Fortunately for my postpartum belly I’m running a high metabolism since the wee one is an eating machine. I also added Jillian Michaels to my evening repertoire because I’m tired of wearing elastic waists. That being said, I’m hungry all. the. time. I’ll eat a good meal and within an hour or 2 I’m famished again – worse than when I was pregnant, for sure.
I’m dying for new snack ideas that require little prep, or that can be done in bulk. I’ve made a delish batch of granola bars (halve the sugar, add 1/4 c. peanut butter, sub raisins – yes I’m old – for chocolate chips) for the freezer and I’m open to a little work like that. I try to keep fruit on hand but it hasn’t seemed to satisfy. I try to keep cheese on hand, but I have a tendency to pair it with a processed cracker, thus defeating the point.
Right now my go-to is trail mix, but it’s starting to render burn out.
Another tried-and-true but not working: yogurt (with and without fruit and/or granola). I fell in love with Seven Stars Farm – maple flavor – and now I can’t settle for anything less. But it only comes with a visit from Marj. I need to add something to my mix.
So, I simply must know: what is your go-to snack? Double letter score if you don’t buy it pre-packaged; remember I’m trying to stay on the healthy side here. Triple word score if said snack suggestion can fool my brain into thinking it’s a Culver’s concrete mixer with hot fudge and brownie bites. I’m addicted to those things. See why the need to keep it healthy???
*In your suggestions, keep in mind that I don’t like almonds. Or chips in my ice cream. Or anything that can get stuck in the crevices of my teeth, really. Well, except corn on the cob. But that’s a meal-time option, really.
**FB friends and readers, could you comment on the blog rather than on the book? It keeps comments centralized. If it’s convenient, that is. I’ll take a snack suggestion from anywhere if needed.
Wasabi Peas. So good.
Smoothies. Soy milk with frozen bananas and a fre tbsp of PB is my favorite. I also like choc soy milk with frozen strawberries. I use soy rather than cow milk bc it is thicker.
Edamame. Get it frozen at the grocery store, steam it in the microwave and put sea salt on it. YUM!
Laughing Cow cheese on WASA crackers and a handful of grapes.
Apple and PB
Definitely a yogurt smoothie – vanilla yogurt, frozen fruit (I like strawberries/blueberries best), skim milk.
Microwave popcorn (low fat version)
I am with Dri. I eat edamame all the time. If you don’t have the time to buy, wash, and boil it, you can get it like Dri said. Steamfresh makes it and the quality is still super.
i think i have a bag of edamame in the freezer that i’ve never quite figured out how to use… perhaps we’ll give that a run. though it goes against my “soy and corn aren’t foods” banner. then again, it would support my “eat local” banner. oh, my first world problems…
graham cracker and peanut butter
Popcorn? I love popcorn.
I will dip anything in peanut butter, too- carrots, celery, apples.
Perhaps you could cube some cheese to have at the ready- if you used different kinds, it could be a cheese trail mix. 🙂