I am learning that snacks are very, very important when eating a plant based diet. My dear friend Julia is teaching me a lot about how best to keep my man with a happy tummy. The first night we ate gluten-free/vegan he came into our bedroom at about 10pm and said “I feel great and am really really hungry – what else do you have to eat!?!” Most of the time he just feels bad and uncomfortably full so it was good that he was hungry but I needed to come up with some good snacks to keep him going when he is working late or between meals.
My first snack:
Roasted Nuts!
I went to Costco and got an array of nuts to try out both raw and roasted. We found out quickly that my hubby is allergic to Walnuts (opps!) but everything else he really liked – here is what I got:
I came home and roasted them (Almonds, Pecan, Walnuts) in the oven (single layer) at 350 degrees for 10 minutes. They I turned off the oven, let them sit and dry out inside the oven for 30 more minutes and then cool with the oven door open for another hour.
I put a bowl of nuts on Caleb’s desk and he ate them throughout the day – so happy! The extra’s went into a tupperware so that I can refill his bowl daily. A total success. My 15 month old also really really loved the Pecans – she sat on the kitchen floor munching for quite a while. Good day in finding a new favorite for our household!
