Most diets and diet cookbooks spend a lot of time and energy creating sweets to eat instead of the things you shouldn’t eat a bunch of, particularly if you’re trying to lose the lard.
I have a complaint – it seems that almost NO time is spent on the salty food group. They only say, “avoid,” or “don’t eat.” When time is spent producing a food that might satisfy the ‘crunchy food group,’ it doesn’t include SALT.
I can avoid sweets. I can avoid white, starchy food. I can avoid sugar. I can watch my portions. I can avoid added salt, but the essentially salty food group CALLS to me.
I have a raw veggie tray in my fridge right now. It’s beautiful, with carrots, broccoli. snap beans, cherry tomatoes, and cauliflower, all ready to chomp with even a dip included.
What do I crave? Pretzels. Fritos. Potato chips.
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Healthy Alternatives to Salty Snacks
- Nuts and Seeds. Adding unsalted nuts and seeds to your diet in moderation can be a great way to combat your salty cravings. …
- Kale Chips. You don’t have to deprive yourself of the crunchy, salty goodness of potato chips, just try using kale instead. …
- Edamame. …
- Hummus. …
- Popcorn.
18 Flavorful Salt Alternatives
- Garlic. Garlic is a pungent spice that boosts flavor without increasing sodium content. …
- Lemon juice or zest. …
- Ground black pepper. …
- Dill. …
- Dried onion or onion powder. …
- Nutritional yeast. …
- Balsamic vinegar. …
- Smoked paprika.
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All this is lovely, but it just DOESN’T take the place of a nice salty pretzel, or a bunch of fritos, or potato chips…
My good friend and I were talking about cravings the other day, and we came up with a new meme –
‘SPLURGE IN MODERATION.’ Think it’ll catch on?
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