extremely busy lives of high school students have posed a challenge for teenagers to find the time to make healthy options for themselves. Grabbing a bag of chips from the snack cabinet is much less time consuming than cooking a bowl of vegetables. This is why many students choose the unhealthy eating route. With these 5 recipes, teenagers will be able to eat healthy while minimizing their snack preparation time.
Mixed Berries Smoothie
Ingredients:
- 1 cup of frozen mixed berries
- 1 cup of almond milk or soy milk
- ½ of a medium banana
Directions
- Pour the fruit, milk and banana into a blender
- Blend the ingredients for one minute
- Pour the smoothie into a cup and enjoy!
Total Preparation Time:
4 Minutes
Apple Sandwiches
Ingredients
- 1 Apple
- 2 Tablespoons of Peanut Butter/ Soy Butter
- ¼ cup Granola
- ¼ cup Chocolate Chips
Directions
- Cut the apple across twice to make 2 thin apple slices
- Core the apple slices
- Spread the peanut butter or soy buy onto one of the apple slices
- Spread out granola, chocolate chips and any other toppings onto the apple slice
- Place the other apple slice onto the slice with toppings, and create your apple sandwich
Total Preparation Time:
3 Minutes
Yogurt Parfait
Ingredients
- ¼ cup of raspberries
- ¼ cup of strawberries
- ¼ cup of blueberries
- ½ cup of granola
- 3/4 cup of vanilla greek yogurt
Directions
- Place ¼ cup of yogurt into a cup
- Please a total of ¼ cup of raspberries, strawberries, and blueberries on top of the yogurt
- Place another ¼ cup of yogurt on top of the berries
- Place a total of ¼ cup of raspberries, strawberries, and blueberries on top of the yogurt
- Place another ¼ cup of yogurt on top of the berries
- Place the remaining berries and granola on top of the yogurt
Total Prep Time:
5 Minutes
Peanut Butter Celery Sticks
Ingredients:
- 2 Celery sticks
- 2 Tablespoons of peanut butter/ soy butter
- ½ cup of raisins
Directions
- Cut each celery stick in half so you have 4 smaller celery sticks
- Spread peanut or soy butter onto each stick of celery
- Pour as many raisins as desired on top of the peanut butter
Total Prep Time:
2 Minutes
Avocado Toast
Ingredients:
- 1 Avocado
- 2 Pieces of Whole Wheat Toast
- Salt and Pepper
- Lemon Juice
Directions
- Place the 2 slices of bread in the toaster for 2 minutes
- Peel, cut and mash the avocado
- Mix in a pinch of salt and pepper into the avocado
- Add a teaspoon of lemon juice to the avocado
- Place the avocado mix onto the whole wheat bread
Total Prep Time:
5 Minutes