Healthy Snack Ideas For Summer Entertaining

With the holidays coming up I'm sure everyone's diaries are becoming more and more hectic with end-of-year parties, Book Club Christmas parties and general summer braai's and pool parties. It's really hard to stay healthy and free from bloating when the only options at these social events are chips, boerie rolls and potato salads. An easy way to make sure that there's at least one healthy option for you to snack on, is by being the person who takes it.

Instead of taking a few packets of chips for everyone else to snack on while you try to avert your eyes and wait for the meat and salads at lunch time, make a couple of delicious snack platters at home full of healthy goodness that you can enjoy too. I found these really cool options on Pinterest and will definitely be trying them out this summer.

Avo and boiled egg wraps

Wrap them up small and cut into sushi-sized bites.

Tiny caprese salads

Tomato & mozzarella wrapped in a basil leaf with a splash of balsamic & olive oil.

Cauliflower dip

 Grated raw cauliflower with Bulgarian yogurt, lemon juice, garlic and spring onions.

Thick-cut roasted sweet potato chips.

Prawns on a skewer

 With a little spicy yogurt sauce drizzled over them.

Rainbow fruit salad sticks

Spicy roast chickpeas

Just drain & rinse a tin of chickpeas and pat them dry (make sure they are completely dry). Toss in a tiny bit of olive oil and sprinkle with salt, dried garlic & chilli. Bake at 180 degrees for 30 minutes.

Tiny desserts

 Fruit skewers dipped in organic chocolate.

Yogurt dips (or the cauliflower dip above), served in pepper "bowls" for crudite dipping.