**healthy cravings** - what's yours?

pandafoo

I think it will always be a fact of life that I will crave unhealthy stuff like Popeye's fried chicken and Lou Malnatti's deep dish pizza! But now that I'm adopting healthier eating habits, it's interesting how I am starting to crave certain healthy foods.

For example, these days I crave:
-baked sweet potato fries (some are in the oven right now!)
-steamed shrimp sprinkled with cajun/old bay spices, and lemon juice
-homemade dal (indian lentils)
-wild sockeye salmon
-homemade almond milk smoothies with frozen strawberries and vanilla extract

what's YOUR healthy craving at the moment? let's keep on indulging in them!

mezmez73

i want celery sticks with fat free italian dressing!
something i never ate before!

helloiloveukitty

peanut butter on a banana, love this

mabel2011

GArden salad with ken's light Italian dressing, and 100 calorie skinny cow caramel Truffle bars!!

Melis25Fit

Celery w/ Almond Butter.
Turkey w/ alphalpha sprouts/lettuce/honey mustard wraps
Steal cut oats w/ raisins!

HealthierMamasita

roasted red pepper hummus
wheat crackers
FISH!
SHRIMP!

I'm sure there is more but I'm making myself drool so I'll stop:blushing:

sanura

sometimes I totally crave fresh green beans! I guess they remind me of summer....
I also crave herbal teas, peppermint is one of my favourites.
wish these were more often then cravings for bread, chocolate and fries, but, at least I enjoy a lot of healthy food too!

katschi

Just today I had my homemade lentil soup and my smoothie with almond milk, protein powder, blueberries, kale, flaxseed and 1/2 banana.
Yesterday I had shrimp.
I'll be having some yogurt with puréed strawberries for my snack before bed.
I love the 100 calorie packs of hummus and baby carrots.
I also love eggs and lately have eaten them with a tomato on Sch-inkenbrot which is a heavy rye bread.
Sardines in olive oil! Everyone's favorite! lol

I make sweet potato fries with a touch of olive oil and rosemary. Just as they come out of the oven I sprinkle them with balsamic vinegar. It's delicious.

ajbeans

Jonathan apple sliced with an ounce of reduced-fat cream cheese.

Cristy_AZ

Cucumbers (which is weird cause I didn't used to care for them, I think its the crunch)

catcrazy

I have always suffered from cravings, some of the usual baddies but also some very strange healthy ones.

Cabbage...have such strong cravings for this covered in black pepper...also tend to crave black pudding at the same time. I reckon this is linked to my blood disorder so eat the cabbage, 1 whole cabbage per meal!

Fish...always hated anything but smoked fish til pregnant with my 3rd (16 years ago) and everything changed, now get regular cravings for fish

Shellfish...shrimp, prawns crab...think this might be linked to blood disorder too so indulge it.

Tomatoes...sometimes can sit there and eat a pack of tomatoes like others eat apples

My lastest one is curry lentil soup...cant get enough of the stuff!

jessieinblue

I crave blueberries like nobody's business. Year-round. I cannot wait for June when the local orchards open up the pick-your-owns again.

cheshirequeen

peanut butter and jelly on some crackers. also some peanut butter on banana(yes i love peanut butter, haha) i love love love stove top popcorn. theres also some vegan things i do, since i am vegan. there are snap pea crunchies along with pirate booty crunchies and puffs too(which are veggie too)

djthom

I've been craving avacados reeeaal bad!!! Unfortunately they make me very sick, but the temptation to eat them is still strong. Wish I could find something else like them I could eat! :sad:

britt_fit

Steamed vegetables
Sometimes hummus or breaded chicken
Peanut butter and bananas

anna_b1

Peanut butter has always been a favourite, but now I have it on bananas and apples (yummy!!!)

I also love carrots (with Red Pepper Hummus)

foodbuzz

I'm addicted to Gopal's Organic Nori Wrapped Power Wraps. They come in six flavors and I love them all.

Italian
Curry
Mexican
Japanese
Texas BBQ
Masala

I buy them from NaturalZing.com and hope they always stock them!!!

Janworkingitout

I am loving baked sweet potatoes! I also have air popped popcorn every day!

callipygianchronicle

Baby spinach and arugula. I can eat bowls of either, with just a squeeze of lemon juice and a drizzle of olive oil. I eat either one or both every single day.

Purplebunnysarah

Gala apples. So yummy!

DrBorkBork

coconut butter
shrimp
cheese
fruit

gehlerc

I now crave oatmeal, believe it or not. I am *loving* the Hungry Girl recipe for "The Original Growing Oatmeal Bowl." Makes a HUGE serving for 190 calories, and it's really, really good. That's what I crave lately. I sometimes have it for dinner.

florange323

-khashi chewy peanut butter granola bar
-smuckers chunky natural peanut butter
-steamed broccoli with garlic
-veggie egg white omelettes
-those little 90 calorie snacks
-beans

ramonaquimby

i could eat a poached egg everyday--they were the only way i would eat eggs growing up! brussel sprouts (must be fresh) toasted on the stove with a splash of lemon juice. kale chips. sweet potatoes. split pea soup (vegetarian). tofu scrambles.

chickadee2010

Celery with Peanut Butter.

kd100

Celery with Peanut Butter.

peanut butter is fattening not healthy!!

poisongirl6485

I've been craving egg sandwiches lately. I usually am not an egg person, but as of late they just hit the spot!!

vanrunninggirl

peanut butter on a banana, love this

omg this is a daily thing for me: so much so i think i'm beginning to have a problem, haha

ramonaquimby

Celery with Peanut Butter.

peanut butter is fattening not healthy!!

nut fats are good fats.

craft338

a chopped red bell pepper with balsamic vinegar and garlic salt: 40 calories!!

ASBO2Amber

My healthy cravings are:

mango
beans
chickpeas
salmon
pineapple
coconut
my breakfast berry smoothie

yum!