Nourishing Snack at 4 - 5 pm

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With lunch at 12 and supper at 7.30 roughly on working days, I need to have a small snack in between to tidy me over and to exercise with energy.

Usually, I would have table spoon peanut butter and a small glass of milk.

What else can I have, lower in calories but still filling?

a banana (not very ripe) and coffee (americano or latte depends how hungry I’m),
low fat soft cheese and some breadsticks this time with black coffee

Boiled egg.

A couple of hardboiled eggs or a portion of full fat Greek yoghurt. Something higher in fat and protein and lower in carbs will help to keep your blood sugar stable.

I would suggest a slice of wholegrain toast topped with mashed banana

I have greek yogurt and chia seeds

Houmus and breadsticks

You eat a spoon of peanut butter? Isn't that the most cloying thing in the world?

Edamame beans? Can buy frozen ones and just defrost a portion.

Can you not just eat dinner earlier? I have found that bringing meal times earlier I snack less, not that healthy snacks are an issue. That is a big gap between lunch and dinner.

Fruit - Apple or banana
My sister likes Apple with peanut butter
some kind of nuts
non sugary cereal

Handful of Brazil nuts or almonds

You can't just defrost them - you have to cook them for 5 minutes.

Thanks for posting this. I was thinking of doing something similar. Out the house 12 hours when work in the office and this month its 3 days. Really struggle at 3ish and we have biscuits for meetings around and very tempting. Wldnt normally have breakfast until 10ish at home and lunch at say 2 so don't pick as much. Need something to keep me going before I get home.

The issue I have is by 5pm I would be really hungry and a piece of fruit wouldn't satisfy me.

I have brunch (but in reality just an early lunch!) around 11 on my working days and we eat dinner at about 8ish. At 4 when ds comes home from school I make a little snack plate for both of us to share, some crackers and cheese, fruit cut up nicely and artfully arranged 😂 and something like biscuits or a little pot of maltesers or squashies - just whatever’s lying around in the cupboard. It’s a nice little pick me up between my meals and stops me from getting the rage at 5pm. It’s similar but different every day and gives me a break from my computer and 10 minutes to chat to ds about his day plus I know I’m nearly finished my working day so it just puts me in such a great mood!
Maybe not what you had in mind though.

Boiled egg is best. Often it's thin sliced ham and a chunk of cheese!

PB and a few bits of apple is good but a whole apple and PB is too much.

Fruit and nuts (not in chocolate!), wholegrain toast with oil and tomato, maybe some cheese. Humus with carrot/celery sticks, avocado toast, egg on toast

Handful of almonds and an espresso? I find almonds really satisfying.

A low calorie hot chocolate knocks the sweet cravings on the head

Babybel light

Veg sticks and hummus

Low fat cottage cheese and ranch flavouring

Ham and cheese rolls ups

Half an avocado and bagel seasoning

Greek yoghurt and berries

I'd have low fat hummus on oatcakes and some cashew nuts.

I always just defrost them by running them under water. They defrost quickly and are fine to eat. You don't need to cook them.

I'm giving my daughter soup after school at the moment. Great in cold weather

So often I’ve seen on Mumsnet
“A spoonful of peanut butter as a snack” 😆
Never in real life.

anyway- if you’re exercising before tea time and need some energy. I guess depends how much, but I would probably have some peppers, carrots, cucumber etc choooed up in a lunchbox with some humous. Or Greek yogurt with sweet chilli sauce.

In reality I exercise a lot so can get away with a lot more than that. Nuts, cup a soup and bread, toast, cereal, instant porridge pot. Random stuff like that.

I have: Greek yoghurt plus nuts/seeds/fruit
or
Rivita thins with cottage cheese and apple.

A light babybel (42 Cals and 5g protein)

A kvarg protein yoghurt (around 90 cals depending on flavour and 18g protein)

A banana

Small cheese sandwich. No need for sugary biscuits which is what I had before kicking the habit. Find it keeps going me going until dinner.