Happy Independence Day to all my lovely American readers!
And happy 4th of July to everyone else – it may not be a holiday, but it’s still a happy day 😀 And if you haven’t been having the best day, head on over to the comments that people left on my last post and maybe you’ll get some ideas for how to make yourself smile. I know that simply reading about what makes other people happy brought a smile to my face, so hopefully it’ll be able to brighten yours as well.
Something that doesn’t brighten my day, though?
Decision making. Ugh.
(This snack, on the other hand, always brightens my day… banana and Greek yogurt)
Black/white? Left/right? Smooth/chunky? Eep! I just don’t know! I mean, I’ll pick something eventually, but it usually takes me a good amount of time, and if there are too many options (take, clothes/furniture shopping for example)? Sometimes I get so overwhelmed that I just give up and go home empty handed.
Yeah. Working on that one…
I’ve been facing some pretty big life decisions lately (more on this in a future post, when I have more things figured out), and my indecisiveness definitely plays a huge role there; but it seems to play an even bigger role when it comes to simpler and more mundane decisions…
… like figuring out what I want to have for an afternoon snack 😯
Weetabix soaked in almond milk, fresh blueberries, almond butter
You know… because choosing between a chocolate chip cookie or a muffin will change my life.
Actually, there was a time where choosing what to eat did feel like a matter of life and death, as I had to get it just right because eating a meal that I didn’t enjoy would throw off my entire day.
Thankfully, that’s no longer the case, but I do prefer to enjoy what I eat, which usually isn’t an issue since I just listen to my cravings. The problem is that my cravings start to fail me when I get too hungry, because then everything starts looking good, making it a lot harder to decide.
Cookies? Yogurt mess? Cereal? Fruit?
All of it!… which, unfortunately, only works some of the time.
For all those other times, I need to make a decision, and that’s where having a food blog kind of comes in handy. I won’t lie – there have been times where I’ve glanced through the pictures in my older posts to see if anything would pop out at me, and a lot of the time, it did.
So, I’ve decided to put together a little collection of some of my favorite snacks, both for myself and anyone else who struggles with snack time indecisiveness. Hope you enjoy 😀
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Bake/No-bake Goodies…
Chocolate chip cookie dough protein balls
Blissful banana bread… with melted coconut butter
Chocolate chip oatmeal cookies … Coconut banana chocolate chip cookies
No- bake chocolate cheesecake bites
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Yogurt Messes…
Greek yogurt, fresh strawberries, Kashi GoLean
Greek yogurt, fresh peaches/blueberries, puffed wheat … Greek yogurt, cantaloupe, Kashi Cinnamon Harvest
Greek yogurt, flaxmeal, banana, blueberries, Kashi GoLeanCrunch
Baked sweet potato with maple syrup, cinnamon, almond butter, Greek yogurt/cottage cheese
Greek yogurt, puffed wheat, Puffins, Kashi Honey Sunshine, trail mix
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Oatmeal…
Oat bran with Greek yogurt and melted chocolate chips
Oat bran with almond milk, cinnamon, and almond butter mixed with applesauce … Vegan overday oats with vanilla almond milk, chia seeds, fresh peaches
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All Things Chocolate…
Chocolate Vitamuffin, Greek yogurt, caramel pudding
Chocolate Vitamuffin, Greek yogurt, fresh strawberries
Chocolate muffin, Greek yogurt, banana, almond butter frosting
Chocolate ginger snaps … Dark chocolate bar
Greek yogurt, chocolate chip cookie, chocolate pudding
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No Fuss…
Almond butter on a spoon
Apples and almond butter … Bananas and almond butter
Almond butter & banana sandwich
Toast with cream cheese and jam … English muffin with cream cheese & jam / almond butter
Popcorn
Cottage cheese & jam … Cottage cheese & nutritional yeast
Ice cream!
Trail mix … dried fruit
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Great, now I’ve just gone and made myself hungry, and I have no idea what to make. Story of my life 😉
Have a great night, loves!
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Do you have an easy time making quick decisions?
What’s the last thing you snacked on?
yay! Thanks for posting all these awesome combos. I was looking for some inspiration for this mornings breakfast and I think I’ve found some great ideas.
I am literally drooling right now. You just have to go and post all these amazing snacks and make me incredibly jealous that you can create such yummy things because I’m the snacking QUEEN and get me upset because I don’t live near you, didn’t you?! 😛 Just every. single. thing. I need in my belly right now!! I’m definitely bookmarking this page for inspiration too 🙂
Gah I am so indecisive too..all I ever want is sweet stuff for snacks and I just love it all so much, it’s just so hard to decide! Sometimes my decision making is saved when things need eating because they’re going out date but otherwise it takes me a while haha.
I haven’t snacked yet today but last night’s snack was a blueberry mess with greek yogurt, blueberries, raspberries and dark chocolate dreams PB..and then a few handfuls of cereal/granola hehe 🙂 yummm!
