In downsizing our pantry, I am trying to cut back on snacks---especially sweet snacks. I try to keep fruits and vegetables on hand in the fridge for snacking, but there are certain snacks that I won't eliminate.
I seem to be out of one of my favorite snacks, Cashew Clusters with almonds and pumpkin seeds from Costco. They contain 50% cashews and are a good source of protein and fiber, and they are not too sweet but sweet enough to satisfy my sweet tooth. I need to replenish our supply of these.
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| Cashew Clusters from Costco. |
I tried the dark chocolate covered soybeans from Trader Joe's, but I didn't really like them so I won't be getting any more of those even though they are healthful.
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| Chocolate covered soy beans. |
I always try to have popcorn on hand. Popcorn is a low calorie and very filling snack. We like to have some if we are watching a Netflix movie. We try to get the low sodium or no sodium brands.
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| Popcorn is a low calorie snack. |
But perhaps our favorite snack is nuts of all kinds. And nuts are such a good source of proteins particularly if you don't eat a lot of meat. We usually have mixed nuts, walnuts, pecans, almonds and sometimes pine nuts, sunflower seeds (not really nuts I guess) and pistachios. Costco carries a nice offering of unsalted nuts which we prefer since we try to reduce our sodium intake. And buying in the large bulk sizes in much cheaper.
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| Our current nut collection in the pantry. |
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| Unsalted mixed nuts from Costco. |
Of course, sometimes we snack on chocolate, but chocolate will be covered in a separate blog.
Writing this blog has made me hungry, I think I'll go have a handful of nuts.
