Tuesday, February 12, 2013

How To: Control the Cravings

I love snacking. I think maybe I was meant to be born a horse, because I could graze all day and never actually eat a big meal.Anyone else like this?

I just love snacking, especially while I'm working or watching TV.

Erry day, erry day, erry day, erry day.

So I need a snacking solution. Here are my thoughts.

1. The snacks need to be super easy to grab. Any prep work takes the snack-iness out of it.
2. The snacks should be reasonably healthy - maybe even labeled with specific info, like calories, carbs, sugar, etc. I might want to stick to 100-calorie guidelines for these snacks.
3. All areas of cravings should be covered. - Spicy, sweet, salty, crunchy, soft, chocolatey, etc.
4. There should be a place for fridge snacks (like fruits and veggies, cheese cubes, etc) and pantry snacks. So two snack areas total.

Fridge:
Sweet - grapes, pineapple chunks, sugar free pudding cups
Salty - edamame, turkey pepperoni pieces, cheese cubes
Crunchy - baby carrots, cucmber slices, celery slices (with pb or cream cheese)

Pantry:
Sweet - sugar free candies, freeze dried strawberries
Salty - plain kale chips, almond meal crackers, beef jerky, almonds, pistachios
Spicy - Roasted hot chickpeas
Crunchy - Roasted chickpeas, freeze dried edamame, spinach chips, zucchini chips
Soft - chickpea cookies
Chocolatey - Cocoa powder (to make other chocolate stuff), cocoa almonds, almond grahams

This is as far as I got.. Suggestions are welcome. 
I personally steer away from white carbs, sugar, and super fatty foods.

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