homemade snacks you are absolutely addicted to

- Jacob’s cream crackers and cheese
- apple slices with smooth peanut butter

Might have to try that 2nd one

beware

Saw my toddler nephew over Xmas, and one of his snacks is chocolate chips in Greek yogurt. I've been eating that every night after dinner.

Often just salty peanuts for me. I just grab a handful once or twice a day. (Not really homemade I guess, but also not extremely processed etc I guess)

Another thing I make every week is I chop up a bunch of mini cucumbers and mix them up in a bowl with a jar or pitted Kalamata olives. Been on that one for like a year now.

re tracer's OP, I used to do apple slices with peanut butter and a lot more peanuts mixed in. I didn't realize how calorie-dense peanuts were back then, but I thought I was being very healthy! I will still do apples and peanut butter on their own sometimes though.

can of chickpeas, drained, roasted in the oven on low heat until crispy, then a sprinkling of kucharek and a dash of garlic olive oil

Kind of halfway between snack and meal, this - fishcake in a bagel.

Like a fish finger sandwich but with less breadcrumbs and bonus potato content. Choose your own sauce.

brown bread cheddar cheese and caramelised onion chutney sandwich

apple slices with smooth peanut butter

got to be a granny smith and crunchy pb (Meridian or M&S) for me

salt crackers, bit of creamcheese and ballymaloe relish on top

Re: peanuts/peanut butter... calorie-dense does not necessarily mean unhealthy. When I travel I often pick up a jar of peanut butter and a bunch of bananas for snacking on -- an easy way to get some needed energy.

Ok, not necessarily unhealthy, but in caloric opposition to my weight loss goals.

i like to make open-faced PB&J on nice bread. friend brought me some sourdough recently but i didn't have any jam, so i used dried blueberries from trader joe's ... pretty great

and i will not tolerate people calling peanut butter unhealthy!!

My main homemade snack involves peanuts as well, in the form of roasting my own. Pulverize kosher salt closer to the texture of powdered sugar, mix it with melted butter, toss raw peanuts, roast at 300˚F to a much darker color than I can get commercially, just under 1 hour roast time.

do you need to pulverize salt that you're melting into butter?

Peanut butter on sourdough is delicious.

I like pairing peanut butter with savory things, it's only because of the pb&j convention that we think it should go with sweet. PB on sourdough with Sriracha & salt.

Yeah i eat peanut butter on bread all the time... i can't remember if i've ever eaten a PB&J.

peanut butter sandwich on frozen bread

graham crackers with butter

do you need to pulverize salt that you're melting into butter?

Not 100% necessary, but more of it melts that way and the nuts keep their salty flavor even if dried salt can be shaken off of them after roasted.

greek yogurt, blueberries & a spoonful of muesli on top for a boring-er parfait thing

snacky plate: a few bits of cheese, a few slices of salami, apple slices, handful of raw almonds

def gonna try choc chips in yogurt -sounds weird but intriguing

xp word. but i don't it would take too long for the kosher salt to dissolve into the better if you kept it on the heat? but as you say best to play it safe

i will confess to being one of those people who adds a scoop of peanut better when i am making my fake "pad thai" -- although i will redeem myself by saying i actually do make a decent quasi-authentic pad thai, and i only add peanut butter when i'm just making fridge roughage remains thai-style noodle concoction: usually leftover spaghetti with sauteed veggies, egg, lime, cilantro, and peanut butter/soy/fish sauce/whatever hot sauce.

i used to get a string cheese and a little handful of pepperoni, then wrap each piece of pepperoni with a string of cheese or two. keeps the hands busy at least.

these days it's
tiny bowl of sliced dill pickles
tiny bowl of large meaty green olives (gordal iirc)

apparently none of these things are good for my blood pressure so i am trying to control myself re snax

Peanut butter in thai food is not inauthentic, is it?

xpost yeah i have to really reign in my love of salami olives & pickles for the same reasons

Tried PB&J once aged about 14, did not like, have not tried since, quite possibly did it wrong, it's not really a thing in the UK

I don't love peanut butter but have started eating it on rice cakes when I do rowing machine workouts in the morning, just to eat something healthy that means I'm not starving and insane all day after exercise, lol

i eat a lot of peanut butter!
i do the grind yr own unsalted pb at winco, super cheap
- mixed w steelcut oatmeal for breakfast
- with apples for snacking
- on a protein waffle w blueberries on the v rare occasions when i eat protein waffles

great in yogurt as well (our cat loves it)

oh yes that too!! yummy

@ budo, considering that there doesn’t seem to be a consensus on “authentic pad Thai sauce” and that peanuts are a major ingredient, I think your addition of peanut butter is not only valid but also very appetizing

My own pad thai sauce is adapted from Bhumichitr: half fresh squeezed lemons, half Pearl River Bridge light soy sauce, then chili powder and sugar to taste (generally, lots of both). I mix it in a pint glass and balance the flavours til it tastes believable

My favourite home snack is sticks of jicama and carrot with nothing else

D'Affinois cheese on sea salt crackers

hell. yes.

my snacks are always processed tj's products that i grab by the handful - nuts, chips, crackers. in penance i do cardio and eat a salad every day.