Healthy snacks???

[Wildfire]

I'm looking to find something healthy to snack on whilst at my desk throughout the day.

I have been suggested nuts, but I've never really liked them, and I believe they are quite high in fat.

I'm looking to get something relatively cheap, but still snacky. To replace crisps.

I've found trying to stay in shape over the winter, very hard, especially as work increases, and getting to the gym is difficult. Plu I've got the natural craving to eat more over the winter.

Any suggesttions?

[anonymous-user]

Pistachio nuts!! Protein and good fat. I know, nuts, but they are the perfect snack!

[nw28840]

fruit ?

[plasticpig]

I eat Biltong. This is spiced dried meat.It's a bit like beef jerky except that you can get springbock & ostrich and other game versions. Ostrich is the healthiest but crocodile is my favourite.

[anonymous-user]

plasticpig said:

I eat Biltong. This is spiced dried meat.It's a bit like beef jerky except that you can get springbock & ostrich and other game versions. Ostrich is the healthiest but crocodile is my favourite.

Oooh sounds good. Where do you get that?

[Tiggsy]

garyhun said:

plasticpig said:

I eat Biltong. This is spiced dried meat.It's a bit like beef jerky except that you can get springbock & ostrich and other game versions. Ostrich is the healthiest but crocodile is my favourite.

Oooh sounds good. Where do you get that?

From Ant or Dec at a Bushtucker trial

[Matt_N]

Morrisons sell both Biltong and beef jerky.

Only trouble is that its £1 for a 25g bag of biltong and £1.99 for a 50g bag of jerky, gets quite expensive snaking on that.

It can be bought on the net and ebay for a bit cheaper though.

[plasticpig]

garyhun said:

plasticpig said:

I eat Biltong. This is spiced dried meat.It's a bit like beef jerky except that you can get springbock & ostrich and other game versions. Ostrich is the healthiest but crocodile is my favourite.

Oooh sounds good. Where do you get that?

Plenty of places sell it on line. There are a couple of SA expat butchers who make and sell it in London. Otherwise try http://www.biltongexpress.co.uk/onlineshop.htm

[Marf]

garyhun said:

Pistachio nuts!! Protein and good fat. I know, nuts, but they are the perfect snack!

Cashews are good too.

[plasticpig]

I should have added you can make your own biltong: http://www.makeyourownbiltong.com/shop/biltonator/

[LordGrover]

Thought about a mixture of dried apricots, brazil nuts, almonds and walnuts? Also pop in a few pumpkin and sunflower seeds. You're right in that they're quite high in fat but (relatively) good fats - just don't eat too many.

[Penny-lope]

LittleMiss said:

Plain pop corn, dried apple slices, dried apricots, raw veg sticks.

Very yummy, and so chewy that they last a while.

Tescos flavoured rice cakes are nice too...chilli

[missdiane]

How bad are pretzels?
Twiglets, rice cakes.

[staceyb]

Pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds and various other seeds mixed together.

[Maxf]

Salt and Vinegar snack-a-jacks are nice.

[ShadownINja]

One danger of healthy snacks is the amount of sugar and salt they put in them to make them taste nice.

staceyb said:

Pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds and various other seeds mixed together.

Yep!

[tog]

You can also get excellent organic buffalo biltong from ex-F1 champion Jody Scheckter at http://www.laverstokepark.co.uk/organic-biltong. Having made a fortune racing cars and seling weapons training systems in the USA, he now owns a large chunk of Hampshire that he has turned into an organic farm. Makes his own buffalo mozzarella too

[Sim89]

Grapes

[ShadownINja]

All this talk of Biltong... is it actually healthy for you??

If so, why not just by a pack of ham and be done with it.

Edited by ShadownINja on Monday 11th January 18:20

[grumbledoak]

Snacks are one of the hardest things to make healthy. Almost everything is high in something, with the exception of popcorn, which has the nutritional value of carpet.

I'd consider a small wedge of a soft cheese like Brie, a slice of ham, and some grapes...