Quick & Simple Healthy Afternoon Snack

This week’s Friday Favorite is a quick & healthy afternoon snack featuring a simple hardboiled egg topped with one of my favorite pesto sauces.

Friday Favorite

I’m bringing back my Friday Favorite Series. I don’t know about you but I love seeing people recommend new favorite items – recipes, ingredients, spice, etc.

So each week I’m trying to share a new “favorite” of mine. It can be a simple ingredient that I’ve been loving or a favorite recipe I’ve been making at home.

You can read more about my Friday Favorite series here.

Healthy Afternoon Snack

I’m pretty good at meal planning each week for lunch and dinner ideas. We don’t always follow the plan 100% but for the most part it runs pretty smoothly.

Since my kids have gone back to school, I’ve been trying to follow a dedicated schedule to work on expanding The Domestic Dietitian. However, with 3 different school drop off/pick up times sometimes I find myself needing a quick and simple healthy afternoon snack.

When pressed for time, I don’t want to grab something like pretzels or an apple that will just leave me hungry again in an hour. Instead, I wanted to plan a few snack that meet the following criteria –

• quick and simple
• flavorful (otherwise what is the point?)
• a bit of healthy fats and protein to keep me full
• can be eaten in the car during school pick up

Hardboiled Eggs with Pesto

In as little as 11 minutes, I can hard boil a few eggs on Sunday and have them in the fridge for weekday snacks.

But I find plain old hardboiled eggs to get a little boring after awhile. So one day I added a spoonful of this Vegan Kale, Cashew & Basil Pesto from Trader Joe’s.

Game changed!

It was so good! I just used it straight out of the fridge (i.e. cold). It was flavorful and perfect with the hardboiled egg.

Vegan Kale, Cashew & Basil Pesto

This pesto from Trader Joe’s has been a favorite of mine for months now. It is absolutely so full of flavor. It tastes great on pasta, fish, chicken, steak, shrimp, and (obviously) hardboiled eggs.

As with all foods, I like to look at the ingredient list. This pesto is made with real ingredients, which is something I strive for. The ingredients include –

• kale
• olive oil
• water
• basil
• cashew butter (made of cashews, sunflower oil)
• garlic
• lemon juice
• sea salt
• black pepper

Simple ingredients, tons of flavor. You know what you are getting with this pesto.

Need More Healthy Snack Ideas?

I have a great collection of snack ideas over on my Healthy Snack Pinterest Board.