Snacks !

lindak

Hi Guys, Just having a look at my diet on my logs and think i need to replace some fruit snacks with protein ones ! I eat an incredible amount of fruit in a day which is a lot of carbs. I wont be cutting them out all together but maybe 4.00 / and night snack I may replace with some protein? I want something that is low in calories and full of protein really dont fancy eating a can of tuna I barely manage to eat it at lunch time.

So my question is what do you guys snack on ?

dv6

try some nuts

unreggd

cheese

[and cheddar with a little brown sauce, mmmmmmmmm]

g'em

cottage cheese Also natural yoghurt, lean deli meat slices, slices of smoked salmon, handful of unroasted, unsalted nuts, natural nut butter, glass of skimmed milk, try tuna with pineapple added, a chicken fillet, a hard-boiled egg...

Malteaser!

Crunchy peanut butter!! *drooolll*

rubadub

I have mentioned before about nuts being different prices in the same shops. i.e. in my tesco they have nuts in around 5-6 places. The baking section near the flour and cooking chocolate tends to have smaller bags at a good price and they are usually raw and unsalted. Then the health place has bigger bags, raw, unsalted but can be dear (not always the prices are all over the place). Then they are in the snacks, vegetables, organics, and some brands have their very own section.

So even in the one shop it pays to shop around. Unsalted Brazils were only 90c for a 100g bag in the baking section.

Cheapest peanut butter I have seen is still holland & barret meridian natural stuff, think €5.25 per kilo last time.

I prefer small bags, I tear through those 1kg tubs.

dv6

Tuna with pineapple added, Gem are you mental!!


Note to self, try out later.

lindak

dv6Tuna with pineapple added, Gem are you mental!!


Note to self, try out later.

Was thinking the same myself , although I dont think I will be trying it !

lindak

How about muller rice anyone know if these are any use ? or rice pudding in general ?

g'em

dv6 wrote: »

Tuna with pineapple added, Gem are you mental!!

meh I've been called worse

lindak wrote: »

How about muller rice anyone know if these are any use ? or rice pudding in general ?

Muller Rice ingredients:
Milk, Sugar, Rice (7%), Apples (5%), Apple Juice from Concentrate (2%), Modified Maize Starch, Egg, Stabilisers: Carob Bean Gum, Guar Gum; Salt, Acidity Regulators: Ascorbic Acid, Sodium Citrates, Citric Acid; Flavourings.
That means there's more sugar than rice in it, and by the looks of it I'd hazard a guess it's relatively high GI.

It wouldn't be a highly recommended snack tbh, natural yoghurt with a sprinkling of crushed nuts and a dash of honey instead perhaps?

dv6

has anyone tried those Danone Vitalinea? seen the ads, meant to be 0% fat and no added sugars and very low cals.

lindak

Just tried ryvita multi grain rye crispbread with tsp of peanut butter Yummy !

LouOB

g'em wrote: »

cottagetry tuna with pineapple QUOTE]

great idea
what about cherries too

dv6

Tuna and Pineapple was tried out after the gym last night, Gem i gotta hand it to ya, tasty stuff, maybe you arent so mental after all.

g'em

dv6 wrote: »

Tuna and Pineapple was tried out after the gym last night, Gem i gotta hand it to ya, tasty stuff, maybe you arent so mental after all.

rofl, thanks!! And Dragan deserves the real credit - it was his original idea