If you're snacking a lot...what are you snacking on?

[*Lindsey*]

I'm doing ok with getting fruit in my diet, but vegetables make me . The only veggies that I can handle are raw carrots, sweet potatoes, and pickles. Not that pickles are really a vegetable (rotten cucumbers is what DH calls them.)

I'm snacking on fresh fruit, smoothies, cheese, crackers, sometimes chips , raisins, nuts, wheat bread with peanut butter....

Just wondering what everyone else is snacking on.

[Living Slowly]

I am really liking citrus now. I am eating lots of oranges, grapefruit, straberries and bananas. Fruit is going down alot easier than veggies now. Although I was excited to get down a small salad last night. Trailmix and smoothies are other good snacks right now.

[yogachick79]

Yeah I can get in some raw veggies every once and a while but nothing that is steamed or cooked. Blech....

For snacks... Soy yogurt, nuts, crackers, pita chips, fruit.

[boogiemonster]

Breakfast-y stuff...

Cereal, toast, bagels, smoothies, bananas.

I craved all things fruity with my last pregnancy, and it looks like I'm on my way again. Fruit crisp...yum.

We bought a bag of chips and some dip and brought them over to some friends' last weekend...OMG they tasted so good. I left the rest of the bag over there for fear that I would polish off the whole works. DH was disappointed...I never buy chips.

[Mama2Setia]

My favorite foods so far any fruits, any meat, raw or cooked veggies.

I can't seem to eat grains or breads for some odd reason. My taste buds are changing.

[GinaRae]

It depends on the day. Sometimes I cannot stomach things I loved three days ago. In fact, tonight I am having a hard time holding it together just THINKING about food. Ugh! But here's a list:

Cliff Bars (choc. chip cookie flavored, and I am trying Luna Bars soon)
Bananas
Toast
Avacado
Carrots
Strawberries
Cantaloupe and Honeydew
Cashews
Low fat hot dogs
Instant oatmeal
Bagels and cream cheese

[VeganC]

Any kind of fruit
Hummus (I love hummus!)
Grilled tomato, cheezly (a great vegan cheese substitute), and mustard sandwiches on wholewheat
Steamed vegetables
Refried beans
Nairn's Fruit and Spice Oat Biscuits (vegan, wholegrain cookies. YUM!)
Oh, and dark chocolate mint thins.

Those are my favorite things lately.

[*Lindsey*]

hummus ! I have all the fixin's to make it and may just have to do so today.

[VeganC]

Originally Posted by mommy2Gabriel03

hummus ! I have all the fixin's to make it and may just have to do so today.

Go for it! And save me some because I'm all out.

[sorteep]

I have been using envirokids gluten free rice bars to settle my stomach, very unfortunately, I am allergic to nuts so that is a huge hole in my snack nutrition, hummus on carrots (yum), cheese and rice thins, any whole fruit, celery, red or green peppers raw, ummmm, I am really a meal eater but I do snack to keep the nausea away, I must admit I do take leave of my senses sometimes and have crappy carby stuff but I try not to because I just end up hungrier and cranky.. I have had some plain yogurt with sulfite free dried fruit and a crunchy cereal like Nutty Rice and that is really nice,, actually that sounds really nice right now... I do use full fat organic plain yogurt.. I fear no healthy dietary fat!! OHH I add ground flax meal to that too... sometimes I have a bowl of cream of rice cereal made with rice milk and millet and flax seeds and flax oil and organic butter but it is pretty high glycemic index so it can give me a blood sugar crash.. hmmmmm can't think of anything else .. I did have an awesome split pea and bean and ham (no nitra/ites etc) with carrots and celery stew for lunch it was really good.. along with some gluten free bread... then I snitched a piece of my sons GF/CF chocolate cake (I think my sweet aversion is leaving me.. bummer..)

[StacieM]

bagels, toast, apples, crackers and cheese, milk and cookies (trying not to do this one too much), peanut butter and jelly (on wheat), Cheerios, granola bars.....

....I really gotta go get trail mix!

[Pippi Langstroemp]

I eat lots of nuts, but that can be a problem. I'm a substitute teacher and I never know if I'm going to a school or classroom with a no nut policy. Yesterday I almost hit myself because I was on field trip with a class, snacking on my almonds, when one of the kids told me that someone in the class was deathly allergic. I was starving, but of course I put them away right away. Nut allergies freak me out. So yeah, as great as nuts and peanut butter sandwiches are, I'd love to have some quick and easy alternatives!

[maisiedotes]

For me:
saltines
string cheese
cinnamon raisin toast
oranges
dried fruit
granola bars
yogurt with granola

[snozzberry]

What a great thread! I thought I'd revive it.

I'm trying to focus on high-protein snacks throughout the day because I'm finding it difficult to get to 70+ grams a day. Also, I've already had a little nausea and I'm hoping to keep it under wraps with lots of high-protein snacking.

Here are my favorite snacks so far:

• Sprouted 7-grain bread with almond butter
• Sunflower or pumpkin seeds and raisins
• Cottage cheese
• Almonds or walnuts and dried fruit
• Dr. Kracker pumpkin seed crackers
• Homemade granola bars (out of MDCer Cathe Olson's Vegetarian Mother's Cookbook)
• Cheddar cheese (a 1-inch cube is 6 grams!)

[ComfyCozy]

ROFL I guess I didn't read this one two months ago, because I was just now reading it and thinking "Gee there's still a lot of morning sickness hanging around here..."

[brooklyn_warbler]

pineapple
canteloupe
apples
whole wheat toast w/natural peanut butter
whole wheat toast w/low fat organic cream cheese
lime all-fruit popsicles
canteloupe
canteloupe
canteloupe
canteloupe...

i weirdly don't snack that much now that i think about it. i eat probably 4 small meals a day (salads, sandwiches, dinners with lots of whole grains, and fresh veg) and then a lot of fruit in the meantime.

[maisiedotes]

I have been eating:
~cottage cheese on cornbread crackers
~toast with butter
~fruit (peaches, strawberries, canteloupe)
~yogurt and granola
~slices of cheese

All this snack talk is making me hungry!

[*Lindsey*]

Great idea to revive this! I know for me personally, my morning sickness/nausea is totally gone. I now eat like a starving person on a desert island most days.

My current snack favorites are: (I'm also trying to get lots of protein. When you're pg with twins you're supposed to get like 120g+ a day! )

-celery or wheat bread with peanut butter
-cheese w/ or w/out wheat crackers
-raisin bran cereal or homemade granola
-yogurt
-smoothies
-handful of nuts/sunflower seeds
-noodles
-all kinds of fruit
-carrots and green peppers in hummus or ranch dressing

And with that, it's lunch time!

[GinaRae]

Originally Posted by *Lindsey*

Not that pickles are really a vegetable (rotten cucumbers is what DH calls them.)

I haven't been snacking a lot at all. I'm surprised! In fact, I am wondering why I don't eat like I always have when I am pregnant.

But when I do need a snack, I have been eating fruits like grapes, apples, avacado, bananas, nectarines, cherries, watermelon, etc..

I'm also eating yogurt, cottage cheese, sunflower seeds, cheese, bagels, small salads...

[Taradactyl3]

Love the ideas. Not sure why I haven't thought of cottage cheese yet. Sounds perfect.

Lately I've been eating eggs more often. They're good because they're low carb and high in protein. Hard boiled eggs are a good snack paired with wheat toast or made into egg salad. I've also found it's super quick and easy to make a small omlete or scrambled egg.

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