I saw my doctor recently and while talking about what a lazy fat-ass I am, he mentioned something about replacing the crap I usually snack on with healthier snacks like seasoned air-fried cauliflower or something like that. So what are your favorite healthy-ish snacks that can be made relatively quickly when I feel like shoving food in my face for no reason other than boredom and force of habit?

  • NABDad@lemmy.worldEnglish
    22·
    25 days ago

    No one mentioned it, so I’ll throw it out here:

    Popcorn.

    I’m not particularly concerned about avoiding fat or salt, so I drown it in butter, but you do you.

    After one of my kids killed our microwave by putting a package of popcorn in it and turning it on for way too long and forgetting it, I banned microwave popcorn from the house and got an air-popper. The thing is awesome. I never liked the microwave popcorn, but the air-popped popcorn became my snack of choice.

      • StickyDango@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6·
        24 days ago

        I’ve been using nutritional yeast and it is like a cheese dust replacement. Would not recommend eating it by itself though (ie what’s leftover at the bottom of the bowl).

        So a double whammy for health. To OP: Do an internet search for volume eating - lots of good suggestions there.

        • RBWells@lemmy.world
          1·
          23 days ago

          I don’t think nutritional yeast tastes like cheese, it’s a unique flavor, but wow it is incredible on popcorn, particularly with chili powder, and also on grits, with cheese and butter.

    • Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      3·
      24 days ago

      Came here to say exactly this, people sleep on popcorn as a low calorie fiber source.

      I buy it pre-popped by the bag at Aldi, since it’s pretty cheap and for healthy snacks I need to prioritize convenience to make sure I actually eat them.