Chips, chips and more chips!!

erinmccormick00
erinmccormick00 Posts: 6 Member
edited November 16 in Food and Nutrition
I crave chips! I can ignore if for a few days or sometimes satisfy it with popcorn. But eventually I give in. What are your favorite ways to satisfy that crunchy salty craving?
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  • katelynmielke23
    katelynmielke23 Posts: 1 Member
    Try eating some peaunuts instead
  • nettam3re3
    nettam3re3 Posts: 66 Member
    Sunflower seeds in the shell!
  • IvanOcampo
    IvanOcampo Posts: 226 Member
    Chips are delicious!!
    Try quest chips if you can't fit normal ones into your macros. :)
    Otherwise, make your own!
    I often make kale chips, or cut potatoes really thing and put them in the oven for a while .. can make them out of sweet potatoes or squash.. or practically anything really.
  • Lasmartchika
    Lasmartchika Posts: 3,440 Member
    By actually fitting a serving or two of my favorite chips into my day. Helps tons!! :smile:
  • KellieTru
    KellieTru Posts: 285 Member
    erinmccormick00 wrote: »
    I crave chips! I can ignore if for a few days or sometimes satisfy it with popcorn. But eventually I give in. What are your favorite ways to satisfy that crunchy salty craving?

    I'm the same. ❤️ chips! It's probably the one food that gives me the most trouble. I've been chip free for the past eight days and I gotta tell you it's been hell. Hoping to lose my cravings for them by eating much healthier.
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    katelynmielke23 wrote: »
    Try eating some peaunuts instead

    Peanut calories add up way fast. Have you weighed yours on a food scale?

    Popcorn.

  • Laurend224
    Laurend224 Posts: 1,748 Member
    Popcorn. I found a seasoning to put on mine that makes it taste like BBQ Lays. :)
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    Laurend224 wrote: »
    Popcorn. I found a seasoning to put on mine that makes it taste like BBQ Lays. :)

    Tell us your secret. I've yet to play with seasoning my popcorn really.
  • Laurend224
    Laurend224 Posts: 1,748 Member
    arditarose wrote: »
    Laurend224 wrote: »
    Popcorn. I found a seasoning to put on mine that makes it taste like BBQ Lays. :)

    Tell us your secret. I've yet to play with seasoning my popcorn really.


    It's from Aldi, Stonemill Essentials Chipotle BBQ seasoning. It is 0 calories for 1/4 tsp. But since (gasp) sugar is the #1 ingredient, I'm sure it adds up.
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    Laurend224 wrote: »
    arditarose wrote: »
    Laurend224 wrote: »
    Popcorn. I found a seasoning to put on mine that makes it taste like BBQ Lays. :)

    Tell us your secret. I've yet to play with seasoning my popcorn really.


    It's from Aldi, Stonemill Essentials Chipotle BBQ seasoning. It is 0 calories for 1/4 tsp. But since (gasp) sugar is the #1 ingredient, I'm sure it adds up.

    Yeah, not much though. I want to start putting fun seasonings on mine. Thanks.
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,231 Member
    I love chips and we're going on a road trip this afternoon and I'd usually grab a big bag for snacks. I grabbed a bag of Poptopia Salt & Vinegar popcorn instead. Hope it scratches the itch!
  • krissyreminisce
    krissyreminisce Posts: 284 Member
    I go to lightly salted dried edamame. It satisfies that crunch and the salt. :D
  • hncary
    hncary Posts: 176 Member
    I would probably just fit some chips in if I was really craving them because sometimes substitutes just aren't the same, but I really like veggie straws/veggie chips.
  • bjdavidson964
    bjdavidson964 Posts: 266 Member
    I went to Panera tonight after Zumba ... got the Power Chicken Hummus bowl ... and when asked what side I wanted ... yes ma'am I went for the chips. Tore open that bag on the way home. Only ate half the bag though. Threw the rest away immediately when I got home. Met my calories though.
  • bioklutz
    bioklutz Posts: 1,365 Member
    I love snapea crisps! 110 calories & 5 grams of protein for 28 grams.
  • erinmccormick00
    erinmccormick00 Posts: 6 Member
    edited April 2015
    I'll have popcorn sometimes, but maybe I just need to fit a serving of chips in every now and then. :)
    Chips and salsa...my weakness !!
  • bjdavidson964
    bjdavidson964 Posts: 266 Member
    Baked seasoned chickpeas kinda work when you're tight on calories.
  • ahoy_m8
    ahoy_m8 Posts: 3,053 Member
    edited April 2015
    Ah, I thought you meant potato chips, which I would love to learn to make but I don't have a mandolin. Tortilla chips are easy and fast. I always have corn tortillas on hand, but it's better for everyone if we don't regularly stock chips. Brush or spray each side ever so lightly with canola (or other high temp oil), cut into wedges and broil a couple minutes each side. Watch it like a hawk. Once they start to brown, it goes fast. A quick spray on 2 tortillas for me is 2g oil. You can broil without the oil, but crispier with it.

