What is your low carb "comfort food" when stressed?

[Adelle0607]

When you're stressed out or feeling a bit peckish or hormonal, what low carb food do you enjoy? Beating deadlines, I used to grab a bar of chocolate for that "burst of energy". Any low carb suggestions? Thanks!

 

[Pasha]

One ounce [28 grams] of Manchego cheese cut into tiny cubes and eaten with a toothpick.

 

[Blessedarethecheesemakers]

Cauliflower cheese (made with soft cheese and grated hard cheese - no flour). And sausages. My ultimate low-carb meal when I want to cosy up on the sofa with a blanket and eat something rib-sticking.

 

[DeejayR]

The last thing I want if stressed is to eat anything so I must be peculiar. However, when attacked by the munchies (carb cravings?) I have a teaspoonful of peanut butter and half a dozen nuts. By the time I've got the butter off my palate and the nutty bits out of my teeth I'm ok again.
Occasionally I make little squares from almond flour, eggs and cheese and a couple of them with Natex (Marmite) or more cheese is ok. They are portable if sandwiched. I had a 9-bar once on a bus but didn't test afterwards -- I trust @Brunneria implicitly!

 

[bookmite]

And what's wrong with a giant chunky kit kat ...only joking ...I love Bavarian smoked cheese, well any cheese actually, i love the stuff . On my weaker moments, I do confess to raiding the kids sweetie cupboard.

 

[Clivethedrive]

Two thick slices of Gouda with a thick slice of off the bone ham in between with full fat hollandaise::))

 

[phil1966]

De-husked raw pumpkin seeds are my snack of choice - they're delicious and low carb: http://www.tesco.com/groceries/product/details/?id=273812128

 

[Brunneria]

The last thing I want if stressed is to eat anything so I must be peculiar. However, when attacked by the munchies (carb cravings?) I have a teaspoonful of peanut butter and half a dozen nuts. By the time I've got the butter off my palate and the nutty bits out of my teeth I'm ok again.
Occasionally I make little squares from almond flour, eggs and cheese and a couple of them with Natex (Marmite) or more cheese is ok. They are portable if sandwiched. I had a 9-bar once on a bus but didn't test afterwards -- I trust @Brunneria implicitly!

Awww. That's so sweet!

But you should always test new foods.

 

[Bluetit1802]

I'm the odd one here. I have rarely snacked or grazed. Perhaps it's my generation. 3 meals a day, cups of tea in between. I only ever did it when I was having chemo, and that hugely contributed to my diabetes. Not the snacking, but what I snacked on!

 

[Kezzer4321]

I tend to go for something naughty... So for me it would be sugar free jelly with cream, or a handful of peanuts or cashews.....or a 9bar.... Something that made me feel like I was eating something indulgent.

 

[eddie1968]

I do like a mixed nuts assortment when watching dvds and when I feel stressed.

 

[AnnieC]

I don't really have a lot of stress but if I do feel the need for a snack in the evening while watching the TV it is usually mixed nuts or if I have any some pork scratchings...I could get addicted to those I know they are hign in fat but I am a skinny minnie so both those and the nuts help to keep my weight stable

 

[LittleGreyCat]

Munchie food for me is eggs scrambled in butter.

 

[zand]

I don't eat when I'm stressed. I'm more likely to miss a meal.

 

[Medusa41]

Cheese, cheese & cheese!

 

[loulou99782]

Love 9 bars. My fav is chocolate orange bar from lidl yummy but sure of carb count

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[akindrat18]

A 40g bag of pork scratchings and maybe another bag. They have now become my choice for snacking on now.

 

[Scandichic]

Choc mug cake. See recipe below:
Individual chocolate pudding

Recipe makes 2

50g butter, melted in the microwave
3tbsp ground almonds
1 1/5 tbsp sweetner
1/4 tsp vanilla
Pinch of salt
1 egg
1 tbsp cocoa powder
1/2 tsp baking powder
2 squares 70% dark flavoured with orange chocolate
Or
1 square 90% chocolate, chopped
2 tbsp pecans

Melt the butter in a bowl, add remaining ingredients and divide into 2 mugs and nuke for 1 minute per mug.

 

[sanguine]

Cheese and/or a handful of almonds or brazils.

 

[cold ethyl]

Strangeiy since going low carb, I've got out of the habit of endless snacking I once had. A couple of squares of dark chocolate spread over day and/or cheese portion and half an apple are enough.. Before I'd eat a huge dinner of pasta and sauce and salad and cheese then have a ham baguette and cheese at bed with crisps. No wonder I was so overweight. But I was always hungry - and looking back it never felt like greed but genuine belly gnawing , light headed must eat hunger.