if you're stuck on ideas for healthy paleo snacks watch this video because I
am sharing with you three ingredients max that you are going to love and if
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delicious Paleo recipes and how these foods can benefit your health so let's
go ahead and jump right into it so the first snack we are making are plantain
chips this is definitely one of my favorite three ingredient snacks I've
made you can definitely change up the seasonings and lately I'm going to show
you the one that I've been using plantains are great because they are
rich in vitamin A and vitamin A really supports healthy eyes and a healthy
immune system they're also loaded with fiber and fiber is what feeds our
healthy good gut bacteria and our gut health is definitely connected to so
many different things like mental health your overall health and well-being in
general so keeping our gut health in check is super important and it's also
really high in potassium and we need potassium for a healthy heart so all I
do is I peel the plantain and then I slice it nice and thin you definitely
don't want to slice it too thick because then they won't get nice and crunchy
like chips there'll be a bit softer so I go ahead and slice the whole thing up
and then we are going to be laying it onto a silicon mat you can also use
parchment paper or if you don't have either of the two just make sure that
you do grease the bottom of the baking sheet because we don't want them to
stick so then I'm just laying them out in a single layer and I found plantains
right next to the bananas in my grocery store in case you're wondering they're
green so they're never gonna be yellow they might look like an unripe in banana
but I would just look at the sign to make sure you're not actually just
grabbing a green banana so I spray it with a little bit of avocado oil I find
that this way it really coats each of them evenly versus having to drizzle on
an oil you get a nice fine layer and then I'm sprinkling it with a bit of
paprika I had plantain chips with paprika at a
restaurant and it gave it such a nice wonderful flavor so I've been putting
that on but you can definitely just do sea salt you could do garlic kind of
whatever you want you bake them off for about 12 minutes at 350 and you have
wonderful crunch plantain chips the next thing we're
making is a very simple blueberry smoothie blueberries are phenomenal
there are great superfood loaded with anthocyanins that's what makes it purple
and then what the anthocyanins do is that helps to increase cognition
promotes longevity and it's also a low sugar fruit which is really great I'm
adding in some almond butter which is a great healthy fat loaded with vitamin E
and helps to make this smoothie more satiating so healthy fats really help to
make you feel satisfied all you do is blend that up with a bit of almond milk
or cashew milk and you have a super simple blueberry smoothie great for your
brain it's slightly sweet because of the blueberries and good for your brain two
men we are making caramelized pecans this is a really great kind of a little
bit of a sweeter snack or you can even add this to salads and other things like
that so I'm combining some pecans some
coconut oil and some coconut sugar in a pan until the sugar and the coconut oil
melts together and coats the pecans pecans are great because they're loaded
with vitamin E they're a healthy fat they also have B vitamins and B vitamins
helped to give us energy but it's also necessary for a lot of different
processes that go on in our body so it's what's called a cofactor so we need all
of those B vitamins and we need that energy it's also a great
anti-inflammatory as well so once your nuts are all coated you just let them
cool until the glaze has hardened and you have these wonderfully slightly
sweet pecans that you can eat on their own or even add to salads the next combo
I have been loving is this pomegranate avocado combo now you guys know how much
of a fan I am of avocado and that's because it is loaded with healthy fats
healthy fats are super great for you super great for your brain for your gut
health for so many things and avocado is honestly such an easy way to get a good
snack in it's also lower in carbohydrates too so if you are doing
keto this month or anything like that this would be great for you and a little
known fact that avocado is actually a fruit I feel like a lot of people don't
know that so I'm sprinkling it with a little bit of sea salt and then I'm
gonna be adding in some pomegranate seeds these ones were frozen but if you
can find a fresh at your grocery store I would do that pomegranate seeds are
great because they're load with vitamin C which helps to promote
collagen for healthy skin healthy gut it's also good for your immune system
and they're loaded with fibers and this is a super simple like ten-second snack
that you can make that tastes so yummy then we are making kind of a quick /
instant smoothie Bowl so this is kind of like when you don't have a lot of time
or ingredients all I do is I combine a scoop of my favorite protein I tend to
use a chocolate one I find those have a lot more flavor in a basic recipe like
this rather than a vanilla so I love doing a chocolate one I add a bit of
almond milk and then you kind of stir it together and you kind of get a pudding
consistency so you can add as little or as much almond milk as you like but I
just add less than a shake and more so it's a bit thicker and then all you have
to do is throw on a little bit of crunch so you get that really satisfying
texture so I'm using some grain free granola but you can use cacao nibs
coconut chips any kind of nuts but the great thing about this is you get
protein you get healthy fats you get that satisfying a crunch and it's really
quick and easy to make you don't have to spend time making a big smoothie Bowl so
now you have some delicious healthy paleo snack ideas that you can make that
are only three ingredients if you're looking for more healthy snack ideas I
will leave my healthy snacks playlist right here that has tons more ideas for
you there so definitely check that out after this video and let me know if you
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