healthy snacks/food

[Electricblue1]

hello all, has anyone got any ideas for healthy snacks or food in general, I’ve gone back to work and I’m out on the road but everything I eat that I think is healthy has an ingredients list as long as my arm and is full of rubbish. Everything I try seems to set my heart racing and flippy and all over the place. Very few foods theses days with few ingredients in the list. I bought oat bars but most have syrup or molasses or sweeteners , E numbers etc , any ideas of anything healthy I would be grateful for. 😊

[mjames1]

Yes, if you look closely at the ingredients of a lot of "health bars", you might as well really enjoy yourself and have a Snickers Bar

Jim

[mstp]

Seeds and nuts. Dipping a banana into some sunflower seeds each bite acted as a great energiser. Nuts. Almonds or Brazil nuts with a square or two of very dark Green & Blacks chocolate also scratches that itch for sweet things.

[katiefforde]

My snack of choice, apart from almonds, are Nairn's cheese oatcakes. They do have 'sustainable palm oil' in them but not very much. I think they are delicious and if I'm away from home and uncertain when or if I'll be fed, I always take some.

[Frances123]

Don’t know what your culinary skills are like but could you not batch bake some oaty or healthy bars of your own? Could make a large tray bake and slice into bars or some healthy biscuits? There are plenty of recipes on the internet if you are adept in the kitchen. It is difficult to buy them when you want to avoid ingredients. What about the Gofree or celiac range etc in supermarkets. Do they have less nasties in them maybe? Other than that I can only think of something like chopped mixed fruit in a tub with maybe some cheese or nuts, overnight oats, or as already been said some dark chocolate and Nairns oatcakes.

[Sixtyslidogirl]

hummus is the easiest thing to make if you have a food processor. Takes literally 5 mins. Whizz up chickpeas till smooth, add a tbsp of lemon juice, a few tbsp of tahini. Taste. Add a bit of salt/more tahini - you can’t really go wrong. Then put in a plastic box with some celery/carrot sticks. It fills you up and all healthy.

[Crumble2]

Spread peanut butter on slices of apple. Very filling and delicious.

[Auriculaire]

Forget buying ready made snacks and take your own - a banana makes a very filling snack. Mixed nuts are very good or pumpkin sunflower seed mix. If you find plain nuts too boring you can make your own roasted nuts very easily . Spread a mixture of raw nuts on a lightly oiled baking tray . Sprinkle on some spices like cumin or garam masala and some sea salt. Put in oven for 20 min. Halfway through stir and turn so nuts do evenly.

[jeanjeannie50]

A banana, other fruit and some mixed nuts. Sandwiches kept in a cool bag - salmon, tuna or egg mayo, edam cheese and tomato. In same cool bag to drink - coconut water, bottled water.

Jean

[JOY2THEWORLD49]

Hi

Healthy foods

Cracker with avocado. Avocado s a good fat item.

Cracker with cottage cheese.

Cracker with pickles.

I enjoy 1/2 pitta pouch. wholemeal or sogh dough.

" " beetroot(anti cancer) with cooked sliced potato or kumara.

Pizza slice.. Turkish made with Virgin Olive Oil.no preservatives or gluten.

outta edge green pesto

inside i wipe tomato relish

then Lisa's pumpkin with chickpeas/sarduines/tuna/ and spring onion, cooked carelised onion, little tomatoes, or salmon with sliced potatoes/kumara

You can toast the pitta and then it would get soft.

Have fun.

cheri JOY. 74. (NZ)

[Ppiman]

My son is very careful what he eats and always has a pot of mixed fruit and nuts along with dates. I assume he chooses these knowledgeably! They certainly are minimally processed and with a wide range of useful amino acids, vitamins and minerals..

Steve

[Sacstate]

Hi Electricblue1,

If you’re eating similar to what we call this side of the Atlantic the SAD diet (Standard American Diet), then you’re eating in opposition to your better health. The answer to your question is simple but plenty hard to do without motivation: eat a wide variety of fresh fruits and veggies and eat nothing processed or nothing that comes from any living thing that has a face. Google Dr Michael Greger or Dr John MacDougall…plenty of online free and enlightening advice available from those searches. 

[amilbar]

I found that taking non processed foods helped a lot. And magnesium rich foods e.g. Salmon bananas avocados and cashew nuts . Also increasing my vit c intake and a lighter diet helped . If you are still working may be fill up on wholemeal bread with non processed filling. I also came off caffeine and alcohol completely . Is life worth living? I hear you ask--- yes I feel good. Hope you find your answers ..

[Pigleywigley]

Read the latest book by Prof Tim Spectre or look him up on social media or his podcast Zoe. The best and latest food research for good health. Anything with 3 or more ingredients is classed as ultra processed. I’m work in progress myself. Good luck.