Christmas Snacks

[Mark T]

Between Christmas and New Year in the past we have often switched to party type food in the evening - especially when we have done a roast lunch.

So we would have sausage rolls, crisps, scotch egg, pickles, cheese biscuits, vol-au-vents, mini sausages, chicken drumsticks, etc... To add to this, I'd often buy some chinese snack food (prawn toasts, etc).

Quite a few of these are not so ideal for me! Although a little bit of naughtiness is not so bad - I don't want to be really naughty. So I was wondering if anyone had suggestions for only slightly naughty things to treat ourselves with?

I'm thinking about quiche, but trimming off the pastry around the edge. Lots of meat will be ok too! (although disappointingly bbq spare ribs are actually quite carby).

 

[Natalie123]

Cheese and biscuits works well, a bit naughty, but once in a while ... Things like mini sausages would be fine too. Maybe you could be good and have a salad with it? Greek salad with olives, sundried tomatoes and feta. Or feta, pea and mint salad. Yum!

 

[ypauly]

I have purchased some nut crackers and a bag of mixed nuts, I find that the bits flying around the room keep you so occupied you forget about the snacks lol

Seriously though they are ideal if you can get the nut out without injuring yourself or somebody else.

 

[Northerner]

...So we would have sausage rolls, crisps, scotch egg, pickles, cheese biscuits, vol-au-vents, mini sausages, chicken drumsticks, etc... To add to this, I'd often buy some chinese snack food (prawn toasts, etc).....

When you say 'naughty' Mark, do you mean you are trying to avoid carbs or fat? I would imagine that a lot of the above would contain quite a bit of sat-fat, especially things like sausage rolls. Personally, for a one-off special event I would find all of the above acceptable, the difficulty (for me) would be maintaining a reasonable BG level and injecting correctly over a long period of time. If you're not sure how much you are going to consume and all these types of food (because of fat content) tend to digest slowly it's almost impossible to know when things might peak or how many carbs to cover for. If you're not on insulin then I imagine that your body will cope reasonably well because of the low GI. Why not throw in a bit of fruit and have pineapple and cheese on sticks too? 🙂

 

[Northerner]

Cheese and biscuits works well, a bit naughty, but once in a while ... Things like mini sausages would be fine too. Maybe you could be good and have a salad with it? Greek salad with olives, sundried tomatoes and feta. Or feta, pea and mint salad. Yum!

Can I come to your house for Christmas please?

 

[trophywench]

Cruddites (yes I know very well it's crudites, just that the habit in our house is to mispronounce it like Luddites LOL) and lots of lovely dips.

Because it isn't all gone in 'one snatch' cos you have to chew raw veg, it takes you longer to eat and therefore fools you into thinking that you've eaten more!

Can also dip the cocktail sausages, gherkins (AKA jerkins here) prawns etc, and eg mini-Cheddars .......

 

[Mark T]

When you say 'naughty' Mark, do you mean you are trying to avoid carbs or fat?...

Carbs mostly, although sat fats are not good either but not critical as I'm at my weight target.

I was looking at some of the items I was usually eating and it would probably not be hard for me to hit 60 or 70 carbs (my main meal is usually nearer 40 to 50 these days).

 

[FM001]

Chicken, sticks of carrots, cucumber, celery with some low-fat dips is healthy.

 

[Northerner]

Chicken, sticks of carrots, cucumber, celery with some low-fat dips is healthy.

Shudder! 😱 😉

 

[FM001]

Shudder! 😱 😉

No I can't stand celery either but my wife loves it.

 

[PattiEvans]

What about frittata? You could portion it up and eat it cold. Pork scratchings are low carb. We have hommous with cucumber and carrot sticks, vegetable crisps as well which are lower carb than most. Olives, cubed feta, those little peppers which are quite spicy (come in a jar).

 

[Mark T]

Celery is something that's definitely only ok in moderation, or smothered in a dressing. Although not as bad as spouts which should just be banned for the good of everyone

I'd not thought about having frittata cold - it is something I do cook now and then. It would probably not be much different to a pastry-less quiche.

Now Olive's are something that I've never been able to eat - I always find them too sour.