Re: Brainstorming SNACKS

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For snacks I have one fruit or starch plus fat in the morning and one fruit or

starch plus fat and one dairy in the afternoon. Gives me lots of flexibility.

My morning favorites include:

Orange/apple/banana & 2 tsbp peanut butter (any kind of nut butter will do)

1 1 oz bag pretzels dipped in 2 tsbp cream cheese (yummy combo of creamy and

salt)

1 1 oz bag snack chips (any kind will do)

2 oreo cookies

2 fig newtons

1/2 slice english muffin with butter

1 waffle with butter

etc.

For afternoon snack I love:

Individually boxed miniature " kids " box of cereal with 8 oz. soy milk and 2

tsbp. nuts on top

Box cereal with yogurt pot and 2 tsbp nuts on top

Waffle with butter and 8 oz. soy milk

ETC.

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As for gluten free products - depends where you live, but in the midWest and

West there is Trader Joe's which has an amazing array of GF products. Here in

the NorthEast

there is Wegmans Food Markets which has an organic section called Nature's

Marketplace. They have an entire aisle full of GF products. Plus there are

local health food

stores etc. Probably lots online too. And here there are GF bakeries if you

look hard enough. The local kosher bakery here will make GF if you ask.

I used to be lactose intolerant so I am all too familiar with GF/lactose free

eating. It can be challenging at times to have to examine

EVERY ingredient. I also imagine when one is eating intuitively one wants to be

free to eat anything. I know sometimes I felt reined in somehow during

my " diet " days by restrictions on certain types of lactose products like coffee

creamer, cream cheese, baked goods etc. But it is worth it to check ingredients

compared with the physical

discomfort of an allergy reaction. I found by eliminating lactose and trying

GF products that I love GF pasta, for example.

Good luck with snack ideas!

Kerry