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Raspberry Snack Recipes
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Looking for Raspberry Snack Recipes to make with those delectable fruits you have on hand?

What constitutes a "snack"?

Wikipedia defines a snack as follows:

A snack food (commonly called a snack) is seen in Western culture as a type of food not meant to be eaten as a main meal of the day – breakfast, lunch, or dinner – but rather to assuage a person's hunger between these meals, providing a brief supply of energy for the body. The term may also refer to a food item consumed between meals purely for the enjoyment of its taste.

Traditionally snacks were prepared from ingredients commonly available in the home, often leftovers, sandwiches made from cold cuts, nuts, fruit, and the like. The Dagwood sandwich was originally the humorous result of a cartoon character's desire for large snacks. Beverages are not considered real snacks, especially coffee. The only instance in which a beverage constitutes a snack is if it possesses a substantive food item (e.g., strawberries, bananas, kiwis, raspberries) and then blended to create a smoothie.

Using raspberries alone as snacks, or using recipes made with raspberries are very good choices for snack food because raspberries are very nutritious and low in calories!

Raspberries rank in the top 10 antioxidant-high fruits and vegetables! They possess almost 50% higher antioxidant activity than strawberries. Antioxidants are believed to help prevent and repair oxidative stress, a process that damages body cells and has been linked to the development of diseases such as cancer, heart disease and Alzheimer's disease.

Raspberries also provide important anti-inflammatories, including anthocyanins (the pigments in red, purple and blue fruits), which are believed to help reduce cardiovascular disease and diabetes, help to improve eyesight and memory functions.

Eating raspberries as a snack is also a great way to avoid dips in your blood sugar levels. Your diet plays a very important role in controlling diabetes.

I LOVE using raspberries as snacks for my family, especially knowing the nutritional value they are getting by eating the snacks. Healthy snacks are the Best Snacks! Fresh Raspberries and other fresh fruit, dipped in home-made fruit dip is one of the most healthiest snacks, bursting in flavour and in nutrients!

There are many different Raspberry Snack Recipes throughout this website that I use as "snack food". They are indexed at the bottom of this page. So, whether you are looking for snacks for the children's lunch bag, or a picnic, or while watching a movie, or whenever...anytime...can be "RASPBERRY Snack Time"!

Here follows an easy snack, put together with foods you probably have on hand. It can also be made for a breakfast or a brunch. It looks so pretty...and the taste and nutritional value are excellent! Some people, especially young children, do not like the taste of raspberries alone, but, when combined with other foods, they LOVE them! Raspberry Snack Recipes are Healthy Snacks!