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?
This is probably my #1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crispbread Either plain or with low calorie butter
Good suggestions for snacks but I think a lot of people missed the “when I want to shove something in my face as a force of habit.” You really want to get the lowest calorie thing possible, ideal would be lettuce and celery since those are basically nothing but still give you something to eat. Next would probably be apple slices, berries have surprisingly low sugar, egg white is basically pure protein but a full egg is fine too. Sprouts can be good if you grow them right. I sometimes just slowly eat a spoonful of peanut butter over like an hour but…
I would also recommend having random drinks you can go between, like tea soymilk coffee, even diet soda. Just avoid anything with sugar or fat. Things like nuts are healthy but not a great constant snack food because they do have a lot of fat, so that should be an intentional thing rather than something to reach for.
Seconding Crispbread, but also think about Zwieback - it’s at least twice as crunchy and delicious, it’s right in the name!
For real though, Zwieback and tea ist ein perfekter Snack für Zwischendurch.
Almonds, roasted veggies, celery with peanut butter, fruit.
Yoghurt (plain is ideal but I like a little bit of vanilla), nuts, rice cakes, homemade dried fruit oat bars, apples, and homemade protein bars.
Nuts, fruit, steamed veggies (with or without seasoning), popcorn, GOOD beef jerky, yogurt.
Highly recommend you read Ultra-Processed People. I found that learning about what’s in the normal unhealthy snacks sort of makes you not want to eat them at all, which will make eating healthy snacks so much easier. Just my experience though.Fruit, sardines, kimchi, pickles, cucumbers, bell peppers, dark chocolate…
Lots of veggies make tasty snacks if you chop them small, toss with olive oil, salt, and garlic powder, and roast them. Not as easy as grabbing a bag from a cabinet but still super easy. Does take some time, though.
Similarly, lots of leafy greens can be cooked up quickly and easily as a snack.
Marinated soft or medium boiled eggs, such as Korean mayak eggs, Chinese tea eggs, or Japanese ajitsuki tamago (ajitama).
Down that vein, deviled eggs.
Popcorn is great. It’s like fiber, butter, salt and spices.
Been snacking on pita, labne (Lebanese yogurt I love it it has just a hint of the taste of cream cheese but it’s light and quot like yogurt) and toum (ingredients: garlic, oil, lemon juice, salt, magic). I imagine it’s doing great things for my cholesterol and vampire infestation.
Oh! And there’s the only one pounds bag of gummi worms. That’s healthy because shut up.
Wife likes putting peas (with some BBQ rub on em, brush on a little oil or get em damp if you want the rub to actually stick) in the air fryer, she says it makes em poop
MOINKs ate pretty great if you want to put the time into it
Sometimes I just go to town on an entire container of cherry tomatoes
Chips and salsa, so many great options. You should check the calorie count, but you could always make your own if you wanna really get into it. Swap the chips for a baked version if you wanna cut back on fried things.
A few suggestions based on whether you need more calories. If you are trying to gain weight:
Triscuit crackers and hummus
Nuts, whichever you like.
Whole fat Greek yogurt with honey or savory with olives and crackers (again, Triscuit if you need calories)
If you need to reduce calories:
Apple & a few slices of good cheddar
An avocado
Boiled egg
Popcorn made at home
NONfat Greek yogurt with fruit and/or a little honey.
A walk. Sometimes you are bored not hungry.
Full fat Greek yogurt is also healthy.
Chickpeas, either out of the can or roasted
In shell peanuts
Bananas
Cheese and cold cuts from the deli
Yogurt
Everything in moderation of course
Cheese and cold cuts (maybe besides chicken/turkey cuts, but especially anything salami or sausage related) I would argue are not healthy. Better than the worst of the worst like ice cream, desserts, and candy, but it is just saturated fan + saturated fat + a small amount of protein, zero fiber, and not many vitamins or minerals.
Very tasty, and fine to snack on in small amounts, but literally any edible plant, nut, fruit, yogurt, legume, or even things like granola or protein bars have much more nutritional content.
Thin slice apples, dust with cinnamon, throw into the microwave. It’s basically healthy pie filling.
Banana and nuts? I usually eat them as snacks. Any easy to peel fruits will do. I might add a glass of soy milk, too, if really hungry.
Hummus. There is some degree of effort involved, where you have to put 5 or so ingredients in a blender and blend them. Use crackers, pita, tortilla, veggies, etc. to deliver hummus to your mouth.
That’s a pretty calorie dense snack, though. After a couple of bites you’re basically having a meal.
Yoghurt ranks high for me.
Carrots, celery broccoli… idk otherwise. Peanut butter is good
Oh also I LOVE rice and burger with spicy diced tomatoes. So easy and fricken delicious to me . Also throw some beans in








