snacks on LC diet

[rachdemots]

I need some ideas for snacks. I am getting better at making meals that are GF, DF, SF, and egg-free. But snacks are hard. I end up eating WAY to many tortilla chips, or nuts (not even sure nuts is good for my gut), nut -butters, rice-crackers. Since raw veggies aren't the best, I avoid them..what the heck else is there? I need help!! Also, what is most of your experiences with nuts..can you eat them in nut form, only in "nutbutter" form or not at all. What about peanuts?
Thanks!

[lorimoose]

Hi,

My snacks are Honey Nut Chex, and Cape Cod potato chips.

Lori

[tex]

Hi Rachel,

I'm one of the few people here who have trouble with all nuts in any form, including the nut butters, but I believe that most of us can handle most nut butters reasonably well. Peanut butter is probably the nut butter most likely to cause problems. If you use peanut butter, you're better off with one of the "natural" brands, where the only ingredient is peanuts, or maybe peanuts and palm or coconut oil.

Some members here like the Popcorner shacks, and I like them too, except that I can't keep from overdoing it, and if I overdo it, the sugar tends to cause me to have D.

Tex

[maestraz]

Rachel,
Once I got my gut settled down, I started to eat raw fruit again. I have no problem with apples; in fact, they seem to help. I eat grapes, clementines, pears, melon, dried apricots. Bananas are an on and off problem for me, however.

I keep KIND bars around, though they of course have nuts. I keep them in my purse in case I'm out running around and get hungry.

I have no problem with nuts or nut butters, and eat lots of both.

I am not one for sweets. Aside from dark chocolate, I mostly don't eat them, even GF ones.

Like Tex, I love the popcorn chips, and popcorn in general, though I have to limit quantity.

How about rice cakes with some sort of fruit butter, such as apple butter?

[Sheila]

Sigh............no snack food for me. If I'm really hungry, I'll have cinnamon Chex and almond milk or a piece of homemade GF bread and soy-free margarine. I've tried veggie chips but they made me sick. I can eat rice cakes (yuck) and almond butter but I'd rather not. I will eat a few squares of SF chocolate if I happen to have any. I like nuts but don't think eating a lot of them would be a good thing. I try not to have coffee more than once a day but occasionally will have an extra glass of ice coffee. Lara bars are okay but they aren't something that I "love", so I'd rather not. Once a meal is over I just don't think much about food anymore. Most of the things I used to eat aren't allowed and there aren't any substitutes.

I'm sure you'll get lots of suggestions from others.

Sheila W

[rachdemots]

So popcorn seems to be okay for most people in limited quantities? What about tortilla chips (without any offending ingrediants)

[Leah]

Hi Rachel. You have to take all of our ideas with a grain of salt because our irritants are all different.
I can't have peanut butter ( cousin of soy), but I seem fine with almonds and cashews. For some odd reason, pumpkin seeds bother me.
Rice cakes with almond butter and a little jam is good... or just jam. Right now, pumpkin butter is in Trades Joes. It's seasonal and pretty yummy.
I can also eat homemade popcorn made with coconut oil, but it is fibrous, so if you are still healing, be careful.
I can also eat canned peaches and pears. I just skip the juice they are packed in just in case it's too much sugar.
I also snack on GF cereal - dry.
SF dark chocolate in small quantities
I can eat coconut /almond KIND bars, but I only use them when I am on the run.
And my guilty pleasure is Jelly Bellies. However, I can make 10 beans last about half an hour :)

Leah

[Gloria]

I eat a slice of dried mango for a snack.

If I've already eaten my quota (2) of dried mango for the day, I eat a muffin and a homemade turkey sausage - to offset the carbs.

I used to snack on Fritos Scoops with homemade mango jam, but I can no longer eat either.

The Popcorners people are writing about is not popcorn, which is much too harsh for a healing gut. Rather, Popcorners are popped chips made from corn flour or meal. They are sprinkled with sugar to make them sweet. These were my favorite snack until I began reacting to them.

Gloria

[Lesley]

Sheila -

Once a meal is over I just don't think much about food anymore.

that doesn't happen to me. No matter HOW sick I am.

I can only eat potato chips as a snack, and I eat way too much of them If I could stand so I could bake I might be able to make other snacks, although many of them have eggs, and I can't have those, except occasionally in baked stuff.

[UkuleleLady]

A slice or three of GF deli ham or turkey is a good snack for me with a couple of tortilla chips. Or I have a couple of macadamia nuts or pistachios with some blueberries. I also have been eating a banana every day.

A square or two of Lindt 90% dark chocolate is fine too.

Also decaf tea with a splash of coconut milk.

Sometimes I eat pork rinds but not too many! I'm shocked that I eat these now (used to be a vegetarian for years)

If I focus my diet on meats, I seem to do really well. Everything else -in moderation.

I'm on entocort 3mg every other day, and taking remeron 7.5mg for depression, sleep and motility issues. It helps more than I thought it would. I'm almost done with the entocort. I'm going to give it another ten dys or so.

Best wishes finding snacks that work for you.

[ldubois7]

Leah is right....we are all different. I can only eat about 7 foods, and I rarely snack. When I do it's jerky, or a muffin made from sunflower seed butter! It's trial and error, unfortunately. But I have found that the less process foods I eat, the better! When you make it yourself, you know what ingredients go into it.

I'm thinking about making these:
http://thenourishinghome.com/2013/09/nu ... d-bars-gf/

PS...this is something I did not know about coconut....

Please note: Although coconut is technically a fruit and not a nut, the FDA opted to classify coconut as a tree nut. According to the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, "while allergic reactions to coconut have been documented, they are relatively rare. Most people who are allergic to tree nuts can safely eat coconut. However, if you are allergic to tree nuts, talk to your allergist/physician before adding coconut to your diet."