I love special K's new crisp chips, you get a lot for a serving and I have some protien with them like a cheese stick or almonds.. they dont seem to spike my BG.

Nuts are high calorie. You can eat a few, but its easy to get carried away. Honestly, there is nothing crunchy that you can eat a lot of that either isn't high calorie or will make your blood sugar go crazy. A small bit of granola, a cup of popcorn, and that's it, and be sure its early in the day, not late. I've resigned myself to nothing but decaf tea at night. Crunching on anything is only a tease. Once you get that evening blood sugar up, all it does is spark hunger that seems to go on all night long.

Celery dipped in no sugar added peanut butter, hummus, ranch dressing, etc.

When I am craving chips I usually make some kale chips. Just bake some kale with a little olive oil and salt. Hope that helps

Wow thanks for posting this ? and all the great ideas. I also love the special K crisps, pepridge farm also has a baked cracker chip that you get a good amount for a serving, I also love pistachios, almonds, and popcorn is a big go too for me.. i try to have the crunchy carbs with some protien like turkey, cheese, or egg, it seems to help keep down the spikes in my blood sugar. I will have to try the micowave cheese sticks and peperoni. !!

Hi all. I am a newly diagnosed diabetic and I am learning what I should not eat. Although I was never one to just eat snacks all day, I did enjoy pretzels once in a while. I haven't been craving anything crunchy lately until yesterday. The closest thing to a salty snack I had in the house was popcorn (air-popped of course). I ate 4 cups! My BG showed it too. It is amazing how the mind will make you crave something (like potato chips - which I seldom eat) just because you cannot have it. Please give me some ideas for crunchy, salty snacks that I can eat.

These are AMAZING (I apologize in advance for the exceptionally long post)

Crackers only 1.44 carbs
Default Crackers
This recipe will fill 2 baking trays and if you cut each baking tray in 10 pieces, each cracker is 1,44 carbs. Both the baking trays is in the oven at the same time.

4 oz almond meal (3/4 c. almond flour) OR GRIND YOUR OWN ALMONDS
7 oz sesame seeds (1c. sesame seed)
2 oz flaxseed (3/4 c. flax seed)
1/2 t. salt
2 soup spoons of Psyllium Husks ( 2 T.) which you can get at amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/Foods-Psyllium-Husks-Whole-Ounce/dp/B000N7DP6G/ref=pd_bxgy_hpc_text_y
You can add basil and garlic powder if you want to.. or any seasoning you wish (cinnamon?) You can also use this as a cereal and use heavy cream and water for low carbers.


Bake at 300-310 F degrees....etc.

I put the almonds in my Food Processor and chop them really fine. Then I mix everything in a bowl just using a spoon. Leave it for 5 minutes to make the Psyllium hulls to swell.
I set the oven on 160 degrees celcius hot air (325 degrees).
I put baking paper in 2 baking trays (12 by 15 or larger) and lay half of the dough in each baking tray.
I use a spatula to make the dough cover all of the tray. I use a pizzacutter to make 10 pieces in each tray or more! Roll between two pieces of baking paper and put both of the trays in the oven at the same time using hot air. After about 30 minutes I take them out, seperate the crackers and turns them. Then I put them back in the oven again, but now I have the ovendoor slightly open.
After about 30 minutes the crackers are dry all through and really crispy.
I let them cool on a grate. When they are cooled, I put them in a closed box, and they will stay crispy and tasty for more than a month (mine always been eaten at that time).
Enjoy!


serving size: 1 saltine-size cracker 17g

calories: 45
calories from fat: 34
total fat: 4g
saturated fat: 0g
trans fat: 0g
cholesterol: 0mg
sodium: 27mg
total carbs: 1g
dietary fiber: 1g
sugars 0g
protein: 1g
calcium: 1%
iron: 2%
also a good source of magnesium, copper, manganese & selenium

If you cut your crackers larger - getting 12 crackers per pan - the values are more like this:

serving size: 1 cracker 34g (more the size of a slice of bread)
calories per serving: 89
calories from fat: 68
total fat: 8g
saturated fat: 1g
trans fat: 0g
cholesterol: 0mg
sodium: 54mg
total carbs: 3g
dietary fiber: 2g
sugars: 0g
protein: 3g
calcium: 2%
iron: 4%

I like cool, fresh English cucumber slices, too. They crunch and if I sprinkle a little salt on them then it satisfies my need for the little bit of salt as well.