Yesterday around 3:30 pm I found myself rummaging around in the fridge for a snack. I came up with a few slices of swiss cheese and a bunch of red grapes. When I was working full time in an office, I would always find myself slumping around 3 pm or so and would often run out for a smoothie from the cart down the street. When it was raining, I'd get really lazy and wend my way to the building vending machine for a hit of M&Ms. Now that I work from home, I'm often too lazy to convince myself to leave my apartment for a snack and so instead put together comical combinations like leftover brussel sprouts and handfuls of cashews.
Settling back down in front of my computer, I started thinking about the myriad forms an afternoon snack can take and wondering about the afternoon snack habits of others. And that's where you, loyal Slashfood readers, come in. Tell me about your afternoon snacks. Confess your odd habits or your need to have a cup of mint green tea at precisely 2:37 pm every afternoon.
(If you're curious about the snack habits of others, check out Lunch, a food blog that chronicles the daily lunch and snack consumption of two women in NY or Snack Pack, the blog devoted entirely to snacks, written by some folks at the St. Petersburg Times).
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10-19-2007 @ 5:01PM
malren said...
Ever since I changed to healthier habits and a steady exercise program, my snacks are all fruit or lowfat yogurt. Seriously. I kill me some yogurt. Cups and cups of the crap in a given week.
Yes, I have lost my testicles in this battle and turned into a salad-eating woman. What of it? ;)
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10-19-2007 @ 5:07PM
Peaklet said...
As I type this I'm snacking on baby spinach with balsamic vinegar.
Normal afternoon snacks for me usually consist of dairy products actually: Yogurt, milk with a splash of chai mix, and the occasional bowl of ice cream.
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10-19-2007 @ 5:23PM
Janis said...
Kashi chewy Trail Mix granola bar or peanut butter & graham crax
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10-19-2007 @ 5:44PM
Robin said...
South Beach crackers and Laughing Cow cheese right now. Always a Diet Coke between 2-3pm.
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10-19-2007 @ 6:19PM
amber said...
During the summer, its a smoothie around 4...during the winter, its spiced cider at around 10am and again around 3...have to stay warm, you know, and the extra cinnimon I add is always a nice little kick start!
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10-19-2007 @ 7:10PM
Jessica said...
I always, always drink a grape kombucha 3-4 hours after I eat breakfast, usually with 3 slices of a giant fuji apple. If I'm especially hungry, a few slices of cold chicken or scoops of nonfat cottage cheese get added in, and I'm good 'til dinner!
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10-19-2007 @ 7:23PM
RobynT said...
yogurt, yogurt drink, used to be lara bars except i ate two a day for months and then got sick of them, popcorn, pretzels, doritos...
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10-20-2007 @ 1:17AM
Lzbeth said...
Tonight I mixed a cup of these yummy, organic pecan halves with some chocolate chips. And because the groceries stores blessed us with Eggnog being available recently for Thanksgiving, a nightly treat has been a giant mug of double bergamot Earl Grey tea heavily laced with warmed eggnog.
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10-20-2007 @ 10:21AM
Roptional said...
A natural peanut butter and blackstrap molasses sandwich on whole grain bread. High in protien, high in calcium, potassium, selenium, etc. etc. etc. Packs quite an energy punch, and one of these manages to get me from 3PM to 8PM before I feel peckish again.
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10-21-2007 @ 4:34AM
Chitch said...
I'll come home from my classes at 2ish and scrounge... memorable moments from this week include:
feta, and cucumber - mouthfuls of each, no prep work
toasted dark rye - it doesn't even need butter
rice and Japanese rice seasoning
yogurt and frozen berries - it congeals and is super
rice crackers and cinnamon sticks
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10-21-2007 @ 12:25PM
A Viewer said...
Berries. I can never get enough of them.
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10-21-2007 @ 2:45PM
Adriane said...
Earl Grey and Eggnog...huh...sounds kind of interesting! Never thought to put those together. Lzbeth, how did you think of putting those together?
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10-21-2007 @ 5:20PM
Laura said...
At work I often head to the cafe for a coffee and croissant or coffee and chocolate chip cookie in the mid afternoon. Trying to replace that snack with a fruit cup has not yet been entirely successful.
At home, anything from string cheese to yogurt to leftover beans and rice or pasta... sometimes a cookie, sometimes nuts, sometimes cheese and crackers. If I'm in a healthy mood, celery sticks with peanut butter, or a piece of fruit.
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10-21-2007 @ 7:50PM
JKo said...
I need something that'll sit in my stomach until I get home from various errands I run in the early evening. My afternoon snack always happens between 2:30 and 4:00, and usually includes a cookie or a granola bar and some juice.
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10-22-2007 @ 10:08AM
jsmylie said...
Granola bars, always granola bars. Even when they've got chocolate chips and peanut butter in them I can at least PRETEND they're healthy.
Before that, it was usually a mini-snickers or two from the office candy bowl.
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10-22-2007 @ 2:57PM
Julie said...
I take left over veggies from the fridge (spinach, brussel sprouts, cauliflower)and put them in the microwave with a little melted cheddar or swiss one of my favorite things to snack on and very satisfying.
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10-24-2007 @ 11:24AM
Marlene said...
I found the best afternoon snack right off the internet. One day I was just starving for Cookies and I typed in Healthy Cookies I really did not figure I would get anything - COOKIES and HEALTHY seems somewhat contradictory but I figure if I can have a cookie that has benefits I would be a step ahead. Well this cookie has 4 grams of fiber and 7 grams of protein and ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS. There site is http://www.bizzylizzybakery.com. I noticed when I ordered the other day you can even have them send you a sample so you can try them. That is what you call confidence. However, I can tell you they are so good that when you taste the first one you want to have others ready for the next day and so on.
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