# Share your unorthodox (healthy-ish) snack or treat **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 17, 2025, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-unorthodox-healthy-ish-snack-or-treat/1024936 "2025-11-17T22:42:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2025, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-unorthodox-healthy-ish-snack-or-treat/1024936/1 "2025-11-17T22:42:42Z")
(Define as you see fit) I’ve been eating these lately. Love them. [Marinated Artichokes On The Go!](https://www.traderjoes.com/home/products/pdp/marinated-artichokes-on-the-go-069754) ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2025, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-unorthodox-healthy-ish-snack-or-treat/1024936/2 "2025-11-17T22:56:22Z")
It’s only unorthodox because it never occurred to me to try it. But I have, and it’s good, and it’s healthy. Apples and cinnamon have gone well together forever, and I finally tried it in the most basic form. I quarter an apple, then core the pieces. Each quarter then gets sliced into three wedges, which are then cut into two chunks each. On a plate, they get a generous shaking of good cinnamon. With a sliced banana I can stretch that into breakfast and lunch. Damn tasty. ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2025, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-unorthodox-healthy-ish-snack-or-treat/1024936/3 "2025-11-17T23:42:07Z")
Pork tenderloin jerky. Seriously, beef is unaffordable to me right now, but pork tenderloin (store, mass market tenderloin granted) goes on frequent sale for $1.99 or $2.49 a pound. It’s very lean, and even after dehydration comparatively tender. I slice and then soak in a jar of decent salsa with surprisingly little additional salt since they’re all in a saline solution. When I have the time, it’s a homemade salsa verde which is even _better_. So a flavorful, low fat, reasonably salted jerky for around $8.00 a pound when done. I’ve tried tilapia and turkey jerky as well, but the tilapia ends up distinctly fishy and rock like, while turkey has a better texture and similarly low fat, but the turkey flavor carries through. For something more sweet, and rather less healthy, though a great _treat_ I make sweet potato brownies on occasion (I skip the extra chips for topping through) > **[Healthy Sweet Potato Brownies](https://www.theroastedroot.net/healthy-sweet-potato-brownies/)** > > Healthy Sweet Potato Brownies made grain-free, refined sugar-free, dairy-free and flourless! Rich fudgy brownies for a healthy decadent treat Last but not least, I make these (with almond flour) for long car drives when I need something with some staying power but slightly _less sugar_ and “stuff” than most power bars. > **[Soft Oatmeal Raisin Cookie Granola Bars - Sally's Baking](https://sallysbakingaddiction.com/oatmeal-raisin-cookie-granola-bars/)** > > Delicious, wholesome, and dairy free, these soft oatmeal raisin cookie granola bars are an easy healthy snack that comes together in minutes! On second thought, I’m not sure the latter two are _really_ unorthodox the number of keto or low-carb diets out there. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2025, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-unorthodox-healthy-ish-snack-or-treat/1024936/4 "2025-11-17T23:47:00Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > Each quarter then gets sliced into three wedges, which are then cut into two chunks each. I was told there would be no math. * * * Triscuits with brie, except since I almost never have proper fruit preserves …. those little packets of duck sauce from the local Chinese takeout make a dandy substitute. They’re basically apricot jam. * * * You can take a small tortilla, place one (1) string cheese atop - okay, unwrap the cheese out of the plastic first - then nuke for about 20 seconds. Roll it up real quick so the melting cheese holds the tortilla closed, then enjoy your lazy-ass redneck quesadilla. I’ve eaten plenty of those! ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2025, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-unorthodox-healthy-ish-snack-or-treat/1024936/5 "2025-11-18T00:01:44Z")
I like refrigerated noodles sprinkled with Parmesan cheese for hot days. Boiling the noodles can be done at night, and during the day it both satisfies hunger and cools me down nicely, without needing any cooking or fancy preparation in the heat. And it isn’t as fattening as ice cream; I like ice cream of course, but if I ate it as often as I eat noodles I’d be a sphere. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2025, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-unorthodox-healthy-ish-snack-or-treat/1024936/6 "2025-11-18T02:17:06Z")
Radishes. I buy a bag at Trader Joe’s and snack on them at work. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2025, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-unorthodox-healthy-ish-snack-or-treat/1024936/7 "2025-11-18T06:31:29Z")
Triscuit, a couple of those greasy smoked oysters, dry Italian salami and a slice of Mozzarella cheese. Have to be stacked in that order to keep your fingers from getting messy. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2025, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-unorthodox-healthy-ish-snack-or-treat/1024936/8 "2025-11-18T12:36:23Z")
