Healthy alternative to chips
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Uh yes. There's not a single person on this earth who has become overweight from eating too much carrot, cucumber, pepper, celery.
I would think you even lose energy from chewing, processing those veggies raw.
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shadowfax_c11 wrote: »Colorscheme wrote: »Ripped up taco shells! I like chips and salsa too. Or tortilla strips instead of tortilla chips.
All of your substitutes are made out of the same thing as the thing you are substituting....Tortillas are tortillas whether they are chips, taco shells, or cut in strips. Why no0t just eat the thing you want to eat. In a measured portion that fits your goals.
OP I agree with the others who say you can have veggies with your dips to cut some of the calories but those dips are probably a bigger problem than the chips.
IDK me, when I want a specific food substitutes don't do it. I would rather have a controlled portion of the thing I want , than stuff myself on something I am not going to enjoy.
Yeah but it's about volume....0 -
endlessfall16 wrote: »Eat less chips! I don't think there are too many calories in very few chips!!
The suggestions of vegetables gave me a chuckle. That's essentially changing your favorite food. If you are ok with that, might as well switch salsa to vinegar. Veggies + vinegar = you even "earn" calorie points.
This calorie minded eating starts to get funny.
Meh...a lot of those raw veggies go great with cheese dips and the like...
No need to change the salsa to vinegar though...salsa is pretty friggin' healthy.
Also, I eat around 250 calories in veg daily...so what you're telling me is that those are just free calories then and don't count towards my targets?1 -
endlessfall16 wrote: »Uh yes. There's not a single person on this earth who has become overweight from eating too much carrot, cucumber, pepper, celery.
I would think you even lose energy from chewing, processing those veggies raw.
There's like 30 calories in a carrot. How long do you spend chewing your food...? O.o
ETA: I used to spend a lot of time trying to find substitutes for my favorite snacks. Tried 'em all. None of them were appropriately satisfying and pretty much all of them disappointed (roasted chickpeas may be pretty tasty on their own, but they're sure not gonna satisfy a craving for tortilla chips or potato chips, in my book). I just started making the foods I want fit into my day. And only spending my calories, since they're fairly limited atm, on foods that taste worth it - I have higher standards now than I used to. Garden of Eatin tortilla chips aaaall the way. If only we hadn't eaten all the salsa fresca last night, hrmph.1 -
shadowfax_c11 wrote: »Colorscheme wrote: »Ripped up taco shells! I like chips and salsa too. Or tortilla strips instead of tortilla chips.
All of your substitutes are made out of the same thing as the thing you are substituting....Tortillas are tortillas whether they are chips, taco shells, or cut in strips. Why no0t just eat the thing you want to eat. In a measured portion that fits your goals.
OP I agree with the others who say you can have veggies with your dips to cut some of the calories but those dips are probably a bigger problem than the chips.
IDK me, when I want a specific food substitutes don't do it. I would rather have a controlled portion of the thing I want , than stuff myself on something I am not going to enjoy.
It sounds to me like the food OP wants might be the dip, not the chips. If so, the lowest cal option (vegetables) would be my choice, as like you say the dip on its own is still going to be quite caloric.1 -
cwolfman13 wrote: »
Also, I eat around 250 calories in veg daily...so what you're telling me is that those are just free calories then and don't count towards my targets?
I've read about a guy who's done a month of diet on McDonald to prove a point about calories, but I have not seen anyone who has done a week with only carrot, cucumber, pepper, celery, essentially complex carb veggies. That would be very interesting from the point of calories.
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Consider buying a dehydrator to make your own vegetable chips:
http://www.kitchenstewardship.com/2012/11/30/a-real-food-alternative-to-potato-chips-munchy-crunchy-salty-and-nourishing/1 -
endlessfall16 wrote: »Uh yes. There's not a single person on this earth who has become overweight from eating too much carrot, cucumber, pepper, celery.
I would think you even lose energy from chewing, processing those veggies raw.
No. You don't spend more energy eating these foods than contained in the food. No such thing as negative calorie food.1 -
@Alyssa_Is_LosingItAlyssa_Is_LosingIt wrote: »Many chips are just around 130 calories for an ounce. I like Xochitl brand and I think those are 135 calories for 1 ounce, which is a good number of chips. It seems like you'd be getting more calories from the chicken and cheese dip than from the chips. But veggies are a good choice too.
Oh man. My sister makes this freaking awesome buffalo chicken dip. I would gladly give up 140 calories of tortilla chips and just dip celery in that instead. But yeah, the dip is way more calorie dense than the chips in that case.
I don't really know what I'm saying and I'm not really adding to the conversation but this made me think of that dip and now I want some...
I think you just got tongue tied thinking of the dip...ya know the 'freaking awesome buffalo chicken dip your Sister makes'?! Just a thought :laugh:
Regarding chips and veggies... if it's a day I feel I can do moderate chip eating I'd measure out a serving or two if I plan ahead. If it wasn't a safe chip day I'd do as many have suggested, raw veggies. Persian cukes, baby carrots, red pepper strips, raw cauliflower, broccoli etc. I love those plain as an everyday crunchy treat.
