Guest guest Posted January 30, 2012 Report Share Posted January 30, 2012 If you're getting sesame sticks, one of my all-time favorite salads is tuna with grated celery and carrots plus mayo and topped at the last minute with crushed sesame sticks, optional grape tomatoes or slices if you have them. If tapioca is okay, tapioca pudding is mostly milk and a real comfort food. Greek yogurt is much creamier than regular and I like adding extract and sugar or whatever sweetener. Jane > > > > > > Abby's recent comments got me to thinking about how I tend to have a limited 'resource' of snacks available. One of the reasons could be that I have a more negative idea about 'snacking' thus don't tend to have easily available, ready to eat items at hand. When I think 'snack' what pops up for me is all the old diet 'bad/junk' food items - chips, candy, cookies, as well as diet mentality UGH! items like celery and carrot sticks etc. > > > > > > Soooo, its apparent I need to broaden my 'snacking' category! I do have and eat a slice of cheese, couple slices of salami, apple with peanut butter but seem to have grown tired (bored?) with those for the most part. A hand full of almonds is a good option, but what else? I used to have jerky with me when I would be away from home for more than a few hours, but never really packed a Food Bag (as suggested by Overcoming Overeating). > > > > > > Any ideas/suggestions? What appeals most to me is either basics or home made things over commercially processed items. I'm rather stumped when I try to think about higher protein, some fat things. Crackers/breads further challenge me due to gluten issues. > > > > > > THANKS! - Katcha > > > IEing since March 2007 > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 31, 2012 Report Share Posted January 31, 2012 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. ************ 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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