# Favorite healthy treat? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 14, 2016, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-healthy-treat/743157 "2016-01-14T18:38:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2016, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-healthy-treat/743157/21 "2016-01-15T06:47:33Z")
Raw carrots. CRUNCH! ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2016, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-healthy-treat/743157/22 "2016-01-15T14:53:30Z")
Almonds. I eat’em by the handful. I have read that nuts make you feel full and it seems to work for me. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2016, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-healthy-treat/743157/23 "2016-01-15T16:30:23Z")
Hm, hummus with celery, carrot and cuke sticks, ice cold watermelon or cantelope melon, cara cara oranges, seedless grapes [portion control is my friend, dammit!] salsa in cucumber boats, fine dice cuke, celery and tomato dressed with an olive oil/lime juice and paprika dressing in a hollowed out beefsteak tomato, a whole beefsteak tomato eaten like an apple, limited amounts of homemade beef jerky [way less salty than commercial and no added sugars - I loved my dehydrator and can’t wait to replace it, I don’t like commercial jerky.] ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2016, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-healthy-treat/743157/24 "2016-01-15T18:42:15Z")
> [@Helena330](#): > > Chopped apples with a little Ken’s Steakhouse Lite Apple Cider Vinaigrette dressing. It’s like a _dessert_. Heck, with that dressing, even spinach is dessert. Seriously, if you like sweet dressings, try it. Ken’s Lite Asian Sesame with Ginger and Soy is like crack to me. Maybe that’s what it is…Ken’s is putting crack in the salad dressing! ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2016, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-healthy-treat/743157/25 "2016-01-15T20:25:16Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Apple slices, dipped in somewhat melted crunchy peanut butter. It doesn’t matter what I come in here to say, someone has always beaten me to it. I prefer almond butter with my apple slices but it’s near enough. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2016, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-healthy-treat/743157/26 "2016-01-15T21:35:30Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > Almonds. I eat’em by the handful. I have read that nuts make you feel full and it seems to work for me. Well, if you eat 'em by the handful, that’ll happen… ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2016, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-healthy-treat/743157/27 "2016-01-16T02:18:39Z")
> [@jabiru](#): > > It doesn’t matter what I come in here to say, someone has always beaten me to it. I prefer almond butter with my apple slices but it’s near enough. That’s good, it makes me feel vindicated. I haven’t tried almond butter but it sounds amazing! ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2016, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-healthy-treat/743157/28 "2016-01-16T03:11:32Z")
Honeydew melon. Dried pears. These flattened dried bananas from Trader Joe’s, they’re like fruit leather, not crunchy fried chips that usually pass for “dried bananas.” And popcorn - with an attempt to keep the oil down I tend to use a spray oil and a light sprinkle of garlic-chili seasoned salt. ---
**Author:** ![Memnon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@Memnon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Memnon)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2016, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-healthy-treat/743157/29 "2016-01-16T03:33:47Z")
A bowl of microwaved broccoli with just a tiny pinch of sea salt. I’m absolutely serious. It’s an acquired taste, but it’s quite nice. At least, it’s not as gross as it sounds. Also, it’s completely calorie neutral as the amount of calories the body expends digesting the broccoli is actually slightly higher than the amount of calories in the broccoli, so _technically_ eating it is also a form of exercise. [sub]What? Stop looking at me like that![/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2016, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-healthy-treat/743157/30 "2016-01-16T04:58:23Z")
> [@stillownedbysetters](#): > > As dorky as this is going to sound, I like plain old fresh cucumber slices. I can quite literally eat an entire cucumber at one sitting - no dressing, no dip, no salt, no nothing but the cuke itself. Fresh, plain cucumbers are delicious. Sometimes I add a little sprinkling of black pepper, but no salt or dips–that would interfere with the delicate flavor of the cuke itself. Costco has bags of “cocktail” (i.e., mini) cucumbers that are particularly nice, no slicing required. I had a temporary boarder, a friend who was in the process of moving to another state, who regarded non-deep-fried vegetables with profound suspicion. (Texas, what can I say?) By the time he completed his move, he was snacking on cucumbers just like me. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2016, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-healthy-treat/743157/31 "2016-01-16T05:19:08Z")
