Don’t have an afternoon snack that’s just coffee, see ?! And much less skip the afternoon snack and go from lunch to dinner without eating anything! The ideal is that meals are prepared every 3 hours, in order to guarantee the correct functioning of the organism.
To reconcile the hectic routine with the need to eat in that time frame, how about trying some quick and easy recipes for an afternoon snack? Look that:
Quick and easy afternoon snack recipes
Homemade Cheese Bread
Time: 50 min
Performance: 12 units
Difficulty: easy
ingredients
- 1 box of sour cream
- 1 cup of sour cornstarch
- 1 cup Minas cheese (half cured)
Method of preparation
Mix all the ingredients, make the gnocchi, put them in a mold and cook for about 20 minutes. Serve immediately.
Pineapple ice cream pavé
Time: 30 minutes
Performance: 8 servings
Difficulty: easy
ingredients
- 1.5 liters of pineapple ice cream
- Pineapple slices to decorate
- 1 packet of champagne cookies (150 g)
- 400 g or 1 jar of chopped pineapple in syrup (reserve the syrup)
- 1 cup of marshmallow ice cream topping
Method of preparation
Remove the ice cream from the freezer 15 minutes before using it. Moisten the cookies in the pineapple syrup set aside and line the bottom of a medium refractory. Make a layer of ice cream, a layer of pineapple, another layer of biscuits and finish with the ice cream. Spread the marshmallow glaze and garnish with pineapple slices. Serve immediately or keep in the freezer until ready to serve.
Subway chicken sandwich
Time: 20 min
Performance: 10 servings
Difficulty: easy
ingredients
- 1 chicken breast, cooked and shredded
- 1 cup (tea) of mayonnaise
- 1/2 cup (s) of chopped celery
- 1 grated carrot
- Salt and black pepper to taste
- Green chilli, chopped to taste
- 1 meter of bread, cut in half
- 2 thinly sliced tomatoes
- 1/2 onion cut into thin rings
- 8 chopped lettuce leaves
Method of preparation
Take the cooked and chopped chicken breast, mix it with the mayonnaise, chopped celery, grated carrot, salt, pepper, parsley and make a pate. Open the panettone, spread the already seasoned chicken paté, place the tomato slices, onion, chopped lettuce on top and close the bread. Cut into 10 slices and serve.
Ball of chickpeas
Time: 30 minutes
Performance: 20 servings
Difficulty: easy
ingredients
- 1 tablespoon of chopped parsley
- 2 cups of chickpeas (cooked)
- 1 egg
- 2 tablespoons of wheat flour
- 1 clove of squeezed garlic
- Salt and black pepper to taste
- Fry oil
Method of preparation
In a bowl, with a fork, mash the green-smelling chickpeas. Mix the egg, garlic, flour, salt and pepper to taste. Make balls with the dough and fry them until golden brown. Drain on absorbent paper and serve.
omelette muffin
Time: 30 minutes
Performance: 12 servings
Difficulty: easy
ingredients
- 5 eggs (yolks and egg whites separated)
- 4 tablespoons of milk
- 1 teaspoon of baking powder
- 2 tablespoons of wheat flour
- 1/3 cup cheese (diced)
- 1 grated courgette
- 1 skinless and seeded tomato, diced
- 2 tablespoons of chopped fresh basil
- Salt and black pepper to taste
- margarine to grease
- 6 tablespoons of grated Parmesan cheese
Method of preparation
In a bowl, with a fork, beat the egg yolks with the milk, baking powder and flour. Beat the egg whites with a whisk or whisk. Mix the egg yolks carefully, proceeding from bottom to top.
Add the cheese, courgettes, tomato, basil, salt and pepper and mix gently with a spoon.
Pour into greased muffin molds and sprinkle with Parmesan. Bake in a preheated oven for 15 minutes or until golden brown and leavened. Turn out and serve.
Banana mug cake
Time: 5 minutes
Performance: 3 units
Difficulty: easy
ingredients
- 3 tablespoons of sugar
- 1 mashed ripe banana
- 2 tablespoons of oat bran
- 1 egg
- 2 tablespoons of wheat flour
- 1 tablespoon of oil
- 4 tablespoons of milk
- 1 teaspoon (coffee) of baking powder
- Chopped banana for garnish
- 1 pinch of ground cinnamon
Method of preparation
In a bowl, mix all the ingredients with a wire whisk. Pour into a porcelain cup with a capacity of 300ml and microwave at maximum power for 3 minutes. Garnish with the chopped banana and serve.
Natural sandwich
Time: 20 min
Performance: 4 units
Difficulty: easy
ingredients
- 1 boiled carrot
- 1 cup of store-bought mayonnaise
- 1 teaspoon of salt
- 8 slices of bread
- 8 slices of smoked turkey breast
- 4 washed lettuce leaves
- 2 sliced tomatoes
Method of preparation
In a bowl, mash the carrots with the mayonnaise and salt to form a pate. Spread this pate on the slices of bread. Assemble each sandwich with two slices of turkey breast, one of lettuce and one of tomato, close, secure with toothpicks and serve immediately.
apple pancakes
Time: 30 minutes
Performance: 25 units
Difficulty: easy
ingredients
- 1 cup (tea) of sugar
- 2 cups of flour (wheat)
- 1 teaspoon of baking powder
- 4 seedless apples, cut into cubes
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup (tea) of milk
- Fry oil
- Powdered sugar and cinnamon for sprinkling
Method of preparation
In a bowl, mix the flour, sugar and yeast. Make a hole in the center, add the egg and gradually add the milk, stirring with a spoon until smooth. Add the apples and mix. If necessary, add more milk. Make balls and fry them in hot oil until golden brown. Drain on absorbent paper, sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon and serve immediately.
quick mini cake
Time: 30 minutes
Performance: 10 servings
Difficulty: easy
ingredients
- 1 pack of tortillas
- 3 tablespoons of oil
- Parsley leaves to decorate
Filling
- 1 beaten egg
- 200 g of raw ham
- 200 g of grated cheese
- 100 g of sliced mushrooms
- 1/2 box of sour cream
Method of preparation
In a bowl, mix all the ingredients for the filling and set aside. Line cake molds with tortilla-like dough, brush with olive oil and bake in a preheated medium oven for 3 minutes. Remove from the oven, divide the filling into molds and return to the oven for another 5 minutes. Remove from the oven, remove from the mold, decorate with parsley leaves and serve.
Source: Terra
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