Edamame beans, hard boiled eggs and popcorn are my personal favourites.
Crispy chickpeas
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This makes for decently crispy chickpeas, with not that much effort. Chickpeas are also very cheap and quite a healthy alternative as far as snacks go.
I place a paper towel below and above the chickpeas while microwaving to avoid any chickpeas exploding and messing up my microwave oven. Varying the spices allows for good variety in the snacking experience.
Ingredients
- 1 can of chickpeas
- Some frying oil
- Any spice mix you like
Steps
- Drain and rinse the chickpeas
- Place a paper towel on a large plate, put the chickpeas on top, then another paper towel
- Microwave for 10 minutes
- Heat some oil in a frying pan
- Pan-fry the chickpeas
- Add spices
I have questions: why microwave before frying? (regardless of the 10 minute time) are you drying them out? would dehydration work the same or if you dont have one leave on towles uncovered in the refrigerator overnight work as well?
It is indeed for dehydration. As for the alternative techniques, I have no idea if they would work.
Oranges are the perfect snack for me. Fiber to satisfy the hunger, juicy enough to not leave me thirsty after, and most kinds are easily peelable by hand so no washing required!
Ever eat an orange in the shower? Life changing.
I’ve gotta get on that that sounds amazing
I finally got the chance to do this recently. It’s true, it really takes the stress out of eating an orange. You get those bits under your fingernails and juice running down your chin and arms and it doesn’t matter because you can scrub it all off immediately.
The ONLY downside is not knowing where to put the peel if you’ve gone for a mandarin orange. Or forgetting to dispose of the skin after your shower so your roommates find it and ask you questions. Although once you explain the concept of a shower orange they usually are very accepting. We live in a very tolerant era for shower oranges, all things considered.
I wanna know what kind you get that don’t leave you covered in juice and sticky. Those are a real rare occurrence for me.
My order of preference is mandarin oranges, clementines, and tangerines, but even navel and blood oranges can be peeled by hand and the only mess they leave is the oil from the skin. In general as long as you don’t break the segments you can avoid a mess.
I think citrus fruits that really stick to their rind are not as ripe as they could be. Any if the smaller fruit like tangerines, mandarins etc usually pull apart from the skin easily and the segments pull apart too so it’s not too messy. Winter is citrus season so if you look at like, specialty stores or whole foods around February there should be a bunch of different varieties of tangerines
I use the “mouthguard” method. Cut in half vertically splitting the navel. Cut each half into 4 slices horizontally. Pop one of those bad boys in your mouth and smile like an idiot 😆
Oh, that brings back memories… As a kid I used to take a large slice (1/6th of an orange), eat it like that, and then cut monster teeth into the slice before popping it in like your method, then chase my parents who would pretend to be scared.
Apples and a homemade oatmeal protein bar (oats, cinnamon, chia seeds, vanilla protein powder, pb, vanilla extract, honey, unsweetened almond milk…chill and cut into bars).
The oatmeal bar sounds amazing. Would you say they’re a filling snack?
Second the apples, too. “If you’re not hungry enough to eat an apple, you’re not hungry.” Wish someone had told me that twenty years ago :)
The oatmeal bars will hold me over for a couple more hours if I get hungry, yeah. I use this recipe with the following modifications: no “extras”, 1/3 less honey, 50% more protein powder; and I press them into a dish and cut them into servings that are the equivalent of 2.5 of her protein balls.
https://www.thehealthymaven.com/no-bake-oatmeal-protein-energy-balls/
And I use that apple tip too! I use it, and if the answer to an apple is “yes,” I just have the apple.
I personally like to make my own whole wheat flatbread from scratch, spreading peanut butter on one side, folding it and eat. I prefer it than chips nowadays
Hear me out Tortilla. You can eat it cold, hot, for lunch, for dinner, and if you wrap it in paper you can eat it pretty much anywhere.
my preference has always been the humble almond; i usually get some dark-chocolate roasted ones which are particularly good and come in 32 packs that i can make last for a month. on the more processed side i will never tire of Wheat Thins–i can go through half a box of those in a day, lol
Ritz crackers with sardines and hot sauce.
Chips and homemade salsa
Tuna salad or Egg salad (made with kewpie mayo, etc) on toast.
Popcorn is always good. I get the huge Kirkland box. Lasts me like a year.
Roasted bell pepper, or diced halloumi marinated in harissa.
Lately I’ve been on a stuffed olive kick. Not proud of this, but crushed an entire jar of jalepeno stuffed Olives yesterday. Also really love doing Avocado with Balsamic, and regularly put that combo on wheat toast. It’s a great easy breakfast as well as super healthy and delicious.
Do you stuff the olives yourself? Or buy them that way from somewhere?
Honestly, I’ve just been buying the jars at the grocery store haha. I should get into stuffing olives or just pickling things in general. It’s a thing I’ve always wanted to get into, but never really properly allocate the time to do that sort of thing unfortunately.
I’m gonna look for them when I go shopping tomorrow! I’m not sure I want to put the effort into doing it myself but I’d totally eat some 😅
Try anchovy stuffed olives if you can find them… I avoided them growing up because “anchovy bad” but man…are they delicious! My favorite though are Castelvertranos, big & meaty (not stuffed, with pit)
Most days I have an apple in the morning and some cheese, crackers, and salami in the afternoon.
Mmm. Big fan of the cheese/crackers/salami combo. Except that it somehow always ends up turning into dinner so I can’t do it every day.
I came here to say this. Set me up with a cheese and meat tray with some crackers or bread and I’m a happy camper
Portioning is key! Setting out a snack sized amount instead of just eating from the package does wonders for me.
You’re absolutely right. I’ve been learning a lot about portion control in the last year or so as I’ve been working on losing some weight and that’s a very effective method.
Garlic stuffed olives, cashews and also edamame.
Garlic stuffed olives
This better not awaken anything in me…
Too late! Soon you’ll be trying jalapeño stuffed olives, then the blue cheese stuffed olives, the blanched almond stuffed olives… It’s a dangerous world out there!
Popcorn
Since truffle oil shot up to the ridiculous post covid price I found black Himalayan salt & olive oil taste amazing together. Not extra virgin (too strong) but not pommice (tastes like ass) either
Mixed raw unsalted nuts make up 90% of my calorie intake.
Chocolate (dark and with praline or hazelnuts), salty crackers, hummus (my favorites are sweet pepper and sundried tomato) with breadsticks.
I love edamame too! Steamed with some salt is perfection
If I’m feeling fancy maybe some water crackers with brie
