Working Moms: Food?

sugarland726

What food do you eat during your working hours? I find I am starving lately and am looking for some snack type foods. I'm also striving to lose weight while maintaining my milk supply, so not anything super crappy like potato chips. Thanks!

MJamison1020

Peanut Butter and Chocolate Cheerios! (two separate things, just mixed) But I have to separate them into snack sized baggies or I will eat the whole box. Whole Grain Cheddar Goldfish are also delicious and I feel like them being Whole Grain makes them good for you. (Don't hold me to that. I don't know if that's true). I don't know if these will do anything for your milk supply, but, they are delicious and small so you can store them easily and snack on them slowly. 

km_md

I have always struggled with picking good snacks, but here are some of my better ones lately. Multigrain tomtits and salsa, sugar snap or snow peas, pita bread with hummus, almond milk, peanut butter and crackers, fruit (apples, berries, easy to grab fruits), and carrots with hummus.

ETA: tostitos, not tomitis!

MrsW062610

Crackers, cut up apples. Also someone just gave me the idea today for yogurt parfaits! Buy a tub of vanilla yogurt, some fruit, and Quaker granola cereal. Mix the yogurt and fruit ahead of time and bring granola separately and then mix all together when you are ready to eat. Can't wait to try this tomorrow!

blue_elle

km_md said:

I have always struggled with picking good snacks, but here are some of my better ones lately. Multigrain tomtits and salsa, sugar snap or snow peas, pita bread with hummus, almond milk, peanut butter and crackers, fruit (apples, berries, easy to grab fruits), and carrots with hummus.

Tomtits?

worleygirl

Oatmeal, beef jerky, nuts, yogurt, lots of water.

bensmommy518

lately, with easter and all, I have been having a hard boiled egg mid morning while I pump.

MrsGraham06

Oatmeal, carrots, grapes, cheese and crackers (needs to be portioned, or I will eat all the cheese!).

km_md

blue_elle said:

I have always struggled with picking good snacks, but here are some of my better ones lately. Multigrain tomtits and salsa, sugar snap or snow peas, pita bread with hummus, almond milk, peanut butter and crackers, fruit (apples, berries, easy to grab fruits), and carrots with hummus.

Tomtits?

I have no idea what that is haha I have never typed that word and somehow it autocorrected, That should say tostitos lol

valigrl21

On Mondays I bring in food for the week. I don't bring enough for the whole week, because I usually have 1 or 2 mornings where I have time to bring in something different for variety or if I am craving something specific, but I pack enough for most mornings when I am rushing to get out the door. So here are somethings I like to pack:

- Fruit, like apples and grapes
- Baby carrots
- Greek Yogurt
- Cottage Cheese
- String Cheese
- Nutrigrain bars

If I have time on the weekends, I will make green smoothies and put them in the freezer. If I put them in the fridge over night, by morning they are ready to eat.

And I usually have some variation of these muffins on hand. I try to mix up the fruit/veggie combo in them, like this week, I made them with strawberry and rhubarb in place of the shredded carrots and applesauce in place of the carrot puree. I usually double the batch and throw the second batch in the freezer:
https://www.sheknows.com/food-and-recipes/articles/803139/healthy-recipes-for-toddlers-vegetables-in-disguise

sugarland726

Lots of great ideas. Thank you!

katags

Trail mix. Lots of trail mix.

Kashi granola bars (the sea salt chocolate almond ones are delicious)

baby carrots

Goldfish

(and Reese's peanut butter cup eggs)

thegosiers

Carry over from pregnancy cravings... Those squeezy apple sauce packs from Trader Joes (or your local store). They have carrot apple, strawberry apple, Banana apple. Very quick, filling, and pretty healthy.

ababymaybe

Raw veg with hummus, hardboiled eggs, Greek yogurt, cottage cheese, nuts, homemade healthy(ish) muffins.

nolagal79

Cottage cheese with fruit
Greek yogurt
Cheese sticks
Laughing cow wedge on celery

ChuggingWater

I eat too much. Ha!

huntersmommy1212

Oatmeal, bananas, strawberry Nutrigrain bars, and peanut butter/crackers.  I stash a bunch in my desk and then refill as necessary.

valigrl21

tarajeannette said:

Kind bars Apple slices and almond butter Blue Diamond salt and vinegar almonds - it's like eating the chips, but healthier. I buy them in the single serve pouches so I don't go crazy. Hard boiled eggs @valigrl21‌ What do you put in your green smoothie? I never thought to freeze and unthaw, is the consistency okay?

The consistency isn't as great as fresh. But I don't like spending the time making a fresh smoothie every day so I tolerate the consistency.

I do quite a bit of green smoothies (some aren't actually green but have other veggies in them like squash) But basically I always use cocunut water and greek yogurt then throw in a fruit and veggie, like:
Berries + spinach
Berries + kale
Banana + pumpkin (canned pureed pumpkin, not pumpkin pie though)
Strawberries + rhubarb
Apples + Squash
kiwis + apples + spinach
Berries + a little orange + carrots
blueberries + broccoli (not my favorite)

And I usually make some for my husband too and put oats in his, he likes them a little more filling/substance than I do.

CarolinaGirl2014

Oven roasted almonds (no added oils) Sometimes I smash up a piece of 70-80% dark chocolate and throw it in the snack bag of almonds.

Kind oat and grain bars- they have oats which of course help with milk supply. They're in the cereal bar section, not the protein bar section

Apple slices and almond butter

Carrots/Celery/Snap Peas and hummus

I usually avoid any juice that isn't fresh juiced cause I'm a nut like that, but I've been having the naked or bolthouse farms green juice because it gives me an energy boost and helps me fill fuller longer. I've found them at aldi for only $3 for the large container that lasts me a week.

Edited to add these awesome muffins- low carb and high nutrient/protein. and Yummy!