Oh I meant blueberry muffin mess silly me! A girl has gotta have her muffins obviously 😉
I love this post! All of your food looks amazing. You are so great at photography! 🙂
Oh my word this post is amazing, I’ll be book marking it just for inspiration! I have also clicked back through my blog for help deciding what to eat, I also clip recipes and pictures on my pinterest account and scan through those when I can decide, its not a bad problem to have though is it, so much deliciousness!
I have the samee problem deciding, everything just looks so tasty- I should just do a coin toss because either way it is going to taste yum !
Love the presentation of the apple&nut butter snack!
You have the most amazing pictures 😀
I’m not alone! Yes as of RIGHT NOW I am trying to decide what I want for my afternoon snack. I wish I had a chocolate brownie right now but unfortunately there are none in the house *gasp* I know. I haven’t actually snacked yet today but the last thing I ate was an apple with the rest of my lunch of course 😛
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hah, I’m totally the opposite of you. SO decisive. I know what I want and I go after it!
Pft. Well rub it in why dontcha 😉
Yay for snack inspo! I sometimes have these “fridge comma moments” where I stare blankly at the fridge with no idea what I want! This post has sone deelishh snack ideas or you could combine a few and have a yummy meal 🙂
Oh yum! I bookmarked the Chocolate Chip Cookie protein dough balls to make for later…..!
My indecisiveness is BAD. Like, really bad. Bordering on TRAGIC.
And thank you for making me crave a Vita Muffin, which is SO not in my budget!!
I am ridiculously indecisive. I’ve put it down to being a Libra to the core. So astrologically, I can’t help it 🙂
Posts like these are so inviting anf warm and lovely to read! So many awesome ideas.
I am currently eating a persimmon fruit – do you get them over in Canada? They are soooo yummy, I get so excited when they are in season!
Thanks for making me drool! Oh my goodness. I’m starving right now anyway. Hahah.
The last thing I snacked on was cornbread and dates I didn’t know which one I wanted so I had both.
Last snack I had was a strawberry shortcake ice cream bar. The decision was: be like old Tara and get cranky and hungry, or indulge in a little ice cream. Soooo glad I took the new route!
I definitely want to try cottage cheese with nutritional yeast! I bet that would be really good with some beans or on a salad. I never thought of that!
Aww girl that’s so awesome to hear! Hungry and cranky sucks… ice cream is MUCH better 😀
I too always have to think at least 5 minutes on what I’ll have fore lunch / dinner. I end up just grabbing whatever I have and throw them together.
Speaking of decisions, I hate choosing what to where for school every morning. Back when I went to a private school, it was SO easy to just put on my uniform. Now? Urggh, it’s the thief of my precious morning time.
p.s. Are you also allergic to seeds? Last thing I snacked on…(or that I snack at last once a day): Sunflower-seed butter spoons!!!! <3
Hehe no I’m not allergic to seeds. Sunflowerseed butter is delicious, but AB takes first place to me.
This is fabulous! I have the same trouble at meal/snack times…cause I am always craving to many things at once! I am definitely indecisive..so sometimes even listening to my cravings is hard. But all these great suggestions will definitely help!
Ahhh, good thing I was eating pancakes while reading this or else I wouldn’t have made it, your photos are delicious! When I was younger I used to leave the toy store empty handed all the time because I couldn’t chose and was worried if I did chose I was going to get the wrong one, so I felt it was safer to not get anything – I am sort of still like that but hopefully getting better.
Just ate an Apple Pie Larabar and an apple. 🙂
I too suffer from indecisiveness almost daily! I always have a tough time making any kind of decision! I real,y need to work on it!
Anyway love all of your snack ideas! Next time im in need of a snack idea i knkw where to turn! Im snacking on a vanilla smoothie with galaxy granola and cinnamon harvest!
Oh wow those all look awesome! I have a hard time making decisions too…it gets really annoying sometimes haha. The last snack I had was raspberry greek yogurt :). Hope you’re having an awesome day!
I still can have a tough time making delicious– I’m better at the small ones now but big ones that I feel will affect me more can be grueling (and a tough hour and half for my poor mother, who I bounce everything off of :s). Last thing I snacked on was a peach and raw almonds… a couple hours before going to the fourth of july BBQ I just came home from. YUM!
Oh man, I am possibly THE most indecisive person on the face of the planet. And I have the same problem when it comes to choosing my eats! (Hence, my tendency to get into food ruts, I suppose) I hate getting to that point where I’m just SO ravenous, yet SO indecisive, to the point where I just don’t want ANYthing anymore.