> [@Sattua](#): > > Palak paneer tastes better than chocolate, IMO, and I love chocolate. Too bad I have hemochromatosis, or I’d eat it more often. > > Wait. Does that mean it’s not healthy\* for me\*? Crap. I had to look up both of those. I’ve never eaten palak paneer but it does sound very enticing. I’ll have to remember to try it next time I’m at an Indian restaurant. ---
**Author:** ![Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brown_eyed_girl/32/3574_2.png) [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brown_Eyed_Girl)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2016, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-healthy-treat/743157/32 "2016-01-16T07:14:22Z")
Roasted brussels sprouts with sea salt. I never had them until last year and I ear them often now. ---
**Author:** ![actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/actualliberalnotoneofthose)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2016, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-healthy-treat/743157/33 "2016-01-16T08:52:31Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > Sometimes my local supermarket has those plastic clamshell boxes of 12 oz. of raspberries for $5\*. When I can get one of those, I put the berries in a big bowl and mix in a container of vanilla (Greek) yogurt and maybe a little sugar to balance the tartness. That’s it, simple and gorgeous. I do that too, but I use plain yogurt. Now I feel pretty good that the raspberries are pretty much always available to me at $2-3. Also, I like them with dark chocolate, either melted, shaved, or just eaten together in bites. ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2016, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-healthy-treat/743157/34 "2016-01-16T09:29:42Z")
IMO if it’s healthy it isn’t a treat. It’s just something to eat. Like, I would never say, “Okay, I have finished this big project, I owe myself some carrot sticks!” Now I actually like carrots. I will eat them as a healthy snack. But a treat is more like a root beer float, or a Butterfingers. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2016, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-healthy-treat/743157/35 "2016-01-16T10:12:50Z")
> [@Sattua](#): > > Palak paneer tastes better than chocolate, IMO, and I love chocolate. Too bad I have hemochromatosis, or I’d eat it more often. > > Wait. Does that mean it’s not healthy\* for me\*? Crap. Could be a lucky coincidence here. I know someone who has hemochromatosis and when I asked him recently whether the salad full of spinach I had made would kill him he laughingly told me that he is encouraged to eat extra spinach as it inhibits the body’s absorption of iron. The calcium in the paneer would enhance this effect even more making it a perfect dish, so what am I missing? Maybe advice has changed over the years and now you can gorge on your beloved dish? Hope so anyway. These [Diet Recommendations for Hemochromatosis](http://www.irondisorders.org/Websites/idi/files/Content/854256/DietRecommendations.pdf) say pretty much that: > [@](#): > > Calcium is the only known substance that can impair the absorption of both > heme and non-heme iron. > Consume plenty of fruits and vegetables, including spinach > These foods contain fiber and antioxidants, which inhibit free radical production. Spinach contains oxalates which impair absorption of iron contained in this plant. ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2016, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-healthy-treat/743157/36 "2016-01-16T12:25:16Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > That’s good, it makes me feel vindicated. I haven’t tried almond butter but it sounds amazing! It is. When I really get the munchies, I can eat it from the jar. ---
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2016, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-healthy-treat/743157/37 "2016-01-16T13:24:49Z")
Cherry tomatoes, eaten like little pieces of candy. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2016, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-healthy-treat/743157/38 "2016-01-16T17:04:00Z")
> [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](#): > > IMO if it’s healthy it isn’t a treat. It’s just something to eat. Like, I would never say, “Okay, I have finished this big project, I owe myself some carrot sticks!” > > Now I actually like carrots. I will eat them as a healthy snack. > > But a treat is more like a root beer float, or a Butterfingers. Classic missing-the-point, unclear-on-the-concept response. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![RobDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f07891/32.png) [@RobDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobDog)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2016, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-healthy-treat/743157/39 "2016-01-16T17:15:21Z")
You’re going to have to trust me on this… a handful of frozen grapes. They’re like tiny little sorbet bombs, but without the effort, or added sugar, or stickiness, or bowl and spoon. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2016, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-healthy-treat/743157/40 "2016-01-16T18:28:09Z")
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