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Aerows

(39,961 posts)
Sat May 23, 2015, 08:20 PM May 2015

Your favorite off the beaten path snacks (or snack concoctions)

Like everyone else, I could use more calcium and protein, not to mention things that aren't upsetting to the stomach.

My weird but loved snack is - Cottage Cheese (preferably Large Curd) mixed with Soy Sauce. It has Umami, protein and a yummy texture.

What's yours?

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Your favorite off the beaten path snacks (or snack concoctions) (Original Post) Aerows May 2015 OP
You reminded me elleng May 2015 #1
Never tried it Aerows May 2015 #2
I like your combo idea. elleng May 2015 #3
I love cottage cheese. grasswire May 2015 #4
We should party Galileo126 May 2015 #5
hmmm green onions grasswire May 2015 #7
Yes, but it took awhile Galileo126 May 2015 #10
Glad to hear you are home Aerows May 2015 #11
Oooo Aerows May 2015 #8
Now we're talking! Aerows May 2015 #9
Pepper chips NJCher May 2015 #6
I wish I could get on that bus with you Aerows May 2015 #12
Almond butter and cucumber salad sandwiches. Luminous Animal May 2015 #13
I love cucumber Aerows May 2015 #15
Yep! That is what I mean! Luminous Animal May 2015 #17
It makes me drool Aerows May 2015 #18
Aw! Luminous Animal May 2015 #20
I made cucumber salad Aerows May 2015 #19
I'm weird. Texasgal May 2015 #14
You had me at hot salsa Aerows May 2015 #16
Green apples with peanut or almond butter n/t TexasBushwhacker May 2015 #21
Yum! Aerows May 2015 #23
Kippered herring spinbaby May 2015 #22
 

Aerows

(39,961 posts)
2. Never tried it
Sat May 23, 2015, 08:32 PM
May 2015

But I must say, that I do like cottage cheese - but I am particular - I like Large Curd. Large Curd doesn't come in low fat versions, only 4% and up, but since I need the calories, and they are good fats, I don't worry about it.

I use Kikkoman that I have added garlic cloves to as the soy element.

elleng

(130,126 posts)
3. I like your combo idea.
Sat May 23, 2015, 08:37 PM
May 2015

Cottage cheese expands the guac, enables it to last much longer than otherwise.

grasswire

(50,130 posts)
4. I love cottage cheese.
Sun May 24, 2015, 01:08 AM
May 2015

My favorite way to eat it is with dill weed and triscuits, along with a glass of V-8. Delicious snack.

Galileo126

(2,016 posts)
5. We should party
Sun May 24, 2015, 10:43 AM
May 2015

Yeah, I love cottage cheese and triscuits - (I actually had to look at the box to spell it - you are correct.)

I always add green onions to the cottage cheese. It's a "thing". And yeah, a virgin bloody mary works too.

grasswire

(50,130 posts)
7. hmmm green onions
Sun May 24, 2015, 12:37 PM
May 2015

I used to make a little treat with cottage cheese and chopped vegetables. Radishes, parsley, celery, carrots and my beloved dill weed. Green onions sounds good. Nice lunch.

Did you get off the mountain?

Galileo126

(2,016 posts)
10. Yes, but it took awhile
Sun May 24, 2015, 02:44 PM
May 2015

The fog didn't break until the 4500 ft level. So, it was either 10 mph and straining to see 10 feet in front of the car, or stay the night.

I chose the former, because there was beer in the fridge at home with my name on it.

 

Aerows

(39,961 posts)
9. Now we're talking!
Sun May 24, 2015, 01:44 PM
May 2015

Dill weed would definitely be a nice addition and I LOVE Low Sodium V-8. You can just feel the vitamins flowing into you

NJCher

(35,422 posts)
6. Pepper chips
Sun May 24, 2015, 10:47 AM
May 2015

Since I quit wheat, I cut up big bell peppers, red, green, and yellow, into "chips" and serve them with dip, like French onion dip.

Like so many situations since dropping wheat, I find this superior to what I used before. With this kind of chip. I there is so much moisture in the pepper "chip," and it provides a bright, crisp taste experience.


Cher

 

Aerows

(39,961 posts)
12. I wish I could get on that bus with you
Mon May 25, 2015, 04:07 AM
May 2015

but out of all of the vegetables in the world, and I absolutely adore most of them, I despise to the BONE bell peppers. I love hot peppers of all kinds, but something about bell peppers absolutely disgusts me. Even the smell of them is like something rotten, like carrion.

I don't know why, but I have always detested them.

But do enjoy if you like them. I'm sure they are good for people that don't want to hurl when they smell fresh ones.

 

Aerows

(39,961 posts)
15. I love cucumber
Wed May 27, 2015, 06:19 PM
May 2015

and the onion, tomato, cucumber vinegar salad. Is that the type of cucumber salad you mean?

I've never tried almond butter!

 

Aerows

(39,961 posts)
18. It makes me drool
Wed May 27, 2015, 06:34 PM
May 2015

just to think of cucumber salad. I know I have some Vidalia Onions, a cucumber ... ooo, maybe I have a tomato that is ripened outside.

I think you just made dinner for me

 

Aerows

(39,961 posts)
19. I made cucumber salad
Thu May 28, 2015, 02:01 AM
May 2015

with homegrown tomatoes, greek dressing, pasta and feta cheese. I'm pretty sure I got really close to the recipe for ambrosia .

Texasgal

(17,029 posts)
14. I'm weird.
Tue May 26, 2015, 09:51 PM
May 2015

I love hot salsa with soda crackers and a few slices of sharp cheddar! I swear I could live on that alone!

 

Aerows

(39,961 posts)
16. You had me at hot salsa
Wed May 27, 2015, 06:20 PM
May 2015

but sharp cheddar, and I was there. Soda crackers, blue corn tortillas, sharp cheddar just dunked in hot salsa ... LOL!

spinbaby

(15,073 posts)
22. Kippered herring
Sat May 30, 2015, 01:40 PM
May 2015

A can of kippered herring topped with chopped onion. It's an acquired taste, I'm sure, and doesn't exactly make for fresh breath, but I love it.

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