How To Make a Healthy and Balanced Snack Board

Making a healthy snack board is a fun and totally customisable way to elevate your healthy snack game. It has a big variety of healthy foods, including vegetables, fruits, dips, nuts, cheese, and olives. For my healthy snack boards, I always include something crunchy and salty.

How to make a healthy snack board

Making a healthy snack board is easy and fun! They take just 5-10 minutes to assemble, and can be customisable to different dietary restrictions, like vegan, gluten free, or dairy free.

For the board itself, you don’t need anything fancy. You can use a chopping board, a serving board, or even just a basic dinner plate! Use this as a guide to create your own perfect healthy snack board! Here’s my process for creating one:

Start with vegetables and fruit.Vegetables and fruit are ideal for healthy snacking. They provide filling fibre, vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants with minimal calories. I like to choose 2-3 vegetables and 2-3 fruits when I’m making a healthy snack board.

Choose fruits and vegetables that are easy to pick up like finger food. Cut up whole pieces or fruit or vegetables into small slices to make munching and dipping easy. And don’t forget to wash them before!

Some of my favourite fruits and vegetables to include are:

Mixed Berries

Apple Slices

Pear Slices

Fresh Figs

Baby Carrots 

Sliced Cucumber

Mini Bell Capsicums

Snap peas

Add a healthy dip.

Healthy dips make eating vegetables even more delicious. Choose your favourite healthy dip and put it in a small dipping bowl on top of the board. Healthy dips are usually made from ingredients high in protein, healthy fats, or fibre (or a combination of all three).

You can make homemade dip or just buy your favourite one at the grocery store. Some healthy dip suggestions include:

Hummus – any flavour!

Guacamole

Peanut Sauce

Pesto Dip

Black bean dip

Salsa

Olive tapenade

Choose a few healthy finger foods.

Pick a few other healthy snacks that add variety, texture, and nutrition to the healthy snack board. Choose 2-3 options that include protein and/or healthy fats to encourage that ideal snack balance! Some ideas include:

Mixed nuts or trail mix

Olives

Cheese

Dried Edamame

Roasted Chickpeas

Popcorn

Finally, add some crunch.

To appeal to all tastes and textures, add something crunchy and salty to your healthy snack board. I like to add options that are easy to dip and compliment the other foods on the snack board. Here are some ideas:

Wholegrain Crackers

Seeded Crackers

Black Bean Tortilla Chips

Roasted Chickpeas

Veggie Chips

Parmesan Crisps

Healthy snack boards are best eaten right after you prepare them, and shouldn’t be left out for more than 1-2 hours. You can also assemble a snack board a few hours ahead of time. If you do, make sure you cover it with plastic wrap to prevent the ingredients from drying out, and store it in the fridge.