Trying to eat healthier, (edit for me this means lower sugar, less carbs, more protein) and it seems like everything that is sweet, sweet-ish, or a snack but also sold as healthy has peanuts or is peanuts. I’m not allergic to it, but I am tired of peanut butter cookies, peanuts in a snack bar, peanuts on their own, peanuts in a snack mix.
On keto I still scoop spoonfuls of PB right out of the jar. I mean I get how people can get tired of it but not me.
My best advice is to find a brand of vanilla whey protein that you like. Preferably something thats advertised for “lean mass” (check the fats and carbs… buy a small container for trial purposes)
You want your morning pick me up? Add a few espresso shots mix it on skim milk and its now a vanilla latte that can sub in for breakfast.
Got some strawberries handy? Its now a strawberry shake.
Post workout protein bomb? (Yes I know you’re over peanuts but Im not) 2 scoops of protein, 1 scoop of peanut butter powder, 1 banana, 1 egg and about a shot glass of maple syrup and mix on whole milk… its a reasonably large calorie hit but its also 50% of my daily protein in one go.
Chilli Chocolate? Obviously this one is “to taste” but add fresh chillis and either Cocoa powder or chocolate syrup (depending on how good you want to be)
Id also say that most people in general who try to “eat healthy” by intuition are also terrible at it. I wholeheartedly believe everyone should try a month of weighing their food and tracking their macros. If you start making regular better choices and tracking not just daily but weekly, you would be surprised at what you can fit into a “healthy” diet.
Peanuts are unbelievably inexpensive to grow, and are a solid option for nutrition and people tend to enjoy the flavor. So, y’know, sorry to all the allergic people.
I was in a Thai restaurant once and overheard a woman actually say to the waiter “I’m allergic to peanuts, is there anything on the menu you’d recommend”. I left shortly afterwards so didn’t see if she died by breathing the air in there…
Yeah, they grow kind of like a potato as nodules
on the rootsof an annual plant that’s easy to grow as a field crop. As opposed to tree nuts that grow on trees that take a long time to produce, need regular maintenance, need lots of irrigation to produce well, and are more difficult to mechanically harvest.The two groups are drastically different in what it takes to grow and process them.
That isn’t how they grow.
It’s waaayyy weirder than that.
They start as flowers above the ground and then after pollination the flower stems bend to the ground and bury themselves to make the peanut.
Peanuts are fucking weird
Damn, that’s nuts.
Yup. They’re basically beans that were raised as tubers and think they’re tree nuts.
Then you boil them in a brine and they become redneck oysters.
I kept a bag of raw peanuts for a little too long once and they started to sprout. I stuck some in a planter and those things grew like crazy.
I’ve been recently eating sunflower seeds and I’m pretty happy with the calories, flavors, and cost.
Ooh, good reminder. I liked them a while ago and just haven’t thought of them lately. I’ll have to look for them next time I’m out
My protip for sunflower seeds with the shell: get a jar/bottle with a smallish opening. Transfer the sunflower seeds to the jar/bottle. Then you can easily pour one at a time directly into your mouth. I have a cup for putting the shells in. It’s a great passive snack while working and I don’t need to get any of the dust on my hands from the shells (e.g. salt or flavor powder).
This is just not relatable at all for me. Is this an American thing?
Absolutely. Kind of surprising considering how common peanut allergies are, but they’re in all kinds of things. And almost every package of mixed nuts is like 60% peanuts.
Raw fruits are low-carb, good for you, snackable, affordable, and sweet. Apples, bananas, tangerines, cherries, grapes. They’re fucking delicious. And best of all, no peanuts.
Raw veggies are a good one with less sugar. “Baby” carrots, mini bell peppers, mini cucumbers are all great, easy options to keep on hand for munching on.
Carrots and bell peppers are full of sugar. Not low-carb.
I know, but I specifically was comparing them to fruit.
Fruits are good for you but they’re absolutely not low carb. Most fruits are like 90% carbohydrate.
I eat walnuts.
unless you’re willing to make your own jerky, there really isnt anything on the market like that. low/no sugar + low/no carbs + high protein is a niche market.
DIY or just stop snacking.
Hmm, jerky. Yeah, the cheap stuff is just candy with questionable beef in it, the good stuff is either expensive or home made… That might be the snacking goal to strive for, home made jerky so it can be good and good for me.
You can make large batches of beef jerky relatively easily, the trickiest part is getting your beef sliced thinly enough
yeah. you really have to buy a commercial kitchen grade slicer - and probably a dedicated dehydration rack unless you’re fine with using your oven for days.
Days? It takes me just a couple of hours per batch. The oven is less energy efficient but MUCH faster than a food dehydrator.
