{"id":1914,"date":"2020-03-06T06:47:14","date_gmt":"2020-03-06T10:47:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goddessgrub.com\/blog\/?p=1914"},"modified":"2025-03-06T06:49:15","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T10:49:15","slug":"snacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goddessgrub.com\/blog\/snacks\/","title":{"rendered":"Snacks"},"content":{"rendered":"

The best idea I ever had was keeping healthy snacks in a bowl where I sit at night.\u00a0 I learned to buy apples, pears, mandarin oranges, grapes, baby carrots and celery stalks whether I wanted them or not.\u00a0 And to put them near my evening chair whether I want them or not. Because at midnight when I’m thinking about wandering into the kitchen, I’ll be glad they are there. I’ve learned my lesson.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Make a plate of some baby carrots, celery stalks and scallions and serve with some hummus dip.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Spread some fresh celery stalks with Peanut Wonder or lowfat peanut butter.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Pita triangles with tabouli and\/or hummus dip.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

10 Minute Hummus<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

One 16 oz can of chickpeas or garbanzo beans
\n1\/4 cup liquid from can of chickpeas
\nJuice of one lemon (depending on taste)
\n1 –\u00a01\/2 tablespoons tahini<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

3\u00a0cloves garlic, crushed<\/strong>
\n1 teaspoon sea salt<\/strong>
\n2 tablespoons olive oil<\/strong>
\nA handful of chopped parsley, maybe fluffing up to a cup including fluffy tops<\/strong><\/p>\n

Preparation:<\/em><\/span><\/strong>
\nDrain chickpeas and set liquid aside for later. Combine remaining ingredients in blender or food processor. Add 1\/4 cup of liquid from chickpeas. Blend for 3-5 minutes on low until thoroughly mixed and smooth.<\/strong><\/p>\n

If this was a dip, you’d add more garbanzo bean water to make it dippy.\u00a0 To keep it firmer and more sandwichey, less garbanzo water<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tabouli<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

1 cup cracked wheat (bulghur)
\n1 cup very hot water
\n1 small cucumber, chopped
\n1 small tomato, chopped
\n4 scallions, sliced
\n1\/2 cup fresh chopped mint
\n1 cup fresh chopped parsley
\n4 cloves garlic, minced (optional)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

1\/4 cup fresh lemon juice<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

4 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil (to make it fatfree, substitute chickpea liquid or\u00a0broth)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Pepper and salt, to taste<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Soak the cracked wheat in the hot water until the water is absorbed, about 30 minutes. Drain any excess water, if necessary, and squeeze dry.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Combine the salad ingredients, including wheat, in a medium bowl. Mix the dressing ingredients together and stir into the salad mixture. Serve chilled or at room temperature.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The best idea I ever had was keeping healthy snacks in a bowl where I sit at night.\u00a0 I learned to buy apples, pears, mandarin oranges, grapes, baby carrots and celery stalks whether I wanted them or not.\u00a0 And to put them near my evening chair whether I want them or not. Because at midnight […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s5vW9k-snacks","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goddessgrub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goddessgrub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goddessgrub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goddessgrub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goddessgrub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1914"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/goddessgrub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1914\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1915,"href":"https:\/\/goddessgrub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1914\/revisions\/1915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goddessgrub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goddessgrub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goddessgrub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}