Midnight Snacks

I’m back again and so glad to be here. I spent last weekend pretending I was 22. I ate WAY too much and I won’t bore you with the gory details about the drinking. I’ve talked about it enough already. I did come away with some very obvious advice. If you are trying to loose weight and tone up, pigging out on restaurant leftovers at midnight and then passing out is not the way to do it. Duh. Since I’m a WAHM now, I have conformed to my toddler’s schedule. This means that I eat dinner around 5:30 when I used to have dinner at 7:00. So by the time 10:00 or 11:00 rolls around I’m hungry again and sneaking into the refrigerator to find something.

This week I decided to be proactive and stock up on quick, healthy snacks that I can have before bed. I know Auntie Oprah says not to eat after 7pm but that is just not my reality. You have to deal with what is, you know. The first thing I noticed was that sometimes I confuse thirst with hunger. Sounds stupid but it’s true. Drinking a big 20 oz. glass of water satisfied me on a couple of occasions. The next thing I tried was some nice fruit salad. By that I just mean I cut up a bunch of fruit and chucked it in a bowl. It basically comprised of a pineapple, mango, kiwi, some blueberries and a banana. It was surprisingly filling. No, really. All that fiber and potassium and other good junk was much better than my cheese and crackers go-to.

I normally take my tea without anything but I was inspired by my friend Tize this week to make a proper cup of English tea. Okay well I’m sure it’s not proper with soymilk and no sugar but close, right? Something about the warm tea and soymilk makes me feel like I ate something and all relaxed. Confession time. I had a cookie with the tea. But it was a healthyish cookie, honest. And it was just the one…maybe two. My bug has a dairy, including egg, allergy so I whipped these up for him but I ate them too and I won’t apologize.

Does anyone have any other quick late night snack ideas? I am a recipe-aholic, so please share.