Snacks...
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Hi Kali:
during the day I snack all the time on:
-- fruit (banana, apple, orange, bowl of strawberries),
--chunks of cheese (cheddar type),
--yoghurt,
--baby carrots,
-- I make up fozen ice pops for the kids using juice drinks from the supermarket and nibble loads of those (low on calories, high on Vit C, satisfies my sweet tooth),
--and I love the little triangle cheeses "Vache qui rit", even though they are a teensy bit processsed, it's a comfort food from my childhood!
--Sometimes also, a couple of slices of Cinnammon/raisin bread toasted with olivio spread stuff.
--Often I make guacamole (avocado dip with natural yoghurt) and dip baby carrots and red pepper slices into it, it is fabulous and my husband and I fight over it. You can make it in less than 5 minutes.... Need a recipe?
Maybe these are exactly the snacks you are already bored with, if so, sorry! ;-)
Clare
during the day I snack all the time on:
-- fruit (banana, apple, orange, bowl of strawberries),
--chunks of cheese (cheddar type),
--yoghurt,
--baby carrots,
-- I make up fozen ice pops for the kids using juice drinks from the supermarket and nibble loads of those (low on calories, high on Vit C, satisfies my sweet tooth),
--and I love the little triangle cheeses "Vache qui rit", even though they are a teensy bit processsed, it's a comfort food from my childhood!
--Sometimes also, a couple of slices of Cinnammon/raisin bread toasted with olivio spread stuff.
--Often I make guacamole (avocado dip with natural yoghurt) and dip baby carrots and red pepper slices into it, it is fabulous and my husband and I fight over it. You can make it in less than 5 minutes.... Need a recipe?
Maybe these are exactly the snacks you are already bored with, if so, sorry! ;-)
Clare
Then here we go:
Guacamole: (prep time: 5 mins)
--2 ripe avocadoes
--1 or 2 pieces of fresh garlic
--5 oz natural yoghurt or close enough
--some Lee & Perrins (i.e. Worcestershire sauce)
--2 small tomatoes
--salt and pepper to taste
--small slice of lemon
You can mash the avocadoes but if you have a hand blender this is much the easier thing. Cut avocadoes open, get rid of stone, scoop flesh out into bowl with spoon. Peel your garlic and slice/cut roughly, throw in the bowl. Add a dash or several dashes (I like lots) of Worcestershire sauce.
With hand blender blend all this together until very creamy. Takes hardly any time at all. I minute or less.
Add your natural yoghurt, stir in until blended.
Put small pan of water on to boil. Meanwhile, slice roughly across the the top and bottom of your tomatoes, just to pierce the skin. Put them in th boiling water and within about a minute the skins will lift off. Take them out, throw water, roughly chop tomatoes and throw in the avocado mix. Stir.
Add a little salt ad pepper to taste and a dash or quick squeeze of your lemon too for good luck. Check the taste and if you want more bite increase the Worcestershire sauce and/or garlic. If you want a cleaner taste, a dash more lemon juice, just a squeeze.
This is now ready so dip away and enjoy!
Will keep for couple of days in fridge with cover, but avocadoes may go brown after a while. My husband still eats it like that, but I prefer them fresher and green!
CLare :9
Guacamole: (prep time: 5 mins)
--2 ripe avocadoes
--1 or 2 pieces of fresh garlic
--5 oz natural yoghurt or close enough
--some Lee & Perrins (i.e. Worcestershire sauce)
--2 small tomatoes
--salt and pepper to taste
--small slice of lemon
You can mash the avocadoes but if you have a hand blender this is much the easier thing. Cut avocadoes open, get rid of stone, scoop flesh out into bowl with spoon. Peel your garlic and slice/cut roughly, throw in the bowl. Add a dash or several dashes (I like lots) of Worcestershire sauce.
With hand blender blend all this together until very creamy. Takes hardly any time at all. I minute or less.
Add your natural yoghurt, stir in until blended.
Put small pan of water on to boil. Meanwhile, slice roughly across the the top and bottom of your tomatoes, just to pierce the skin. Put them in th boiling water and within about a minute the skins will lift off. Take them out, throw water, roughly chop tomatoes and throw in the avocado mix. Stir.
Add a little salt ad pepper to taste and a dash or quick squeeze of your lemon too for good luck. Check the taste and if you want more bite increase the Worcestershire sauce and/or garlic. If you want a cleaner taste, a dash more lemon juice, just a squeeze.
This is now ready so dip away and enjoy!
Will keep for couple of days in fridge with cover, but avocadoes may go brown after a while. My husband still eats it like that, but I prefer them fresher and green!
CLare :9
Hi Kali. I love celery with peanut butter. I actually just read that this is a great snack. I also love bananas with a little peanut butter and apples with some peanut butter as well....o-kay, I love peanut butter. I posted an idea a few days ago....rice cakes with chocolate on them. I posted rice cakes with carob, but carob is so expensive. I use milk chocolate morsals and melt them in the microwave. If you are only making a few, you wouldn't need the whole bag. Dip a rice cake in the melted chocolate or "paint" it on with a basting brush. Set on wax paper chocolate side up and let it set...very yummy. I also love toast with...you guessed it...peanut butter and some honey. A grapefruit with a little brown sugar. A "baked" apple done in the microwave with some brown sugar and a bit of butter. Some no sugar added hot chocolate with a few gram crackers. I quit eating those exercise/protein bars. To darn expensive. I started eating Nature Valley granola bars with you guessed it...peanut butter spread on top. Peanut butter is a great way to get some protein. A banana with a glass of chocolate soy milk. If you haven't had chocolate soy milk yet, you have got to try Sun Soy. It is so unbelievably yummy. You would swear it was real chocolate milk. A hard boiled egg...you probably already thought of that. I love that Kashi Crunch cereal. It is so awesome. I use vanilla soy milk on it and a tad bit of Equal. It is very filling. That's all I can think of that I have from time to time. Hope this helped.
Kim
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I make my guacomole dip with avocados and fresh tomatoes, a spoonful or two of salsa, a splash of lemon juice and lots of cumin (yummy)!
I do everything to taste based on how many avocados I have to start with.
Susan G.
P.S. I also am addicted to the Quaker Oats rice cakes that are chocolate chip flavored. They come in a cylindrical blue bag. Each cake is 1 point each.
I do everything to taste based on how many avocados I have to start with.
Susan G.
P.S. I also am addicted to the Quaker Oats rice cakes that are chocolate chip flavored. They come in a cylindrical blue bag. Each cake is 1 point each.