These: [![](https://bravefoods.co.uk/cdn/shop/products/DarkChocMainProductImageV2_1800x1800.jpg?v=1669628640) ](https://bravefoods.co.uk/cdn/shop/products/DarkChocMainProductImageV2_1800x1800.jpg?v=1669628640) Every person I’ve introduced them to - including my wife - has balked at trying them. And then shortly thereafter asked for more. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2025, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-unorthodox-healthy-ish-snack-or-treat/1024936/9 "2025-11-18T18:44:17Z")
Herring in wine sauce on Triscuits. Except that the last few times I’ve bought them (Vita brand) it seems that the jars are more sauce than herring. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2025, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-unorthodox-healthy-ish-snack-or-treat/1024936/10 "2025-11-18T18:57:17Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Triscuit, a couple of those greasy smoked oysters, dry Italian salami and a slice of Mozzarella cheese. > > Have to be stacked in that order to keep your fingers from getting messy. Hmm, that sounds amazing! > [@Gyrate](#): > > These: I’ll have to check those out. How thick is the chocolate coating? ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2025, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-unorthodox-healthy-ish-snack-or-treat/1024936/11 "2025-11-18T20:43:12Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > These I’d try those! Are chocolate covered _sunflower seeds_ weird? Cuz they’re tasty, but they definitely ain’t M&Ms. Also chocolate covered gummy bears. Strange texture combo, and you don’t know what flavor gummy you’re about to get. It’s the candy version of Russian Roulette! … but damn if I can’t plow through a bag of those. ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2025, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-unorthodox-healthy-ish-snack-or-treat/1024936/12 "2025-11-18T22:13:14Z")
We buy expensive bread; a slice of that, toasted, just as it comes - that’s fine by me. Sourdough with Potato, Rosemary & Nigella Seeds, from a local bakery, is the current fave. j ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2025, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-unorthodox-healthy-ish-snack-or-treat/1024936/13 "2025-11-18T22:17:30Z")
Type 2 - Damn I miss bread… ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2025, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-unorthodox-healthy-ish-snack-or-treat/1024936/14 "2025-11-18T22:30:51Z")
Yeah, bread is a tough nut for diabetics. Save those carb points. Have a slice. Of course unless you can convince someone else to eat the rest of the loaf, it’s wasteful. I eat sugar cubes. I know, I know it seems contraindicated. But it is an exact amount that my pea brain can calculate. I know exactly how much I can’t have. And when. That’s unorthodox, perhaps. Non healthy unless your BG is low. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2025, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-unorthodox-healthy-ish-snack-or-treat/1024936/15 "2025-11-18T23:13:45Z")
> [@ParallelLines](#): > > while turkey has a better texture and similarly low fat, but the turkey flavor carries through. Isn’t it an advantage that the turkey flavor carries through? ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2025, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-unorthodox-healthy-ish-snack-or-treat/1024936/16 "2025-11-18T23:21:24Z")
Eh, while I don’t actively _dislike_ turkey, it’s not a favorite for me. Plus, I’m in the aggressively-chili-forward faction. So that’s what I want to stand out as a flavor. Mass market pork, like mass market chicken, is pretty mildly flavored. I do love the flavor of beef, and so it would be my preference, but pork is 1/4 (or less) the price of beef, so it’s what I’m using mostly these days. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2025, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-unorthodox-healthy-ish-snack-or-treat/1024936/17 "2025-11-19T00:23:58Z")
Whereas if i eat chili at all, i want to taste the meat. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2025, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-unorthodox-healthy-ish-snack-or-treat/1024936/18 "2025-11-19T00:25:32Z")
And out of such wonderful, diverse tastes, many an unorthodox meal comes into the world! Which reminds me, I haven’t made Lox and scallion/red onion maki sushi in too long. Hmmmm… ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2025, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-unorthodox-healthy-ish-snack-or-treat/1024936/19 "2025-11-19T00:26:14Z")
Where do you get those? ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2025, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-unorthodox-healthy-ish-snack-or-treat/1024936/20 "2025-11-19T00:27:33Z")
I’m trying to think of unorthodox snacks i eat, and I’m coming up blank. I did chew on a raw ginger root for a few weeks when i was under a lot of stress, once. But it wasn’t really a “snack”. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-unorthodox-healthy-ish-snack-or-treat/1024936.md?page=2)