I bake my own cakes so know the ingredients and tend to have a small slice or cupcake with a coffee. Mostly for healthier snacking I make up tupperware boxes with different items - e.g. a box of green salad leaves with fresh raw garden peas, quartered cherry tomatoes & radishes, fresh baby beetroot, a sprinkling of mixed seeds & a few peanuts; or a winter salad with finely sliced/chopped white cabbage, red cabbage, carrot, different coloured peppers slices of apple, pear, celery, mixed nuts (I share my mixed nuts and monkey nuts with the squirrel!); or fresh fruit salads with as many fruits as I have (cherries & berries with grapes and chunks or different melons is my favourite). Luckily I like most fruits (except avocado pears) so can vary the contents and not get bored with any combination, and can have sweet fruits or citrus ones or a mixture. Sometimes I'll add slices of boiled egg or ham or a few prawns but usually veggie variations. I find these foods take longer to eat so the snack lasts a lot longer than having a few biscuits etc. I also like that I can pick at it - meaning there will be times I only want a few mouthfuls and other times I'll work my way through the box during a film. If I need extras for my snacking I'll either add something like an oven-baked roll to my salad or have a toasted hot cross bun with honey or jam.
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