I was ridiculed yesterday (again) for munching on one of my favorite snacks: pure, unadorned, celery.
Photo, Organic Passion"Watching you eat that makes me doubt your abilities as a chef," one of my friends joked. It isn't that I'm trying to lose weight (celery famously has fewer calories than the number required to eat & digest it, but it is not a weight loss tool).
Nor am I seeking the health benefits (vitamin C, dietary fiber, potassium, foliate, molybdenum, manganese and vitamin B6, calcium, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, magnesium, vitamin A, phosphorous and iron, not to mention reducing high blood pressure, clearing uric acid from painful joints, possibly helping the treatment of arthritis and rheumatic problems, and helping the kidney as an anti-inflammatory and antioxidant).
I tried to explain that the fresh, clean celery was just a nice break from the more complicated flavors in the rest of my food but she was having none of it. Celery is, apparently, so lame, it isn't even faux gourmet. I suppose what with celery being so popular among such luminaries as guinea pigs, dogs, horses, birds, squirrels, and small rodents, it is a hard sell. But come on people, without celery you couldn't have chicken noodle soup, or Cajun cuisine, or a decent Bloody Mary! (My Auntie R's excepting.) Give me a break!
Photo, eat'n style Munchen (see also accompanying recipe)So I persist in my celery eating ways, iconoclast that I am. I scoop up piles of velvety hummus, I fill it with peanut butter and dot it with raisins for a sweet little treat, or I just munch away, keeping me awake through hours of thick reading. Delicious!
Photo, Inside Voice (see also accompanying recipe)Meanwhile, the Faux Gourmet has been wondering what simple snacks you, dear readers, turn to in a pinch, when you need an easy, portable snack to tide you through. You can't sound sillier than me, with my celery-munching ways!
Please post a comment & share your favorite on-the-go snacks.
11 comments:
Miss Foxy Gourmet,
My favorite snack on the go would be pretzels and sprite...guess who?
Foxy Gourmet, I like it! ;)
I like pretzels too, especially dipped in melted chocolate chips or honey mustard.
I don't have the forethought to prepare snacks to take with me in advance. Or maybe I'm just lazy.
But, pretzels with vanilla ice cream or fries with ice cream are awesome!
In celery's defense, it requires no advance preparation.
Not that I expect anyone to transition from fries + ice cream to . . . celery.
But I would like to add, the salty/sweet combination is indeed delicious. (I have written about the euphoria that is salty caramel on here on several occasions . . . )
Grüß Gott aus Österreich!
I have recently gotten hooked on bananas, meine Schwester. I think they are quite delightful because they come mit their own protective wrap and do very well for Jause at meine Schule. While I enjoyed them with slices of cheddar Käse in my younger days (vielen Dank Herr Rogers), I have become mildly addicted to Banane mit Nutella (good for dessert). Basically, ich liebe Bananen.
Auf wiedersehen!
unsalted, roasted almonds from trader joe's, black sesame soymilk "juice" boxes from a korean market, luna bars (bc of the protein).
That makes me think of Faux Crepes, a snack on which I relied heavily on college:
Put a tortilla on a plate. Spread nutella or PB on the tortilla & slice a banana over the top. Cover with another plate & microwave for 30 seconds. Roll up like a burrito for a delightful faux crepe.
Also good with jam, honey, etc. And maybe those TJ's unsalted, roasted almonds.
Mmmmm.
I like the Lemon luna bars. :)
Frozen grapes, Twizzlers, and anything chocolate! (Not together, though...)
Thanks-- now I'm hungry!
Frozen grapes???? I'm curious! Really?
Arugula: my new Doritos.
bloody marys, with leafy celery.
bartlett pears.
day-old rice with soy sauce and fried garlic.
Hi JR!
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