I love your list – for reasons BEYOND the unbelievable food porn it features 😉
(I actually have my own bootleg version – basically a list of quick eats on my desktop sidebar to refer to that I come up with when I’m not hungry…which, apparently, is when I have my BEST food-combo ideas… of course ;P)
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I’m not the best decision maker, but I’m not too bad. I just had some strawberry ice cream with half a graham cracker crumbled on top. Yum!
OH MY GOSH SO MUCH FOOD PORN!!! That second sweet potato looks like something I want to get to know…
My indecisiveness about meals always peaks whenever we get home from going to the grocery store–the fridge and pantry is overflowing with all sorts of combo possibilities and I just want them all at once haha! I’m normally *okay* about decision making in general, just not with food concoctions 😉
Most recent snack was some greek yogurt, fiber one cereal, peanut butter, and protein powder all mashed up–so ugly it was purty! 😛
Mmm… Those snacks look divine…
The last snack I had is the same snack I always have – Greek yogurt with 365 peanut butter and raspberry jam. It’s always amazing.
I have so much trouble making decisions… Which college to attend, what food to eat, which dress to buy, whether or not to wear a sweater today, shorts or pants, to workout or not to workout…
Decision making is a constant struggle for me. I put it down to my perfectionism. I am so afraid of making a mistake, ending up with an imperfect outcome, and feeling overwhelmed with regret that I would rather someone take the responsibility out of my hands. That way I won’t blame myself if it turns out badly.
I am sooo hungry now! and you gave sooo many yummy snack options…thanks 🙂
this is like, the jackpot of amazing looking snacks right here. which is good, because i feel like i’ve been having a hard time deciding what to snack on lately. the usuals are getting boring but i just don’t know what to switch to, so i just open up my fridge and stare for a minuteor meander around the kitchen before finally deciding on something! guh.
I am absolutely awful when it comes to making decisions about buying anything (because I have a thing about spending money, especially on food). So I tend to eat a lot of the same stuff. But looking at all your marvelous photos makes me want to branch out! When I spend my entire budget on food goodies, I will blame you 😉
Ok I am now starving! And I’m leaning towards something savory. Everything looks so delicious!
You know, coming from one of the most indecisive people on the planet… I think you just made matters way worse, because now I have even MORE choices! 😉 I suck at making decisions. It really is quite pathetic.
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😆 By the time I got to the end of this post, I was thinking it might be a little counter-productive… but it was too late to turn back 😉
My gaw , this is SUCH a drool worthy post.
I made your no bake cheese cake bites today- the base is utterly delicious<3
Girl your recipes and food combos can do no wrong with me- I'm cookie ball obsessed( I eat a minimum of 2 everyday- and iv got my friend hooked on them). I have tofu protein pudding A LOT. And as someone who is EXTREMELY fussy about their oats- I adore your eggy bananafied oats( have you ever tried soaking your oats for like 3 hours before cooking them?if not- try it!). I was so uncreative in the kitchen before, THANK YOU!
Last snack= Lindt dark choc with sea salt/ heaven( I really want to try Dagoba, but can't get it where I stay:(
And yes I'm veeery indecisive
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Awwwr that’s so great to hear, Sarah! Thanks for sharing 😀
this is the most delicious post ever! nom nom! 🙂
I’ve gotten much better at making decisions, especially when it comes to meals & snacks by just listening to my body & cravings. It makes it much easier, but I’m the same way you are when I get too hungry, everything sounds good. So not only am I cranky from being hungry, but not being able to decide what I want makes it even worse.
My last snack, which is my go to snack lately was a yogurt/cereal mess .. even if I can’t decide what I want, this mix never fails.
I honestly cannot get over your photography skills and how well… amazing all of this looks! I am so indecisive too so can certainly relate!
I totally relate, I am the most indecisive person in the universe and EVERY decision from what to eat to which earrings to wear is always the hugest cost-benefit analysis. Sometimes I need to remind myself that the longer I take, the higher the cost 😉
Last snack I had: Babaghanouj with leftover bbq’d eggplant/mushrooms/red peppers- was delicious 🙂
Oh my gosh. Your food looks AMAZING!!!! I am trying to grab it through the screen!!! You should see me! I look ridiculous! 🙂 But it is SO worth it for that stuff.
I’m also super indecisive! It takes me about 2 hours in a bookstore to decide between two books, never mind actual big life decisions. Good luck with making your important decision, I always find pro/con lists help a lot 🙂
I love this collection of snacks! I will definitely be bookmarking this post, I can tell it’s going to be super useful 🙂
Hi love!!!!
Loving all this food porn! Everything looks amazing, especially the chocolate part!
My last snack was cinnamon cripsy strips and protein dip!
Have a great Sunday !! xoxo <3
Those crispy strips looked AMAZING, girlie! I have to try those stat!
HAHAHA um… I am THE worst decision maker. Ask Slava… he’s had to endure my indecisiveness and he’s a trooper for dealing with it 😀
I just finished some Theo milk chocolate. HEAVENLY.