Which healthy snacks do you buy or make, th... - Healthy Eating
Which healthy snacks do you buy or make, this is a multiple choice poll so tick as many that apply.
165 VotersPlease select all that apply:
I also eat high fibre bars, Alpen light varieties for example
Protein bars for bedtime snack and during the day on the go.
I don't eat snacks, but have these as part of a meal
Hi Jerry
Another good poll and thank you. I love cheese, have some dark chocolate, eat nuts frequently, have quinoa in the cupboard but haven't used it yet (I must), mostly vegetables but some salad i.e. tomatoes, no yoghurt as yet but am planning to make my own cultured variety and I frequently make raw fruit bars which I absolutely love. The bars I am eating at the moment have medjool dates, shredded coconut, homemade peanut butter and cacao powder in them - delicious. 
Hi Alicia, the poll was Kitten-whiskers idea who also suggested the exercise poll.
Your raw fruit bars sound fantastic, really healthy too so I shall have to make some...
And I'm glad you like the poll, I think they're great. 😊
You did a fantastic job, Hidden ! Keep it up!
Hi Jerry, what a good suggestion from Kitten-whiskers , it's good to see what everyone else is doing.
The raw fruit bars are amazing and the ones I made this week are the Shanibars - allrecipes.com/recipe/21859.... The other ones I have made are Chef John's Chocolate Energy Bars - allrecipes.com/recipe/25445....
Both of the above recipes are absolutely gorgeous and I use cacao powder in both recipes.
Enjoy
Hey thanks Alicia, I will make some and let you know how I get on as they sound delicious
I'd found this recipe too:
thelittleblogofvegan.com/20...
Jerry 😊
Thank you for those Jerry and I have copied and pasted the recipe to my folder.
Alicia
I try to be sugar free so make flapjacks with bananas oats and peanut butter. I buy dates to use to sweeten things and don’t have any dairy.
Sounds great!
I do that but I don't eat grains either, I use nuts and dark chocolate cut into bits. Mmm-mmm.
I eat olives, fruit, nuts and sometimes nakd bars/Ella balls if I need something transportable...
How much protein are in the bars?
It varies from bar to bar, but around 10g. They are high sugar, that's the only thing. I wouldn't make a habit of eating them, but if you have dietary restrictions, they are handy to slip in a handbag for an emergency!
Oat bran topped with dried fruit and ground nuts and soya or oat milk
Yes try to snack on fruit and nuts in moderation...helps my diet boring though prefer cake and chocolate...but its a no go I'm afraid...just piles on the pounds....
Actually these are more like meals, rarely snack.
Frozen grapes .Referred to in a recent Eastenders scene as 'like crack cocaine' 🤣
Now that's one thing I keep meaning to do is freeze my grapes as I love grapes.
A nice poll. I used to eat loads of wild mushrooms. Alas! I loved it so much, had quite a few kinds too many and too often. . . You guess it, I got sick...the rest is history. I can't even bear the thought of having another, even the ordinary, run of the mill supermarket ones. If it's hidden in nut roast, I would tease it out as I can "see" it.
I often have Greek yogurt with a sprinkle of sugar free muesli- Aldi brand👍
What's your favorite flavor of Greek yogurt?
Carrots & celery strips with peanut butter.
Home made cereal bars
Dates,dry figs,dry apricot
That is fantastic do you use the dates etc to make them?
I keep a packet of granola handy for a "dip in for a small handful" snack, and sometimes make my own with oats and dried fruit + nuts, with a tiny bit of butter and sugar. Soups too are a useful standby, and mini-pots of fromage frais. Chocolate Rice-cakes are handy & I do buy cheap bar of milk chocolate for those must-have a square of chocolate moments....dark chocolate is just not the same! Looking at this reply - I think I am doing too much snacking!
We spend time over each of our three meals. Breakfast is a three course meal with a cereal which might be muesli or porridge, then an egg of some sort, boiled, poached or scrambled on toast from our own wholemeal bread, then toast and marmalade to finish. To drink at breakfast we like coffee latte made with our expresso machine and whole, unpasteurised milk direct from the farm.
Our lunchtime meal is a salad with a small piece of cold meat or fish together with grated carrot, apple, courgette and parsnip if available, mixed up with yoghourt. We have a little cheese to finish on our home-made bread. We then have an orange and drink water, I like sparkling. During cold weather we will have a drop of home-made soup to start with.
Our evening meal is a meat or fish of some kind with three or more vegetables, it might be a stew, a glass of red or white wine and finish with fruit and a square of dark chocolate.
I've listed all that because having eaten fully at each meal we never snack between meals but give our digestive system time to work on what it's been given. We don't diet but eat a wide range of whole food given to us by Nature. I am 83 and my wife 87 and neither of us take routine medicine and believe that our eating discipline has contributed to our health. Hippocrates said that all disease begins in the gut.
I hope that might be useful to readers.
Well good for your Tibbly and thanks for sharing this as you set an excellent example. 😊
I should have added that meal times were the same even when our children were at home; they always went to school on a complete breakfast.
