Simple Evening Snacks for Winter Days

A very welcome guest, the North Indian winter has extended its stay this year, and we are not complaining. Food, fashion and fun – you can indulge in more of all three of in winters. Food especially becomes all the more delectable in winters as you have a multitude of interesting and elaborate preparations. However, some people prefer simple evening snacks over the heavier options.  
Snacking in winter is also more frequent as the body burns calories faster to keep it warm. You feel hungry more frequently and hence the urge to munch on something or the other. Sandwiches, noodles, corn, and chaat are definitely yummy and good occasionally, but you should not forget to have fruits in winters as the body needs all the nutrition to keep it warm and fight infections. You can have them in many forms like fruit salad, chaat, juice or simply as fruit snack available in the market.

Sandwiches Make for The Best Simple Evening Snacks In Winter
Sandwiches are the first option when it comes to snacking due to the wide variety of options. More and more people these days prefer healthier brown bread or multigrain sandwich. You can make your snack even healthier by avoiding jam or butter and adding cheese spread, cheese slices, paneer, spinach, tomatoes and other vegetables.

Oodles of Noodles in Winter
Noodles are another favourite snack that you can have throughout the day. Use Atta (whole wheat) noodles rather than maida (refined flour) ones. Add lots of green vegetables and carrot to your noodles. Putting tofu in your noodles adds the extra protein. Go easy on salt and fry your noodles in less oil.
Kaun Kaun Hai Corn Ka Deewana
Corn can be eaten in many ways as well and is one of the most delicious and nutritious snacks. You can have boiled sweet corn (Bhutta or chhalli) roasted corn or even corn chaat. You can flavour your corn with different spices to suit your taste. Lemon juice is another healthy addition to your corn snack.

Chat over Chaat & Chai in Winter
Chaat is an evergreen, traditional simple evening snack and people just love it. There are ways to make your chaat a healthier meal. Use baked or boiled potatoes instead of fried ones. Add dahi (curd) to your chaat. Flavour it with coriander leaves, mint, herbs and spices.

Fruits of Winter
Fruits, of course, are the best and healthiest simple evening snacks. Eat seasonal fruits raw or make them into salads. Use honey as dressing along with a tiny spoon of jam. Fruit chaats with spices add that extra zing to them. Fruit juice is everyone’s favourite, but you must not strain it to discard the fibre. You can also have packaged fruits snacks available in the market.

So these are some simple evening snacks to enjoy the chill with. Try them any time of the
day and keep experimenting with your food and snacks.

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