    Nuts satisfy my cravings, too, but they're hugely caloric. You could have 2 tortillas worth of chips+salsa for the kcal in 1oz almonds. So pick what you really enjoy.
  • LovelyIvy466
    LovelyIvy466 Posts: 387 Member
    I just have chips, but I buy a small serving- I have tried every kind of substitute, but they either don't work (no, seeds don't taste like chips) or were just as difficult to stop eating (crackers of any kind, especially when eaten with cheese. I can eat half a bag if I start). I used to try not to eat them, but I'd end up eating them every other day because I was so focused on them. I had to stop trying to limit them, and accept that I could have them whenever I felt like it, then it became not such a big deal. I have them once or twice a month now, no big whoop.
  • ASKyle
    ASKyle Posts: 1,475 Member
    How are dill pickles not mentioned here! So salty and great.

    I can't buy chips because I will EAT ALL THE CHIPS.
  • peter56765
    peter56765 Posts: 352 Member
    bioklutz wrote: »
    I love snapea crisps! 110 calories & 5 grams of protein for 28 grams.

    Or just eat the real thing. Fresh snap peas are only like 45 calories for the same weight and have a great crunch to them.
  • peachyfuzzle
    peachyfuzzle Posts: 1,122 Member
    I'll make sure to carve out two servings worth of cheez-its in my day if I feel the need for something like that.

    Totally did that last night, and it was totally awesome.
  • bioklutz
    bioklutz Posts: 1,365 Member
    peter56765 wrote: »
    bioklutz wrote: »
    I love snapea crisps! 110 calories & 5 grams of protein for 28 grams.

    Or just eat the real thing. Fresh snap peas are only like 45 calories for the same weight and have a great crunch to them.

    But I don't want the real thing. I LOVE the snapea crisps :)
  • marmaladepixie
    marmaladepixie Posts: 83 Member
    kale chips, roasted chickpeas
  • KellieTru
    KellieTru Posts: 285 Member
    Still chip-free. It's still hell lol.

  • ForeverSunshine09
    ForeverSunshine09 Posts: 966 Member
    I personally love Special K cracker chips sour cream and onion. They remind of O'Boise chips I used to eat as a kid. You can have 30 grams or about 25 chips for 120 cals. They have a lot of flavoring on them. Man now I want some chips. Haha!
  • shadowfax_c11
    shadowfax_c11 Posts: 1,942 Member
    When I want chips I have them. I have a bag of tortilla chips sitting in my kitchen that has so far lasted several weeks. I just count out my portion and take time to really enjoy them. The calories are not to bad but the salt will make me hold a pound or two of water for a couple of days so right now I tend to only eat chips if I really really crave them. Also I love sweet potato and beet chips. A little bit healthier but still with that crunchy chip satisfaction.
  • maryliscious
    maryliscious Posts: 25 Member
    Beanitos. They're a bean chip. They have a great crunch. Also, pita chips with hummus.
  • KellieTru
    KellieTru Posts: 285 Member
    Ok so last night I bought a bag of Garden Veggie Straws rosemary and olive oil flavor. They weren't bad and satisfied that crispy-crunchy-salty want.
    Still--not chips.
    Winning the war!!
  • 999tigger
    999tigger Posts: 5,235 Member
    I balance having them anyway, but small bags of 100 cal ones and also like eating crispbreads. I like the sesame ones, also the sunflower and oat ones are things id eat even if I wasnt on a diet. They are delicious.
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