Snacks and Main Meal

Snack II

Snacks are light food taken in between meals. They are prepared from ingredients available at home without much preparation. They are portable, quick, and satisfying. Snacks are simple and quick prepared meals, convenient and easy to eat. Snacks should include the essential nutrients needed by the body to perform its normal functions. Snacks: they are light food taken in between meals.

On the other hand, main meals are the real foods eaten three times a day, i.e. in the morning (breakfast), afternoon (lunch) and in the evening (dinner). Main meals contain the essentials nutrients required by the body to perform it task. Put simply, main-meal are the major food taken three times in a day that contains balanced diet e.g.

Breakfast: Tea and bread and egg
Lunch: Eba with meat vegetable soup
Supper: Beans and fried plantain with stew

Differences between snacks and the main meals

	Main meals	Snacks
1.	It takes longer time to prepare	It is fast to prepare
2.	It contains all food ingredients	It lacks some
3.	It is expensive	It is very cheap
4.	It is usually heavy food	It is light food
5.	It is taken three times	It can be taken daily often.