I’m a mid-morning snacker. I always get hungry right around 11 A.M., and I need a snack to hold me over until lunch. When do you get the munchies? Vote now! In later posts, I’ll write about the best times to eat certain kinds of snacks (for example, snacks that give you morning energy, snacks that are helpful before and after a workout, and snacks that help calm you before you go to sleep).
Lauren
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Just a quick warning to our readers that many snack foods containing peanut butter have been recalled due to the recent salmonella outbreak.
Clif and Luna bars containing peanut butter have been recalled, as well as Nutrisystem’s Peanut Butter Granola Bars, Nature’s Path’s Peanut Butter Optimum Energy Bars, ZonePerfect Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars and Peanut Toffee Bars, NutriPals Peanut Butter Chocolate Bars, Little Debbie’s Peanut Butter Toast and Peanut Butter Cheese Sandwich Crackers, and Kellogg’s Austin and Keebler Peanut Butter Cookies, along with many, many other peanut butter products.
Go to FDA.gov for a complete list of peanut butter product recalls, and more info on each one.
When in doubt, throw it out!
Be well,
Lauren
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Spice It Up
Looking to shake things up a bit in the New Year? Abandon your bland rice cakes for a more fun and flavorful snack. I particularly like the curry cashew trail mix from Grizzlie’s Granolas. It’s a delicious medley of all-natural ingredients: curry cashews, roasted almonds, walnuts, raisins, fruit-juice sweetened cranberries, apples, sunflower seeds, and pumpkin seeds. The curry not only gives the cashews a nice kick, but also adds certain health benefits. For example, according to some studies, curry may help prevent cancer and Alzheimer’s, and may treat inflammation. Also, I’ve heard that when you eat spicy food, it fills you up faster so you don’t overeat. I can always use help in that department!
Happy 09!
Lauren
PS Do you like it hot? Write me a comment and tell me about your favorite spicy snacks!
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Finally, a company for picky eaters like me!
I love buying granola and having it for breakfast or as a snack, but the problem is that no matter which kind I try, there’s often something in the mix that I could do without. For example, I like Feed’s cranberry coconut granola, but I’m not a huge fan of the coconut flakes. (Their blueberry granola, on the other hand, is perfect.) I also like Bear Naked’s Continental Divide mix—chocolate granola plus nuts and banana chips—but I hate how the banana chips sometimes overpower everything else. Well, to all of you who are as picky as me, I have good news—finally, there’s a company that lets you put what you want into your granolas and cereals.
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Allow me to state the obvious: kids love to snack. Their bodies are growing, their metabolisms are fast, and they’re always hungry. They’re starving in between classes, they’re famished when they get home from school, and they get the munchies late at night. A lot of schools (middle, not just elementary) are aware of this and have even built morning snack time into the schedule—this is especially common in districts where lunch periods are late, and kids have to wait a while to eat (and many of those kids skip breakfast, so their stomachs are really empty by lunch if they don’t get a snack…). Conversely, many kids have really early lunch periods and are starving by late afternoon. I remember that when I was younger, my hungriest time was around 3 pm, right when I got home from school. I would walk in the door, immediately raid the kitchen cabinets, and begin eating pretzels, peanut butter, cookies… anything I could find.
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In honor of Labor Day weekend, the last weekend many pools and beaches are open for the season, I thought I’d write about four of my favorite summery, healthy poolside snacks. Enjoy your last hurrah before the cooler temps kick in! (unless, of course, you’re lucky enough to live someplace warm year-round…)
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Snack Review: Scrack’s Griss Pomodoro e Basilico (Tomato Basil)
I recently spent time in Italy, where, not surprisingly, I ate really well. One of the things that struck me most about the food was its simplicity.
Italians generally aren’t into complicated preparations—no fancy sous-vide cooking methods or heavy sauces; they prefer to just use a few high-quality, fresh ingredients, and let those ingredients speak for themselves. For example, to make a delicious margherita pizza, Italians basically just use flour, yeast, salt, olive oil, tomatoes, basil, and mozzarella. Forget the processed cheese blends and jarred sauces we use in the U.S.; they’re all about natural flavors and goodness.
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Kelly Sonora from the Nursing School Search Blog contacted me this morning and told me about her latest post which features a list of 100 Food Blogs to Inspire Your Healthy Eating.
THSB was honored to be among those listed. Thank you very much, Kelly.
Definitely check it out – it’s a great resource if you are interested in healthy food and snacking.
Chris -
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I recently started a new job and sadly, the new establishment does not have the smorgasbord of snacking options that the other was so kind to maintain. Luckily though, in this snacking void I have found one treat on hand that is perfect for the days when you need some serious crunch with a bit of spice.
Snyder’s Honey Wheat Sticks Pretzels are salty and slightly sweet with the crunch of a serious pretzel.
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There’s nothing like a good multi-tasker to make you feel on top of things. And in the spirit of multi-tasking, I bring you a kid-friendly, grownup-friendly, HEALTH-friendly snack that satisfies my hunger pangs with little inconvenience.
Let’s examine it as a three parter, shall we? First I’ll hit the health angle, then move on to convenience (because let’s face it, rarely do we have time to get all gourmet at snacktime), and finally, taste. As for the kid-friendly stuff … well, that’s mostly advertising. As you can see, this is a snack with some personality – Dora the Explorer’s personality, that is. I’m talking about individual packets of Frozen Edamame made by Seapoint Farms.
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