Foods you should always have at home
It is very common to have moments of hunger or desire to eat and if we do not have anything healthy within our reach, we can end up resorting to products that are not recommended for regular consumption such as chips, pastries or fatty sausages. For these moments it is good to always have at home certain foods that can calm our hunger throughout the day and even that can serve as quick and easy to prepare for lunch or dinner.
In this article we will see a series of foods that should always be present in your pantry or refrigerator:
Nuts
The nuts are a very good option. Of course, when buying them, look at their labeling and make sure they do not have salt or sugar added, as it is quite common and would no longer be so healthy. Choose the ones you like the most: nuts, almonds, cashews, hazelnuts, pistachios. Although you have probably heard that they are very caloric, they are foods with high satiating power, which displaces the consumption of other less recommendable ones and makes them also useful in control diets or weight loss, besides presenting benefits for cardiovascular health
Yoghurts and cereals
A satisfying and healthy couple is the one formed by yoghurts and cereals, as long as we monitor the quality of both. The best option for our yogurt is that it is natural, without sugar or sweetener (if you opt for a vegetable yogurt, choose it without flavor and as little sugar as possible) and, in the case of cereals, better if they are whole and without chocolate or fruit sugary (the best thing is that we opt for the simple flakes of some cereal, for example, oats, wheat or spelled). Then we can add an ounce of dark chocolate and a piece of fruit if we want it to have even more flavor.
Fruit
Let's not forget the fruit. A piece of whole fruit can never be missing at home, it is the simplest, some do not even have to peel them so they will not take time or effort.
Wholemeal bread
You can also choose a good whole grain bread and prepare a toast with avocado, olive oil and tomato or paprika, arugula or spinach and olive oil, there are many options.
Accessories for lunch or dinner
If some meals or dinners leave you hungry or are not as complete as they should be, you can add certain foods that complement that intake:
The vegetable can never be missing at home, whether fresh or frozen. You can make a vegetable salad in less than 5 minutes or cook some frozen vegetables in a short time, they will help us to be more satiated. Remember that there should always be a serving of vegetables in the food and another at dinner, try not to neglect their consumption.
In the pantry we can always have whole grain pasta and rice and other cereals such as buckwheat, which do not need soaking and can complement a meal based on vegetables and meat or fish, for example, or we can add them to soups to make them a little more satisfying.
We can always use the fruit as a dessert or add it to salads to obtain an extra point of fiber and satiety.
A cooked egg, passed through water or grilled is a very good quality food that we can add to our vegetables, for example, to make a more complete dish.
As you can see, it is simply to have healthy food always available at home, either in the fridge or in the pantry, and even in the freezer, to be used in times of hunger or to make our meals more complete.