Let's compile a list, so we can share ideas and keep each other on track. This colder weather is making me constantly hungry!
Fruit
Yoghurt
Cereal & Milk
Crackers/Rice cake/healthy bread and peanut butter
Oatmeal & fruit
carrots
I think that I'm the opposite as you LM. In the summer, I snack more, but now, I don't get hungry. It's weird....maybe it's a phase I'm going through.
I like these as my snacks too: [UL] [LI]dried fruit - got a huge back from Costco's [LI]dried nuts - ie almonds, mixed, cashews, walnuts, pumpkin seeds etc [LI]granola, add low-fat yoghurt with blueberries [LI]just milk with wheat germ (yummy) [LI]muffins - bran, cranberry, - whatever you like [LI]date bars - Costco's sells this date bar thingee [LI]soups - love soups - I turn them into my meals [LI]cottage cheese with avocado or peaches n cream corn [LI]granola bars [LI]slice of deli ham with your favorite cheese [LI]cheese sticks [LI]mini tuna cans with crackers[/LI][/UL]
Nuts
Raisins
Pumpkin seeds......lottsa zinc.
Baby cukes
Keep a few cans of stewed tomatoes on hand in case you don't have fresh produce around. A little high in sodium, but at least it'll make you drink lots of water.....lol.
Popcorn is a good source of ruffage. Instead of butter and salt, try a sprinkle of Engivita Yeast.
(Engevita yeast is one of the richest natural sources of the B group of vitamins. It is also rich in protein, amino acids, enzymes, minerals and trace elements.)
I don't have any snacks :(((
Popcorn is awesome! My guy brought me a popcorn maker and it's the best. I just add 1/4 cup of kernal and have it plain. It's yummy.
Where do you buy engevita yeast? At a health food store? I've never heard of it... I'll be checking that one out for sure.
It's super good for you purelife.....and gives the popcorn a bit of a cheesy flavour. You can get it at most grocery stores, or health food stores.
Baby carrots. nother vote here.
Those ARE healthy Michel....even the miserable ones.(//vny!://discoverseattle.net/forums/richedit/smileys/Happy/12.gif)
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Our nutritionist actually say that a cup of popcorn (no butter, no salt) is actually great for snacks. Then again, it's like chewing paper cups without them flavors. No wonder she recommends it.
I like to keep a whole bunch of nuts handy. Peanuts, cashews... whatever in a jar so you can munch and crunch on them. I go for the dry roast or plain ones so they're not heavy in oil and fat.
I've been snacking like crazy during work time. It's insane. Coffee breaks are not meant for human consumption. I'm gonna pack on more weight at this rate! Waaaah!
Hey LM.
I've got one for you.
Raspberries (or blueberries) with rice pudding.
Smoothies - mixed fruits with low fat yoghurt or ice cream with flax oil or wheat germ
Great ideas! Do you mkae your own rice pudding or buy it?
I brought the kozy shack ones from Costco, Lil Me. I did make tapoica pudding once, and it turned out great. So easy to make (can't remember the recipe though...)
Oh, I've gotta check that out! I like rice pudding.
Funny how people classify pudding in their minds as either "comfort food" or "sick food".
Mr LM associates it with being sick. It tastes to him like hospital food.
I hadn't eaten or even thought about popcorn for years until I kept coming across it on this thread - now there's a bag in front of me and I'm dipping into it non-stop.
The only thing about rice pudding, Kozy Shack brand, is that it's kinda high in sugar content for a little cup...so I found that this with some raspberries (or whatever fruits you have) tastes better. :))
I also had a popcorn craving the other day and popped fresh popcorn... yummy! It's so healthy too when you don't add the butter and salt.
I've just checked the packet. I bought it because I thought it didn't have any salt in it - however it does. That's what you get for buying popcorn made in Ireland (of all places).
I'm with Lise on this one. Popcorn without SOMETHING is like chewing on paper cups.
Purelife - I'd watch those date bars from Costco the glycemic index of dates is higher than white sugar.
Red Bell Peppers (sweet and juicy)
Frozen Blueberries (wow)
but not at the same time
Hey....welcome van guy.
So do you eat peppers like you would an apple? I mean I like peppers, but usually IN things.
*love your avatar.
Hey, I also eat peppers like I would an apple.
red peppers raw are so yummy....they're just so expensive right now though. :(
we brought a blender recently and my guy has gone wild making shakes. omgsoyummy and healthy!
we put fresh raspberries, frozen mixed fruits, yoghurt, wee bit of maple sryup and milk. blend all that up and have a healthy smoothie...
anything to get him to eat healthy! LOL
PC,
Thanks for the welcome. Yeah I eat them like an apple but I prefer to have them sliced. Recently I started eating the spicier Banana Peppers - I'm working my way up to jalapeno's. The first page I went to on DS was the Bear Attack photo I was inspired.
VG
I like peppers too....but I just never really thought about noshing down on one like an apple.
MAN they're expensive right now.....and I haven't made my antipasto yet. (//vny!://discoverseattle.net/forums/richedit/smileys/Sad/11.gif)
I hope these guys cut their peppers before crunching on them like an apple.
My son used to eat onions like an apple. (no good night kissies for you....lol)
raw onions? i don't know how they could do that! a friend of mine would eat onions like apples too and he would pop raw garlic like it was popcorn.
Some onions are so sweet.....like Vidalia onions. Even so, I couldn't eat one all by it's lone-self.
Well, purelife...even if your friend wasn't a winner with the ladies...I'm sure he was safe from vampires...
are those the red onions?
ADD: for sure! whenever i think of onions and then vampires, i think about the book "I am Legend" where there was this last man on earth and he had to fight against the vampires every night...scary!
Lil me - I hate to be a stickler but isn't it garlic that vampires avoid. I think it is people with good hygiene that avoid onion
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