What do you recommend for great snacking food?

Question

I need to vary my office snack food diet. It currently consists of fresh, tinned and crystalised fruit. Is there anything else that's cheap, healthy and fuss free you can recommend?

Answer 1

Crystalised fruit is classified as pure sugar, with the expected high GI so should not be clasified as a "good snack" as in addition they are nutrient deficient.
One of the best snacking food in terms of being good for you is a mixture of Sunflower seeds & Peacan nuts, the only draw back is that both have highish fat levels, but they are good fats (omegar3 +Vit E+Zn). They are low GI so will give you sustained energy, but as they do have a highish fat level your daily conumption should be restricted to less than a cup full.

Answer 2

Dry Honey Nut Cherrio's.
Sesame Pretzel Rods
Banana Chips
Caramel Rice Cakes

Answer 3

Roasted Seeds. I use a mixture of sunflower and pumpkin. Mix with a very little dark soy sauce and roast for 10 mins or less in the bottom of an oven. Or in a microwave for 2minutes initially and 1 minute intervals until at desired crispness. Cook in largish batch's and store in a jar.

You can also buy bags of sunflower & pumpkin seeds still in their jackets to snack on: satisfying but messy

Answer 4

I am guessing you mean stuff you can just keep in the office without refrigeration? Nuts are good for you, especially raw. Or pumpkin, or sunflower seeds. If you can bring it from home the same day boiled eggs are great. Or of course some vegetables and maybe dip - broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, celery, bell peppers etc.

Answer 5

My favorite nutritious snack (perfect for a 3 p.m. energy boost) is a homemade trail mix called 3-2-1.

Choose three types of nuts, two types of dried fruit, and one type of seed, and mix it all together in a big bowl. Then store in a ziploc bag or sealed container in the refrigerator. (It doesn't expire super quickly, but just keeps longer in the fridge.)

You can even package it yourself in individually portioned bags for daily snacks.

My current favorite combo: walnuts, almonds, cashews, raisins, dried cherries, and sunflower seeds.

Answer 6

Breakfast/fruit bars are what I always have! Kellogg's Nutri Grain make some yummy ones with different fruit and nut variety options. Easy and very filling.

Answer 7

nuts and raisins are good, but not too many
fresh carrots and celery, oranges, mandarines, apples, all other kinds of fruit
How about taking a salad? Olives, lettuce, tomatoes, red onion, mushrooms, avocado, red/yellow peppers with seeds on the side(pumpkin, pine nut, etc.)

Answer 8

I used to bring purple grapes and diced cheese to the office. Put both in one bowl and snack all day.

Also, baby carrots and hummus is good, if you can manage to dip at your desk. Warning: avoid garlic hummus if you work closely with others. Yikes.

Answer 9

Apples and bananas. Apples because they grow in this country and are healthy and in the season you ought to be able to get them free. Bananas because they have high potassium which in many peoples diet it is lacking

Answer 10

Cut up vegetables like cucumber, peppers and celery.
Mixed nuts (unsalted)
Pitta chips (baked pieces of pitta bread, healthier alternative to crisps and available in larger supermarkets)