I don’t know about where you’re reading this from, but here in Washington, DC it’s hot as hell. And when it’s this hot I don’t want to cook. Turning on the oven or the stove is pretty much the last thing I want to do, but I also want to eat yummy good foods. Enter the snack plate.
Snack plates are ideal because you don’t have to cook anything, you get to eat your favorite foods, they’re pretty healthy, and they’re super quick.
My formula for building a snack plate is pretty straightforward:
A protein (I like to buy the pre-cooked grilled chicken at Trader Joe’s but I’ll also use leftovers from the night before)
A vegetable or two (my go-tos are snap peas and tomatoes and then whatever roasted/grilled veggies I have left over)
Leftovers (lol I know, but this is a different category because it can be anything–in the picture above it’s salad from lunch the day before)
Crackers or bread (I’m not currently eating gluten so these are cauliflower cheese crisps and they’re delicious)
A dip (hummus is my usual go-to but I also love guacamole or salsa or whatever I have on hand)
As you can tell, this is really just a way to make leftovers a little more exciting and a way not to turn on the stove. But I do find it helpful to have a little formula/checklist for how to build out the plate, so I figured why not share that with you all?!
Do you have a favorite way to build a snack plate? Anything I should be including in mine?
xoxo,
J
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