Healthy Snacks

[Angel]

Alright. Well, frozen grapes are a wonderful treat. As well as peanut butter and apples or celery.
What other healthy snacks can be suggested?

 

[tim-from-pa]

Your suggestion is not a bad start if the peanut butter is just that --- ground up peanuts. I like stirring that stuff before using it. Along that line -- nuts, just nothing that is in oils. For fruit, maybe more on the berry line. Our land grows black raspberries. How about plain yogurt? just plain, added berries and some nuts on top? If you want a protein snack besides nuts, how about deviled eggs? Using your own ingredients for the yolk filling?

For meals, I'd stick with meat proteins and vegetables mainly, likewise things like eggs/steak for breakfast, keeping the carb stuff more for snacks like this thread suggests. Because a snack is just that, a snack and not a big meal.

 

[Kathi]

yogurt with blueberries or blackberries in it would be healthy.

 

[Christ_empowered]

my fav....more of a breakfast thing....oatmeal, made with milk, honey, and peanut butter. maybe not a snack...but still...

 

[Angel]

I like apple cinnamon oatmeal with brown sugar.
But most of the time its breakfast.

 

[agua.]

Whole oats with assorted nuts and blueberries when in season and not $7 a punnet with honey and milk if I'm spoiling.

 

[Christ_empowered]

hey...agua...you like jeff buckley?

 

[agua.]

Of course who doesn't ( didn't )

 

[Christ_empowered]

I used to be all over Grace (I think that was the album)...then my roomie stole it...(sheds single tear, movie style) :-(

 

[Sparkey]

Super foods. Broccoli, blueberries, kale.
Maybe not super but very, very good: Onions, garlic. Bell peppers, avocados.

So my son wanted me to eat kale (blech!) and I did try it with several light dressings but no. There was some kind of bitterness in it for me and my taste buds. But he didn't want to give up and said, "We'll have to find some way to prepare it or season it so that you likes."

So okay. You know how those in Berea were more noble than the Thessalonians? Yeah. It was because they tried to prove daily what was being taught. So there you go. I wanted to prove my son right and find a way to make kale palatable. Google is my friend. Here's the recipe:

Crispy Kale

I know it says "Sea Salt" and I do have some Kosher Salt (similar) but I am on a very low sodium diet. Substitute garlic powder (not salt) and maybe a little Cajun Seasoning? Very, very good. I hopes you likes it.

Sparrow

Oh, and if you know any more "super foods" I'm interested.
WebMD: Superfoods article

 

[Kathi]

Super foods. Broccoli, blueberries, kale.
Maybe not super but very, very good: Onions, garlic. Bell peppers, avocados.

So my son wanted me to eat kale (blech!) and I did try it with several light dressings but no. There was some kind of bitterness in it for me and my taste buds. But he didn't want to give up and said, "We'll have to find some way to prepare it or season it so that you likes."

So okay. You know how those in Berea were more noble than the Thessalonians? Yeah. It was because they tried to prove daily what was being taught. So there you go. I wanted to prove my son right and find a way to make kale palatable. Google is my friend. Here's the recipe:

Crispy Kale

I know it says "Sea Salt" and I do have some Kosher Salt (similar) but I am on a very low sodium diet. Substitute garlic powder (not salt) and maybe a little Cajun Seasoning? Very, very good. I hopes you likes it.

Sparrow

Oh, and if you know any more "super foods" I'm interested.
WebMD: Superfoods article

Kale has kind of a bitter taste doesn't it?

 

[Sparkey]

Yes. That's why I made the crispy kale. Takes the bitterness out. Actually I found it quite delightful. Not as tasty as potato chips, but healthy is better, right?

Low temp bake (to dry it out) and although the recipe said "sea salt" I chose garlic powder (not garlic salt) instead. It is crispy (refreshingly so) as you bite it. Maybe I could call it "Kale Chips?" Pretty good and I can't wait until I can show my son the working solution.