Post your favorite 'must have" quick eats!

2BabyMama
2BabyMama Posts: 65
edited September 28 in Food and Nutrition
As a SAHM mom of a 7-month old and a 3-year old, I need to have quick foods on hand for meals, snacks, etc. to stay on the bandwagon. Sometimes I get in a rut eating the same thing or start resorting to processed food. Please post your favorite FLAVORFUL quick eats here....minimally processed preferred. Thanks! :)
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  • mvln
    mvln Posts: 96 Member
    Fruits, nuts, and cottage cheese.
  • Improvised
    Improvised Posts: 925 Member
    Peanut butter on whole wheat toast.
  • cessnaholly
    cessnaholly Posts: 780 Member
    Spicy hummus with carrots or celery.
  • audigal2008
    audigal2008 Posts: 1,129 Member
    laughing cow light (1 wedge) on 1 pc of toasted Rye bread! mmm
  • puzzler42
    puzzler42 Posts: 2
    kroger white cheddar rice cakes (40 cal each)
    kroger caramel rice cakes (45 cal each)
  • ranewell
    ranewell Posts: 621 Member
    Fruits, nuts, laughing cow cheese wth veggies, I often keep popcorn popped and bagged in little baggies(not the microwable kind)
  • olag00
    olag00 Posts: 222
    Pickles are my go to snack after dinner.
  • rosieflo
    rosieflo Posts: 218
    GRAPES! CHERRIES! Roasted Red Pepper Hummus with Athenos Whole Wheat Pita Chips.
  • FatUncleRob
    FatUncleRob Posts: 341
    Raw almonds.
    Bean dip and celery.
    Apples (sliced and sprinkled with ground cinnamon).
  • Grumpelina
    Grumpelina Posts: 56 Member
    Houmous is dead easy to make from scratch - good for you, satisfying and you know exactly what's in it. I always have some in the fridge and have it on toast/crispbakes/raw veg depending on how I feel.

    1 tin chickpeas
    1 tablespoon tahini
    4 tablespoons of lemon juice
    1/2 tablespoon of the water from the tin
    1/2 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
    1/2 tablespoon garlic puree

    This recipe makes 3 portions of around 150kcals.

    Whizz it up using a stick blender until it's smooth and lovely.

    (add extra garlic/lemon juice/coriander puree/some harissa if you fancy)
  • lovelabs25
    lovelabs25 Posts: 18 Member
    Fruit, celery with peanut butter, zone bar, protein shake
  • CherrySunday
    CherrySunday Posts: 301
    trail mix from the bulk bin over at whole foods, and Annie's Organic Cheddar Bunny Crackers (50 crackers for 140 calories).
  • cupcakecarnivore
    cupcakecarnivore Posts: 267
    ryvita crackers with laughing cow cream cheese and low sodium soup and another favorite is whole wheat toast with half an avocado
  • kje2011
    kje2011 Posts: 502 Member
    dark chocolate fibre plus granola bar (160 cal)
    almond or
    trail mix
    apples
  • BranMuffin21
    BranMuffin21 Posts: 157 Member
    Baby carrots. I usually have snack bags ready to go for a quick grabbing as I leave the house.
    Kernels 100 cal popcorn
    Sandwich and soup to go. Or cook a big batch and freeze in containers.
  • camillerg10
    camillerg10 Posts: 1
    Oatmeal is a must pretty much every morning!
  • sec818
    sec818 Posts: 6 Member
    My favorite late-afternoon snack is 2 lightly salted rice cakes, each with about a teaspoon of natural almond butter...very yummy, healthy and filling!
  • katie_on_a_mission
    katie_on_a_mission Posts: 112
    Whole wheat toast. You can keep it from getting boring by changing what you top it with-- low sugar jam, low fat cream cheese, peanut butter, whatever!
  • Schwiggity
    Schwiggity Posts: 1,449 Member
    Breakfast:

    quick oats, bananas, whole wheat toast, eggs

    Lunch/Dinner:

    Pre-cooked boneless skinless chicken breast with some frozen broccoli and whatever for flavoring

    Snacks: fruit, cottage cheese, greek yogurt, and raw almonds.
  • Lunarokra
    Lunarokra Posts: 855 Member
    Golden Delic apples!
  • BigBoneSista
    BigBoneSista Posts: 2,389 Member
    Melted peanut butter on bananas or apples.
  • missana221
    missana221 Posts: 46 Member
    I know it sounds really wierd but a tortilla shell (whole grain) with peanut butter and bananas. It has alot of protein in it and it keeps you full!!
  • MamaNae
    MamaNae Posts: 23
    Hi! I'm a SAHM of 3 (6, 3, 1.5)

    We keep granola bars, string cheese, apples, special k bars, fiber 1 bars on hand at all times :)

    My kids could eat apples dipped in peanut butter 18 times a day haha.

    For breakfast I usually do oatmeal (the real stuff, no quick oats here ewie) with a touch (roughly half a tsp) of brown sugar and a splash of cinnamon.

    Sometimes I'll microwave their apples for 10 seconds with cinnamon (it's relatively low calorie, I think it's roughly 20 per Tablespoon but I never use more than a tsp or so...so like 7? calories)
  • lil_missfit
    lil_missfit Posts: 565 Member
    cup of blueberries, laughing cow cheese on whole wheat toast, peanut butter on whole wheat toast, sliced apple dipped in PB. I am also a SAHM AND I do home daycare feel free to add me for ideas:))
  • bmw4deb
    bmw4deb Posts: 1,324 Member
    15 special k cracker chips 55 cal, philly swirls ice cream bars 14 cal, morning star veggie patty on a sandwich thin 180 cal
    chocolate mini rice cakes 7 for 60 cal.
    these are really good snacks
  • sheisbrown
    sheisbrown Posts: 171 Member
    greek yogurt.
  • blueridgewoman
    blueridgewoman Posts: 2
    I eat a lot of

    Almonds (esp the roasted sort- my favorite is the brown sugar and cinnamon. Not too sweet but yummy)
    Cheese
    Fruit (but only with protein- I get even hungrier otherwise)
    Hummus and carrot sticks
    Rolled up lunchmeat
    Avocado
    Hot dogs- I buy nitrate free, humanely raised ones and boil and dip in ketchup
    Luna Bars are great if you can tolerate that many carbs at once (I can't)

    I'm gluten/egg free, but if I could, I would also eat hardboiled eggs- they're hugely healthy and pretty portable
  • north35
    north35 Posts: 70 Member
    hard boiled eggs/egg whites
    cut up veggies
    almond butter with a pear or apple
    cheese strings
    cottage cheese
    greek yogurt
    oatmeal
    pre-cooked chicken/salmon
    salads
  • ThanT
    ThanT Posts: 1
    Great Job on your weight loss! Keep it Up!
  • chris6515
    chris6515 Posts: 131 Member
    I love cheese--it is satisfying to me in small amounts. Gordon Food Service sells several different kinds of cheese in cubes that are only 25-30 calories a piece. Havarti is my favorite. I'll eat a couple of cubes with an apple or a couple Triscuits or just by themselves.
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