cheap healthy snacks

AngelaMcConnell82

I am trying to find a snack that is cheap, healthy, and fill a you up.

HeidiCooksSupper

There are many. It depends on what you are looking for. Generally, proteins, fats, and high-fiber carbohydrates are more filling than sugary-starchy low-fiber snacks. A hard boiled egg is filling, easy to carry around, and cheap. String cheese is also filling but not quite as cheap. A banana is quite filling and healthy, too. So, what kind of thing are you looking for?

nickatine

peanuts from the bulk section at your grocery store dirt cheap
filling. canned tuna, canned chicken, dried apricots, beans. all those items are extremely cheap.

guinevere96

HeidiCooksSupper wrote: »

String cheese is also filling but not quite as cheap.

God I live on string cheese, I was gonna recommend it but you beat me to it.

teachparents

hummus is not expensive.. and can go on toast, on crackers or a dip for vegetables, on a salad.. i also find a hard boiled egg gets me through til lunch

7lenny7

Fruit, carrots, tuna, popcorn (with a bunch of crap on it)

acpgee

I like raw veg dipped in hummous. I'm too lazy to cut up vegetables, so I use green beans or sugar snaps or snow peas.

If you love potato chips, here is an oil free version from the microwave. Works incredibly well. The chips crisp up as they cool.

http://www.thekitchn.com/how-to-make-crispy-potato-chips-in-the-microwave-166718

7lenny7

acpgee wrote: »

I like raw veg dipped in hummous. I'm too lazy to cut up vegetables, so I use green beans or sugar snaps or snow peas.

Another great choice! I buy hummos at Costco prepacked in 2.25oz servings then bring enough baby carrots to use up the hummos and make that my afternoon snack at work. The peas sound like a great idea too!