Snacking

smitty2702

Hi

Im still striving to bring down my shopping, I find though that we are a house of snackers, most of which is bought like breadsticks, crisps, biscuits etc... I do make some HM biscuits (thanks twinks;) ) but I would like to know what other "snacking" food everyone else makes / buys cheaply.

I know the other thing is to cut back on snacking and we are working on that and I encourage snacking on fruit / raisins etc.. also stuff to go in lunchboxes.

Smitty

newlywed

Our snacks are value biscuits or toast with choc spread.

I found when we gradually reduced the amount of snacks (and slightly increased the amount of veg and carbs at meals) then we don't really miss it too much.

Although sometimes the munchies strike - hence toast and choc spread

newlywed

and lunchbox stuff for the kids I keep in a designated basket in the cupboard so we only touch that if we are desperate and I have enough cash to replace it in time

davetrousers

Make sure you drink plenty of water, as often your brain misinterprets 'thirsty' signals for 'hunger' signals.

I don't really snack (apart from at Christmas, lol) so don't have too much advice. Are you snacking because you are hungry or because you are bored?

celyn90

I'm trying to cut down on snacking (especially at work) as I would just graze on stuff all day. At work I now take cream crackers, which I eat plain instead of cookies and plain popcorn (make a batch about once a week). At home we have value chocolate mouse because OH likes it (I think it's foul!), cake if I can bothered to make it and bottled cherries from Lidl.

Neither of us eat crisps and I can't even keep chocolat in the house for baking because OH would just eat it (even if he isn't hungry :rolleyes: )

Seakay

popcorn is quite good as a cheap HM snack. You can make it savoury or sweet, and because it's best fresh you have to really decide that you want a snack as it's not a question of grabbing something from the cupboard and eating it at once.

thriftlady_2

Don't do what I do and bake for England -muffins, flapjacks, scones, biscuits etc. They may be cheap and you may know what goes in them but they will make you fat -and I speak from experience:rolleyes:

When I'm trying to stop baking so much I make popcorn for the kids. They also like plain crackers -Ryvitas are good value if you choose the plain ones. Bread and jam is another popular one in my house (good for me as I don't scoff it like I do the biscuits). Homemade munchy seeds are cheap and easy.

smitty2702

Thanks guys, some fab ideas.

Newlywed - I have choc spread and just "had" to have it on toast after reading your post, very yummy!!!

thriftlady - That is kind of one of my problems, and once they are there. I have to eat them. I will do the popcorn though. I do HM when we have a video night and the kids usually have leftovers (if there is any) in their packups but it would be a great snack.

Kids don't like ryvita but I do unfortunately I like them smothered in butter and marmite

have tried apple and banana pieces with a bit of choc spread as a dip today, that went down very well!

thanks all

Claire

Penny-Pincher!!

Cup a soup (cheap brands)
Bread & Jam
Apple & Cheese (smart price?)
Fridge biscuits (very cheap to make and can freeze the dough)
Stewed fruit (great for turning fruit)
Cereal
Popcorn
Tinned cold sweetcorn (smart price 17p a tin)
Toast & butter/marmite/jam
HM Cheese scones (tasty and freeze well)
HM Rock cakes (tasty and freeze well)

When we go to Dartford we pick up 24 penguins, 36 iced fairy cakes and 15 bags of crisps from the 99p store, but these will last a while. DD has crisps only on the weekend now.

HTH

PP
xx

Quasar

I must say that my favourite snack is a banana, or an apple or a couple of satsumas /clementines/tangerines etc. unless I'm out and about when I sometimes get tempted to buy a doughnut or a sandwich

Pink.

Hi smitty,

These older threads might give you some more ideas:

Healthy snacks

cheap/ healthy snacks

Cheap healthy playground snacks

Healthy snacks for kids


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