Raiding the refrigerator

Craving a between-meals snack? Here’s what you should keep in your fridge at all hours

How many times have you woken up in the middle of the night by a certain emptiness in the stomach that refuses to let you snuggle back in bed till you have had a bite? Or been unable to concentrate on work, mid-morning because you are anxiously waiting for the lunch hour? Or wished for a snack before dinner? And what has your refrigerator offered you in such emergencies – chocolate? Ice cream? Cold cuts? All heavy on calories or probably high on preservatives. Healthy food need not be boring, or require complicated preparation. Here’s what nutritionists advise you to stock up on.

What does your fridge have? Read what nutritionists recommend (Shutterstock)