I saw my doctor recently and while talking about what a lazy fat-ass I am, he mentioned something about replacing the crap I usually snack on with healthier snacks like seasoned air-fried cauliflower or something like that. So what are your favorite healthy-ish snacks that can be made relatively quickly when I feel like shoving food in my face for no reason other than boredom and force of habit?

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    1 hour ago

    Yoghurt (plain is ideal but I like a little bit of vanilla), nuts, rice cakes, homemade dried fruit oat bars, apples, and homemade protein bars.

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    Nuts, fruit, steamed veggies (with or without seasoning), popcorn, GOOD beef jerky, yogurt.
    Highly recommend you read Ultra-Processed People. I found that learning about what’s in the normal unhealthy snacks sort of makes you not want to eat them at all, which will make eating healthy snacks so much easier. Just my experience though.

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    Fruit, sardines, kimchi, pickles, cucumbers, bell peppers, dark chocolate…

    Lots of veggies make tasty snacks if you chop them small, toss with olive oil, salt, and garlic powder, and roast them. Not as easy as grabbing a bag from a cabinet but still super easy. Does take some time, though.

    Similarly, lots of leafy greens can be cooked up quickly and easily as a snack.

    Marinated soft or medium boiled eggs, such as Korean mayak eggs, Chinese tea eggs, or Japanese ajitsuki tamago (ajitama).

    Down that vein, deviled eggs.

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    4 hours ago

    Popcorn is great. It’s like fiber, butter, salt and spices.

    Been snacking on pita, labne (Lebanese yogurt I love it it has just a hint of the taste of cream cheese but it’s light and quot like yogurt) and toum (ingredients: garlic, oil, lemon juice, salt, magic). I imagine it’s doing great things for my cholesterol and vampire infestation.

    Oh! And there’s the only one pounds bag of gummi worms. That’s healthy because shut up.

    Wife likes putting peas (with some BBQ rub on em, brush on a little oil or get em damp if you want the rub to actually stick) in the air fryer, she says it makes em poop

    MOINKs ate pretty great if you want to put the time into it

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    Chips and salsa, so many great options. You should check the calorie count, but you could always make your own if you wanna really get into it. Swap the chips for a baked version if you wanna cut back on fried things.

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    A few suggestions based on whether you need more calories. If you are trying to gain weight:

    Triscuit crackers and hummus

    Nuts, whichever you like.

    Whole fat Greek yogurt with honey or savory with olives and crackers (again, Triscuit if you need calories)

    If you need to reduce calories:

    Apple & a few slices of good cheddar

    An avocado

    Boiled egg

    Popcorn made at home

    NONfat Greek yogurt with fruit and/or a little honey.

    A walk. Sometimes you are bored not hungry.

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    Carrots, celery broccoli… idk otherwise. Peanut butter is good

    Oh also I LOVE rice and burger with spicy diced tomatoes. So easy and fricken delicious to me . Also throw some beans in

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      Cheese and cold cuts (maybe besides chicken/turkey cuts, but especially anything salami or sausage related) I would argue are not healthy. Better than the worst of the worst like ice cream, desserts, and candy, but it is just saturated fan + saturated fat + a small amount of protein, zero fiber, and not many vitamins or minerals.

      Very tasty, and fine to snack on in small amounts, but literally any edible plant, nut, fruit, yogurt, legume, or even things like granola or protein bars have much more nutritional content.

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    13 hours ago

    Banana and nuts? I usually eat them as snacks. Any easy to peel fruits will do. I might add a glass of soy milk, too, if really hungry.

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    15 hours ago

    Hummus. There is some degree of effort involved, where you have to put 5 or so ingredients in a blender and blend them. Use crackers, pita, tortilla, veggies, etc. to deliver hummus to your mouth.

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      14 hours ago

      That’s a pretty calorie dense snack, though. After a couple of bites you’re basically having a meal.