Savoury Snack Ideas

Steve-o

Hummous is a favourite of mine. I believe that you can also make similar 'pastes' from other dried beans and pulses, although I have no idea what they are like.

foxgloves

Cheesejacks? (Like flapjacks but savoury) or could he not fill up a bit more at evening mealtime?

babyshoes

I suppose you could stretch the meat out into fritters, or make it into sandwiches.
What about toast with a savoury spread like marmite or bovril?
Will he eat crisps? What about crisps and a h/m dip made with something like mayo and pesto, or even a spoonful each of mayo, tomato ketchup, chutney and half a tub of cottage cheese.
Savoury h/m flavoured bread, with eg. sundried tomatoes and herbs, served with real butter.
If you don't have the tins in the cupboard, he can't eat them and you can point him towards other snacks. I assume weight isn't a problem, otherwise you really want to get him onto healthier snacks.

Popcorn can be savoury with salt and other spices like paprika, and is fairly healthy.
Hummus as mentioned above is quite healthy, and served with crackers or high fibre crispbreads could be good.
Olives?

sparklymessygirl

I haven't tried these but am planning to - crispy roasted chickpeas
http://kalynskitchen.blogspot.com/2008/02/crispy-roasted-chickpeas-garbanzo-beans.html

There are a few variations on these. Her site is faboulous.

Sparkly

Pink.

Hi sophieandemily,

There are some good ideas on these threads:

Savoury Snack Ideas

Cheap snack ideas - stop me buying crisps!

homemade dips & healthy snack ideas?

cheap/ healthy snacks

I'll add your thread to the first link later to keep the ideas together.

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pollyskettle

sparklymessygirl wrote: »

I haven't tried these but am planning to - crispy roasted chickpeas
http://kalynskitchen.blogspot.com/2008/02/crispy-roasted-chickpeas-garbanzo-beans.html

There are a few variations on these. Her site is fabulous.

Sparkly

Just made these - the spice mix is lovely, not convinced by roasted chickpeas though!

dandy-candy

When the kids get in from school or hubby gets late night munchies they always grab biscuits, a slice of cake, crisp, flapjacks etc. I want to have at hand some "real" food snacks for them instead of sweet/fatty things. I have thought of Pitta and dips but can anyone suggest others? It needs to be things that I can make before hand a keeps for a few days so its ready to eat straight away. Anything that needs "preparing" or reheating first they won't be bothered to do *sigh*....

Penny-Pincher!!

Our snacks are things such as:

Cottage Cheese on crackers, toast or pitta bread
Cheese and crackers
Cheese on Toast
Soup
Tacos & Cheese/Jalepenos (sp)
Houmous with veggies or toasted pitta
Fruit & Cheese

What about Fritata(sp)?....leftovers etc.

HTH

PP
xx

shandyclover

Bombay mix - if your kids/hubby like something with a bit of spice, bombay mix is nutritious since it is made from gram flour which is literally ground up pulses. Though it is in no way low-fat since it is deep fried, but I always feel better buying it for the kids rather than crisps knowing that its full of protein.

Sliced apples with peanut butter. Sounds awful - but try it yourself. Slice apples and spread with a teaspoon of peanut butter. The two go very well together and again peanut butter is full of protein.

Pink.

Hi dandycandy,

One of my favourites at the moment is seeds..pumpkin, susnflower, etc (dry roasted or just as they are). We also have cheese and crackers, pate on toast or savoury biscuits, cheese on toast, hm dips and raw veg.

These threads have more ideas that may help:

Savoury Snack Ideas

Cheap snack ideas - stop me buying crisps!

homemade dips & healthy snack ideas?

cheap/ healthy snacks

I'll add your thread to the first link later to keep the ideas together.

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