Backpack Snacks
Simple and delicious recipes for healthy backpack food.
If you’re looking for something healthy to stick in your kids school bags, or wanting a high energy snack for hiking, cycling or rambling - the following recipes provide you with something tasty and nutritious that will give you the boost of energy needed to get you through the day. Each recipe is simple to prepare and is a good size for fitting easily into spare backpack pockets and spaces. The nature of the ingredients also means that they will keep safely for a few days at a time. 1. Backpack nut and seed mix Make a mix of your favourite unsalted nuts and seeds. To make them taste a little bit more special try lightly toasting them in the over, or in a shallow frying pan (without oil). You could also add some dried fruit to your mix to provide a natural sweetness. Try experimenting with mixes using selections from: Nuts: peanuts, cashew nuts, macadamia nuts, almonds, hazelnuts, walnuts. Seeds: sesame seeds, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds. Dried fruits: apricots, raisins, sultanas, cranberries, blueberries. 2. Fresh fruit Fresh fruit is refreshing and is a convenient size for your backpack. The best fruits for your backpack are: Bananas, oranges, apples, pears, tangerines, clementines and satsumas. Remember that some fruit can bruise easily so be careful what you pick and to choose carefully where you place fruit in your backpack. Try and keep fruit that bruises easily at the top of your pack, or in a pocket, where it’s close to hand and away from being damaged by other content in your backpack. 3. Dried fruit Dried fruit is much easier to store in your backpack and can keep for longer. Allowing you to also choose much more exotic varieties of fruit. Another beauty of dried fruit is that you can add it to other foods to make them more interesting. A handful of apricots in with some nuts, or raisins in your breakfast porridge. The selection of dried fruit available is vast and can be found easily in most supermarkets and health stores. Dried fruit: pineapple, mango, apple, cranberries, dates, blueberries, banana, figs. 4. Cheese Having a snack sized piece of cheese can be just the thing to boost flagging energy levels. Pack small bite sized pieces of a hard cheese, such as cheddar, in your backpack ready for those energy emergencies. Cheese is ideal for taking away for a day. However, it’s not recommended to store cheese in a backpack for any length of time. Apart from becoming quite smelly it will also start to develop mould. Also avoid soft cheeses in your backpack as these have a tendency to melt and start smelling. Ideal hard cheese include: Cheddar, Edam, Cheshire. Some stores stock small sized cheese, like Edam, which is completely covered in a wax coating, which make them perfect for storing in your backpack.Other Good Backpack Food
