What are some easy to prepare and healthy salty snack foods?

sethbrandeis
sethbrandeis Posts: 15 Member
edited November 21 in Food and Nutrition
I've been mostly trying to eat whole foods and staying away from candy, bread, fried/breaded foods, potato chips, etc.

For protein every day I eat a combination of meats and nuts.

However, my body craves from time to time a salty snack and for whatever reason the canonical ones are usually unhealthy: potato chips, pretzels, popcorn chicken, fried calamari, etc.

When I want something sugary, I can just have some fruit or juice.

But what do I eat when I want something salty to snack on that isn't nuts and doesn't take any time to prepare and must also be somewhat healthy?

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  • Kalikel
    Kalikel Posts: 9,603 Member
    Edamame with salt sprinkled on it. If you bake it and let it cool, it's the closest thing to nuts I've found. :)
  • tomatoey
    tomatoey Posts: 5,446 Member
    Edamame is good, I don't know why I don't have it more often : /

    Olives, pickles
  • professionalHobbyist
    professionalHobbyist Posts: 1,316 Member
    I take a bag of cashews on bike rides along with gel packs and water

    Cashews have salt sugar and proteins with fat.

    Good energy blend

  • msf74
    msf74 Posts: 3,498 Member
    professionalHobbyist wrote: »
    Cashews have salt sugar and proteins with fat.

    Also, spiced cashew nuts taste ah-ma-zing...
  • IILikeToMoveItMoveIt
    IILikeToMoveItMoveIt Posts: 1,172 Member
    I like seaweed sheets...nom nom!
  • RodaRose
    RodaRose Posts: 9,562 Member
    Kale chips, zucchini chips, baked pita chips.
  • slaite1
    slaite1 Posts: 1,307 Member
    Popcorn!
  • Timelordlady85
    Timelordlady85 Posts: 797 Member
    popcorn, you can get the skinny pop brand, its 39 calories a cup, gmo free,all that stuff for people who care lol and tastes really good. I buy it for my night time snacking as I too skip the chips,crackers, pasta and breads.
  • Docbanana2002
    Docbanana2002 Posts: 357 Member
    Kale chips, lightly salted popcorn (you can get small microwave bags that are 100 calories), sun chips, whole grain crackers
  • sarahrmli
    sarahrmli Posts: 9 Member
    IILikeToMoveItMoveIt wrote: »
    I like seaweed sheets...nom nom!

    Nori, just the best!
  • midpath
    midpath Posts: 246 Member
    I just add a little salt to peanut butter and eat it with apples.
  • 5Mack
    5Mack Posts: 15 Member
    Peanut butter and apples? I am stealing that idea *yoink*

    I am a massive fan of potato chips (or crisps as I call them over here) and tortilla style are the best (Doritos yes please) but clearly they aren't particularly good for you. Salted nuts would be my next stop so at least I get some protein and fats in there. After that then beef jerky would be next on my list.
  • Queenmunchy
    Queenmunchy Posts: 3,380 Member
    Roasted chickpeas
  • umayster
    umayster Posts: 651 Member
    Chipotle's guacamole is a very satisfying snack that takes about 10 minutes to make. You can keep prep time short by using jalopena slices from a jar, bottled lemon juice and some of a part cut up onion from the frig. I use salted cucumber slices to dip.

    It is not low calorie, but with the crunch of the cucumber, the salt, the fat in the avocado and a lime & jalopeno kick - you know you have had a snack and it kills any grazing instinct after eating!
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