Tibbly
Couldn't figure out how to say my "other" is Atkins low carb snacks. Also for me, nuts, etc must be individual wrapped, as I have trouble controlling binges.
There is no option to add "other" by the look of it.
When I was running I used to make little balls of sushi rice wrapped in seaweed with a dollop of miso paste or plum jam in the middle as run snacks to keep my energy up.
These days: fat free Greek yogurt, venison jerky, hard boiled eggs and protein shakes.
That is one very advanced menu.
I also have paleo bars, but forgot to tick “other”.
My daughter's getting me to eat organic food. Fruit smoothies are delicious too!
Really this is a fantastic idea. organic is the way to go if possible to remove all the chemicals and have pure foods. Have you gone to grass fed beef free range and organic free range chickens and eggs if you consume?
I forgot to add, Wev'e been using coconut oil in Food. Gives it nice flavor and Healthy!!
I eat a modified Keto diet as Type 1. Which is high in fats, next protein last carb's. Fruits are very high in glucose and spike blood sugar levels fast and drop as fast. Some such as bluberries are not as bad one can find a list of all of these for the diet. Ghee is good, butter, coconut oil, cheeses, yogurt not a fan, sour cream, cream cheese for example. Grass fed antibotic range free beef, organic free roaming chickens and layed eggs. Seafood fresh as organic Salmon run, in the Pacific Northwest-US. Soure your food know where it comes from!
Cereal bars - have made my own in the past, but not lately due to lack of time.
All of the above. I've had a gastric bypass and I don't have a full size stomach so regular properly portioned and balanced nutritious snacks are important for me to be able fulfill all my daily nutritional needs and maintain my blood sugar levels.
we have a regular supply of Micro Greens from our inhouse efforts
I don't plan snacks as such but carry them around for when I'm hungry but it's a little while till the next meal, especially at work where meals can get very delayed some days and I don't want to get shaky and light headed. So they have to portable and not likely to spoil quickly. I carry nakd bars in my glove box and bag, fruit in a cool bag in the car, and soya yoghurts in the fridge at our office base (soya ones because I dislike the taste of dairy yoghurt)
I quite agree. I wouldn't mind dairy yog. made in France, the only type I wouldn't mind. I also tend to dislike runny ones. I wouldn't mind trying insect snacks (apparently a great protein source to save the world), but they are not exactly the most inexpensive.
I think the insect idea is wonderful and they are super low calorie. care on coating if diabetic dark chocolate would be the way
I bet the manufacturers would process the healthy, natural insects by adding all the naughties such as added teriyaki flavour, with food colouring and E numbers to make them taste irresistible e.g. addictive/can't stop eating.
Forgot to mention my other go to post exercise snack: Grenade Carb Killa bars. I like the Caramel Chaos ones best. 22g protein and only 2g sugar. tastes like a 'proper' chocolate bar.
They sound yummy, have you got the recipe?
I make energy bars, coconut bars, sesame bars & matcha fudge to satisfy my sugar cravings.
Sounds great. 😊
Like wobblypat I don't buy or make anything as a snack, just as part of a meal. Actually with the possible exception of bananas if I happen to have extra from what I buy for my son's lunchbox. Usually if I am hungry between meals I eat the next meal!
Sounds like a great idea, GoogleMe ! My Nephew has bananas in his lunches when his mom packs it. If he doesn’t finish it, his Grandparents eat them!
We do have one square of dark chocolate - 74% - after our evening meal but we don't count that as snacking so I haven't ticked it.
Tibbly
Hi Tibbly, thanks for participating, we appreciate it 😊
Hi Tibbly! Great to see you. I love dark chocolate after my evening meal as well - I have a bit more than you though, as I allow myself 25g. That's 4 squares...
Zest
Hi Hidden ,
This is a great poll - and thanks to Kitten-whiskers for suggesting it. I have ticked 'other' because I make my own cake - with dried fruit, seeds and banana (no added sugar), and tend to have a slice most days in the mid-afternoon.
My recipe is here:
healthunlocked.com/healthye...
Although I try not to eat after my evening meal - which I have relatively early - i.e. trying not to eat snacks after 6.30pm - there are occasions when I snack - and then it will be typically yoghurt with nuts and dried fruit - or fresh fruit, nuts, and cheese.
I love Greek-style yoghurts.
I have appreciated looking at the responses on this poll, as there are some great ideas for tasty and healthy snacks.
Zest
Thank you Zest as you make a great contribution to HE. 😊
I'm not really a snacker .But if I do feel the need I usually have some oatcakes in my bag or a banana . I just don't feel hungry so eat my three meals a day .Breakfast usually poached eggs on low calorie brown bread .Lunch a Homemade sandwich or homemade soup . Dinner is usually a protein such as fish chicken or some red meat like lamb or steak and veg .I know I need to eat more fruit but I don't have a sweet tooth but eat loads of veg . 😃🌺
