I've been spending even more time than usual in the car lately. I know there are others who travel a lot. What are some good, low-carb snacks I can munch on while traveling?
Jerky.
I've tried that, but I need something I can munch on more-or-less continually. What I really like to munch on are M&Ms, but of course that's not exactly low-carb. Nuts are the best I've found so far, but I'm hoping for better suggestions.
It might not work so well at this time of year, but I once got a huge pile of peas fresh from the garden, popped the peas out of the pods, and seasoned them with a molasses/bacon spice rub. That was a fantastic cross-country drive snack. Maybe not low carb so much, but much healthier than some options.
yea, low-carb is a tough requirement for something that JeffA can "munch on more-or-less continuously."
carrot and celery sticks and radishes and sugar snap peas?
I guess Sunflower seeds, salted in-shell aren't really "munching" but are low in carbs and actually don't have as much sodium as you'd think (~40-50 mg). They're a nice distraction, but a bit messy, and that amount does come with some calories (~130 cal).
it's always fun trying to spit them out the window and having the wind send them back in to your face
Oh yeah ... when I had a car with no A/C, out the windows they went (usually). Now I usually use a gas station coffee cup or empty water bottle as I'm in the car with wife & kiddos and they can't handle the open road wind.
baby carrots
pork rinds
Baby carrots might be an option. Not all the time, but as a change of pace.
If often use sunflower seeds as a healthy-ish snack and a way to stay awake when i would end up driving 3 hours immediately after an overnight flight. Good times there. And pork rinds are awesome, preferably the spicy ones, with or without lime.
I often will get a roll of Sweet Tarts or Sprees for long drives. Basically just sugar, so clearly not really low carb, but I just suck in them, so it takes long enough to eat them that I don't end up taking in too many calories anyway. They give me something to do, and keep me from eating even more high calorie things (like pork rinds!) the whole way.
sugarfree gum?
Do they still make sugarfree hard candies?
Yes...most use Splenda (gross).
Gross is right. I can't remember what the sugarfree candies and suckers were that I was given as a kid.
They didn't feel exactly like hard candy. Less brittle/crunchable.
I think that's actually better than today's substitutes, where I feel like I'm in the uncanny valley.
I like the sugar free Brachs lemon drops and Werthers Originals okay.
Same here.
AMR - I actually looked at a half-dozen pages of Google images of sugar free candies trying to locate the ones (I believe) you've described.
This is the brand.
But the link says it's made with Isomalt (approved in the U.S. in 1990) and Sucralose (1991), so it's gotta be a different recipe.
Edamame?
Thanks for all the suggestions, guys. I really appreciate it.
Hey spooks can you post a link to the predictions spreadsheet
Is that the hockey equivalent of playing infielders in the outfield?
List of Minnesota Wild hat tricks (from hockey-reference)
Hat Tricks
1. Marian Gaborik 9
2. Guillaume Latendresse 1
Marc Chouinard 1
Mark Parrish 1
Chuck Kobasew 1
Justin Fontaine 1
Antti Laaksonen 1
Ryan Suter 1
Brian Rolston 1
Nino Niederreiter 1
Zach Parise 1
I can't believe that was Parise's first with the Wild.
After the game, Yeo was a little bothered that a team doctor didn't come in to the dressing room to check on a banged-up Niederreiter.
''They only had one doctor here. He went off to get looked at but they had no doctor to take a look at him,'' Yeo said. ''I guess he was watching the game. I'm not sure.''
When a hockey player wants to see the doctor, that's not good. When there's no doctor around, that's really bad.
The NHL and an independent investigator better find out the bottom of that situation. And the answer better not be Patrick Roy.
I've been spending even more time than usual in the car lately. I know there are others who travel a lot. What are some good, low-carb snacks I can munch on while traveling?
Jerky.
I've tried that, but I need something I can munch on more-or-less continually. What I really like to munch on are M&Ms, but of course that's not exactly low-carb. Nuts are the best I've found so far, but I'm hoping for better suggestions.
It might not work so well at this time of year, but I once got a huge pile of peas fresh from the garden, popped the peas out of the pods, and seasoned them with a molasses/bacon spice rub. That was a fantastic cross-country drive snack. Maybe not low carb so much, but much healthier than some options.
yea, low-carb is a tough requirement for something that JeffA can "munch on more-or-less continuously."
carrot and celery sticks and radishes and sugar snap peas?
I guess Sunflower seeds, salted in-shell aren't really "munching" but are low in carbs and actually don't have as much sodium as you'd think (~40-50 mg). They're a nice distraction, but a bit messy, and that amount does come with some calories (~130 cal).
it's always fun trying to spit them out the window and having the wind send them back in to your face
Oh yeah ... when I had a car with no A/C, out the windows they went (usually). Now I usually use a gas station coffee cup or empty water bottle as I'm in the car with wife & kiddos and they can't handle the
open roadwind.baby carrots
pork rinds
Baby carrots might be an option. Not all the time, but as a change of pace.
If often use sunflower seeds as a healthy-ish snack and a way to stay awake when i would end up driving 3 hours immediately after an overnight flight. Good times there. And pork rinds are awesome, preferably the spicy ones, with or without lime.
I often will get a roll of Sweet Tarts or Sprees for long drives. Basically just sugar, so clearly not really low carb, but I just suck in them, so it takes long enough to eat them that I don't end up taking in too many calories anyway. They give me something to do, and keep me from eating even more high calorie things (like pork rinds!) the whole way.
sugarfree gum?
Do they still make sugarfree hard candies?
Yes...most use Splenda (gross).
Gross is right. I can't remember what the sugarfree candies and suckers were that I was given as a kid.
They didn't feel exactly like hard candy. Less brittle/crunchable.
I think that's actually better than today's substitutes, where I feel like I'm in the uncanny valley.
I like the sugar free Brachs lemon drops and Werthers Originals okay.
Same here.
AMR - I actually looked at a half-dozen pages of Google images of sugar free candies trying to locate the ones (I believe) you've described.
This is the brand.
But the link says it's made with Isomalt (approved in the U.S. in 1990) and Sucralose (1991), so it's gotta be a different recipe.
Edamame?
Thanks for all the suggestions, guys. I really appreciate it.
Hey spooks can you post a link to the predictions spreadsheet
Here's the one from the other night.
Dubnyk gives up 3 goals to Colorado in the first period.
Colorado now leads 4-1 after two.
Wild with a four-goal third period now lead 5-4. Parise with the hat trick!
Amazing.
Whew! Glad I missed that one!
Dido.
Is that the hockey equivalent of playing infielders in the outfield?
List of Minnesota Wild hat tricks (from hockey-reference)
Hat Tricks
1. Marian Gaborik 9
2. Guillaume Latendresse 1
Marc Chouinard 1
Mark Parrish 1
Chuck Kobasew 1
Justin Fontaine 1
Antti Laaksonen 1
Ryan Suter 1
Brian Rolston 1
Nino Niederreiter 1
Zach Parise 1
I can't believe that was Parise's first with the Wild.
When a hockey player wants to see the doctor, that's not good. When there's no doctor around, that's really bad.
The NHL and an independent investigator better find out the bottom of that situation. And the answer better not be Patrick Roy.