ideas for snacks

mill12

Hi, does anyone have any suggestions on good healthy sacking options.. especially for 11am tea break. am trying to cut back on the scones and biscuits at work, but always seem to be starving by lunchtime if I don't have anything.

pecker1992

mill12 wrote: »

Hi, does anyone have any suggestions on good healthy sacking options.. especially for 11am tea break. am trying to cut back on the scones and biscuits at work, but always seem to be starving by lunchtime if I don't have anything.

Handful of nuts (20g)

tin of tuna

Some fruit

Possibly 2 ryvita with some peanut butter......roughly about 12g of carbs so not the worst option

ArtyC

houmous (which is easy to make- i put in more lemon juice than oil an ad some jalepinos to make it really low fat) and carrot sticks or a pitta bread i find very handy. takes a while to eat and full of protein!!

nowayjosie

pecker1992 wrote: »

Handful of nuts (20g)

tin of tuna

Some fruit

Possibly 2 ryvita with some peanut butter......roughly about 12g of carbs so not the worst option

You know what this sounds brilliant - I must try it myself as some times I find my self snacking on POP CORN! and I've been told thats very unhealthy!!!

mill12

ArtyC wrote: »

houmous (which is easy to make- i put in more lemon juice than oil an ad some jalepinos to make it really low fat) and carrot sticks or a pitta bread i find very handy. takes a while to eat and full of protein!!

that sounds nice..would you have full recipe?

Fitseeker

nowayjosie wrote: »

You know what this sounds brilliant - I must try it myself as some times I find my self snacking on POP CORN! and I've been told thats very unhealthy!!!

30g bag of manhattan is around 135 kcals I believe, carb-heavy. Not the worst snack in the world, easy to fit into your daily allowance for sure, I personally wouldn't feel too guilty about it :P

That's not to say there aren't better options, tuna being a nice one as it's easy, fairly low calorie and high protein. Occasionally I'll take 4 rice crackers, (26 kcals each) and eat them with a tin of tuna (160ish kcals I think). Makes for a filling snack to say the least.

DG Leixlip

How about the Glenisk yogurt pots? The one with natural yogurt and honey, with muesli ready to sprinkle on top is delicious!

Also easy to make a homemade version ... which I do most of the time!

boomtown84

full fat greek yoghurt with a banana and a spoonful of crunchy peanut butter...delish.

saa

I avoid white carbs so I sometimes have Aldi wholewheat crackers 6 snack pack 110 cals
with a banana.

I get a block of cheese cut it up in fingers, weight 20 grams and put in little freezer bags, just take one out and have it at lunch. 60 cals and some grapes or a pear

I love eating a nice green apple 70 with a small bit of crunchy nothing added peanut butter 100 cals, sometimes i have 200 cals worth of peanut butter because it is pure gluttony.
Oh talking about gluttony, this one is for home but Aldi sells mini multigrain bake at home baguettes, 110 cals is heaven.

I sometimes have a quorn dog, quorn sausage 50 and if I need the carbs I pop it in a multigrain roll 100, I microwave the sausage for 30 seconds and stick it in the already cut roll that ive just taken from the freezer put in bag and save for later.

You can make your own treats and freeze them using the right ingredients and portion control its a good way of getting away from the biscuit habit gently rather than eating carrot for a 9 weeks and going back to the biscuits.

http://paleomg.com/caramel-pecan-bars/


I prefer brown carbs now, im just a carb fiend doesnt do me any harm in balance.

ArtyC

mill12 wrote: »

that sounds nice..would you have full recipe?

I play around a bit with mine addibg olives or jalapenos but a Tin of chickpeas, some tahini ( sesame seed paste- easily got in health shops and cheap too), juice of a lemon, garlic and olive oil is the basics. I usually use one tin of chick, A tablespoon of tahini, juice of one big lemon and a tblspoon of extra virgin and a few cloves of garlic. If you google it there's loads of different ones just to take it easy on the oil. I also roast some chick peas in the oven with olive oil or spray oil, salt pepper cumin and chilli powder for about 15 20 mins as a salty alternative to popcorn- nice in salads too. Bit chickpea obsessed even though I'm not a veggie or anything but they are a superfood

Hanley

iprotein.ie wrote: »

There are some great diet protein bars that compare well on taste to biscuits and scones!!

Know where I could buy some!?