Help! Bored with carrots and celery

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lbigham1
lbigham1 Posts: 132
in Food and Nutrition
Hi All,

I am trying to add more veggies to my diet and am looking for some tasty snack suggestions that I can keep handy in the fridge. Does anyone have any simple tasty favorites other than carrots and celery? I like them both but am looking for variety.
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  • earlgreygirl09
    earlgreygirl09 Posts: 80
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    I like cutting up bell peppers (yellow and orange are my favs) into strips...and eating them with hummus! Mmmm.....
  • Sillybunni
    Sillybunni Posts: 61 Member
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    Broccoli, cauliflower, cherry tomatoes?
  • dmpizza
    dmpizza Posts: 3,321 Member
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    I snack on pitted dates. They have almost a chocolate taste and texture.
    I eat Sunsweet Pitted Dates because they are packed the best to stay fresh and soft.
  • SueInAz
    SueInAz Posts: 6,592 Member
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    In addition to the other suggestions so far, sugar snap peas are awesome. You can usually find bags of them already washed near the bagged salads in the grocery store.
  • cdstadt
    cdstadt Posts: 311 Member
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    Cucumbers and lettuce wraps

    broccoli and cauliflower

    brussels sprouts are good to me but might be an acquired taste
  • Crystal3004
    Crystal3004 Posts: 50 Member
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    Green Giant have nice frozen veggies in a bag...i think they are titled healthy colors...makes it really easy to eat veggies and they are really good...they have to be if i will eat them...cause i hate veggies!
  • richardholt2011
    richardholt2011 Posts: 118 Member
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    Cherry tomatoes. Put them in your mouth whole and bite. They explode. Best thing to happen foodwise since growing up.
  • cNhobbes
    cNhobbes Posts: 235 Member
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    for my bedtime snack i've started slicing up an entire cucumber with some red pepper hummus. you feel like you're eating SO MUCH but a whole cucumber is hardly any cals :D soooooo yummy too (and easy!)
  • dlovesjimma
    dlovesjimma Posts: 39 Member
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    cherry tomatoes - but please don't put them in the fridge, it ruins the flavor. Cucumbers with a little salt or pepper are delicious. Snap peas, zucchini or yellow squash sliced in spears are good as well.
  • ygrad2001
    ygrad2001 Posts: 230
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    I love cucumbers and tomatoes in apple cider vinger, a little but of sugar, and salt and pepper.
  • NiciS72
    NiciS72 Posts: 1,043 Member
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    I like cutting up bell peppers (yellow and orange are my favs) into strips...and eating them with hummus! Mmmm.....

    This! Also, I really like cut up cucumber slices soaked in white vinegar!
  • kym117
    kym117 Posts: 315 Member
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    Cherry tomatoes. Put them in your mouth whole and bite. They explode. Best thing to happen foodwise since growing up.

    mmmm here here I love cherry tomatoes, I buy baby plum tomatoes and they are so sweet and delicious you can't help but eat them!
  • ilookthetype
    ilookthetype Posts: 3,021 Member
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    Veggies
    asparagus, sweet potato chips/fries (like slice the sweet pot yourself, not buy them from the store)

    fruits
    avocados and olives are grand snacking.
  • exacerbe
    exacerbe Posts: 447 Member
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    I like eating half to whole avocados with a bit of sea/kosher salt. Small salads. Asparagus. Frozen steamable veggies. Sweet potato fries. Cherry tomatoes.
  • whiskey9890
    whiskey9890 Posts: 652 Member
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    baby corn, mangetout, sugar snap peas, radishes, swede and turnip are surprisingly tasty raw too
  • katkins3
    katkins3 Posts: 1,360 Member
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    If you have access to a "farmer's market", they are a great place to see what is being offered this season. Most markets will have samples and recipes. Your city will have a website where your local fresh markets are located. Other than vegetables, why not some fruit too?
    Nuts also...
  • ScoutMom1
    ScoutMom1 Posts: 57
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    For me, bell peppers (green or red is what I like) as well as cucumbers and cauliflower.
  • Dtrmnd86
    Dtrmnd86 Posts: 406 Member
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    Peppers cut into strips, cucumbers (which I usually dip in a serving of ranch dressing), sweet potatoes, although I haven't tried them raw, I make sweet potato fries with them. As for fruits- peaches, pluots (delicious!), apples, oranges, pears, pineapples. We usually go to a local farmer's market or farm stand once a week to stock up on our fresh stuff, it's amazing what you can find there.
  • radicalreader
    radicalreader Posts: 207 Member
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    Rutabaga cut into sticks like carrot sticks.
    Crunchy with a savory bite. Yummy with hummus.
  • chollingshed74
    chollingshed74 Posts: 57 Member
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    try some homemade salsa...tons or recipes online and all low calorie, low fat :)

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