I saw my doctor recently and while talking about what a lazy fat-ass I am, he mentioned something about replacing the crap I usually snack on with healthier snacks like seasoned air-fried cauliflower or something like that. So what are your favorite healthy-ish snacks that can be made relatively quickly when I feel like shoving food in my face for no reason other than boredom and force of habit?
You must log in or # to comment.
My favorite is frozen mango. I like to eat them as a quick cold snack straight from the freezer.
Another one is raw carrots with hummus as a dip.
Raw Carrots, absolutely an S+ tier healthy food
I should get some frozen mango, that sounds good! Doesn’t it get very sticky?
I usually buy them pre-sliced in cubes, which is what makes it so convenient as a snack. You can just pop one in your mouth while they’re still frozen, just be careful with brain freeze :)
Alternatively you put them in a small bowl and eat them with a fork after they’ve thawed.
Chips and salsa, so many great options. You should check the calorie count, but you could always make your own if you wanna really get into it. Swap the chips for a baked version if you wanna cut back on fried things.
A few suggestions based on whether you need more calories. If you are trying to gain weight:
Triscuit crackers and hummus
Nuts, whichever you like.
Whole fat Greek yogurt with honey or savory with olives and crackers (again, Triscuit if you need calories)
If you need to reduce calories:
Apple & a few slices of good cheddar
An avocado
Boiled egg
Popcorn made at home
NONfat Greek yogurt with fruit and/or a little honey.
A walk. Sometimes you are bored not hungry.
Full fat Greek yogurt is also healthy.
Sometimes I just go to town on an entire container of cherry tomatoes
I take the cherry tomatoes and cut them in half, then add a dressing of balsamic vinegar, powered soup base, chicken flavored, olive oil and basil. The leftover taste even better the day after.
ah, you see I’m weirdly picky about tomatoes where I’ll basically eat them whole or as salsa but nowhere in between.
Cottage cheese
A can of tuna mixed with sweet relish, mayo, salt, pepper, and a few minimally salted crackers.
Red seedless grapes.
Imitation crab meat with cocktail sauce on the side. Maybe cheddar slices or olives on the side.
I consider these healthyish at the moment.
some type of bean salad with a bunch of veggies, tomatoes and a vinegar dressing, maybe some cheese? make a giant bowl that lasts a week and gets better each day. just leave it in the fridge and grab a small bowl as a snack when you’re hungry. also works great as a quick meal/side
A Fuji or honey crisp apple. Juicy, sweet, tasty, filling, a bit messy. The perfect snack.
Popcorn, minimally salted
Air-fried spinach leaves.
Add some species you like to the leaves, spray them with some olive oil and airfry for 10-15 mins at 200°C.
Makes for a great alternative to normal chips but takes some practice to find the perfect timing to make them crispy but not burned.
This sounds good!
Nuts, mini carrots, berries, just a bottle of water sometimes goes as a snack (the water inside the bottle, not the bottle itself)
Mini portobello mushrooms dipped in hummus is my go-to. Also pistachios, nori, grapes, cherries. Salami works instead of chips, but gotta watch the salt content too
Portobellos are my favorite mushrooms. I never thought of combining them with hummus. I’ll keep in mind
I like popcorn. I can make a bunch with like 2 tbsp of oil and 1 tsp of finely ground salt. Look up “popcorn” by Bryan David Gilbert. I don’t usually use the lao gan ma, but it’s nice if you want to. Also I prefer a flat-bottom pot to the wok.
Fizzy water. When you feel like a snack, drink some carbonated water. I found a lot of time I wanted water and flavor more than the food.
And high fiber/bran stuff fills you up. Get stuff made of whole grains like popcorn, whole wheat (or real corn) tortillas, fruits with peels on, and the like.
Blueberries freeze really well, spread em on a baking sheet so they stay separate before you bag them. Muffins are pretty easy to bake at home and with a little practice you can make a whole wheat muffin with sunflower seeds fucking tasty.
The pain in the ass is that healthy ingredients go bad much faster. Whole wheat flour goes stale in a hurry compared to AP flour.
One thing that worked for me was fasting. It is far easier for me to skip a meal than to eat in moderation. I figure I want to eat a 2000 calorie meal every time i sit down, maybe that’s a sign I should only do it once a day, very much ymmv on that one, but I lost 50# in a year just … eating until I was full, but only once a day.
As a nice side bonus, your bathroom schedule also becomes very predictable, which is handy for scheduling,
Bags of baby carrots are nice.
Also those cans of fruit with no sugar added. I call those adult fruit cups.