Wow, I'm so craving crunchy veggies now.. multi-colored crunchy veggies..
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I'm with everyone else...sounds like what you really want are the dips, which are far more calories than the chips..do you make all three at the same time? Maybe you'd be best to stick primarily with salsa most of the time, or smaller portions of the dips. That should help control the amount of chips you're eating...
Though, the baked versions of chips provide a few less calories.0 -
Fellow chip lover here!
Special K cracker chips are close.....and they come in chip-like flavours.
But you haffta count/weigh them out. Aprox 18 chips for 80 cal. 36-40 chips is a small bowl full and is only 160-175ish cal.
Not bad for something that tastes pretty close to chips.0 -
Quest chips aren't different too much calorie-wise from a single serving of regular chips, but if you're craving chips and need to hit your protein goal for the day, they'll do. I personally did not like the salt & vinegar flavor, but I like their barbeque and cheddar flavors.0
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endlessfall16 wrote: »This calorie minded eating starts to get funny.
Yes, it is hilarious to figure out ways to eat more food for less calories when you're counting calories on a calorie counting website.1 -
endlessfall16 wrote: »Eat less chips! I don't think there are too many calories in very few chips!!
The suggestions of vegetables gave me a chuckle. That's essentially changing your favorite food. If you are ok with that, might as well switch salsa to vinegar. Veggies + vinegar = you even "earn" calorie points.
This calorie minded eating starts to get funny.
I agree with eating less chips, but you don't earn calorie points with veggies and vinegar or any other foods.endlessfall16 wrote: »Uh yes. There's not a single person on this earth who has become overweight from eating too much carrot, cucumber, pepper, celery.
I would think you even lose energy from chewing, processing those veggies raw.
I got fat eating loads of carrots, cucumber, pepper and celery, but only because it was part of my dietary plan of too much food.
Think about it too: nobody is going to just eat carrot, cucumber, pepper and celery.
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TavistockToad wrote: »Carrot, cucumber, pepper, celery
Why not have the above and chips together with dips? That way you'll be eating less chips as there's more on your plate, and you'll feel good about the healthy food you've mixed in.1 -
Homemade kale chips are a decent substitute for potato chips.
A small number of tortilla chips crumbled into a bowl of salsa for the "chips and salsa" flavour. Eat with a spoon. (Admittedly, I view tortilla chips as salsa delivery devices. A small number of chips dipped into lots of salsa also works.)0 -
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lemurcat12 wrote: »shadowfax_c11 wrote: »Colorscheme wrote: »Ripped up taco shells! I like chips and salsa too. Or tortilla strips instead of tortilla chips.
All of your substitutes are made out of the same thing as the thing you are substituting....Tortillas are tortillas whether they are chips, taco shells, or cut in strips. Why no0t just eat the thing you want to eat. In a measured portion that fits your goals.
OP I agree with the others who say you can have veggies with your dips to cut some of the calories but those dips are probably a bigger problem than the chips.
IDK me, when I want a specific food substitutes don't do it. I would rather have a controlled portion of the thing I want , than stuff myself on something I am not going to enjoy.
It sounds to me like the food OP wants might be the dip, not the chips. If so, the lowest cal option (vegetables) would be my choice, as like you say the dip on its own is still going to be quite caloric.
I don't know what kind of dips the OP is eating, but salsa dip is pretty low calorie.0 -
Colorscheme wrote: »lemurcat12 wrote: »shadowfax_c11 wrote: »Colorscheme wrote: »Ripped up taco shells! I like chips and salsa too. Or tortilla strips instead of tortilla chips.
All of your substitutes are made out of the same thing as the thing you are substituting....Tortillas are tortillas whether they are chips, taco shells, or cut in strips. Why no0t just eat the thing you want to eat. In a measured portion that fits your goals.
OP I agree with the others who say you can have veggies with your dips to cut some of the calories but those dips are probably a bigger problem than the chips.
IDK me, when I want a specific food substitutes don't do it. I would rather have a controlled portion of the thing I want , than stuff myself on something I am not going to enjoy.
It sounds to me like the food OP wants might be the dip, not the chips. If so, the lowest cal option (vegetables) would be my choice, as like you say the dip on its own is still going to be quite caloric.
I don't know what kind of dips the OP is eating, but salsa dip is pretty low calorie.
Yes, definitely. If OP wants to save calories and doesn't care what dip she eats, choosing that would be the way to go.
(I don't think of salsa as a "dip" but as "salsa" -- a separate thing -- but I see that OP was including it. I assumed she wanted to eat all three, but rereading maybe she just wants one of them.)0 -
Sadly there doesnt seem to be a substitute for good chips and my alternative doesnt work with dips. With sandwiches i eat goldfish crackers i stead of chips. They arent thw same but are good.0
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