Office Snacks

[jwslam]

What do you guys munch on sitting at a desk all day?

I ran downstairs to buy microwave popcorn. And then I got the genius idea of adding hot chocolate powder into it. Figured somebody here would appreciate this spec of genius I'm sharing.

[killramos]

Coffee, and lots of it.

Free and low cal :dunno:

Makes me appreciate lunch and home.

[JordanEG6]

I subscribe to Nature Box to avoid eating unhealthy crap. They basically send you a box of goodies once a month for less than $20. At the moment, they are only Beta testing for Canada, so the snacks are fixed, but you'll soon be able to pick and choose what you'd like in your Nature Box every month.

www.naturebox.com

[icky2unk]

Chips all day long

[D'z Nutz]

Mostly chocolate haha

http://www.typicalfish.com/images/beyond/IMG_20140915_151601.jpg

[killramos]

Originally posted by D'z Nutz
Mostly chocolate haha

http://www.typicalfish.com/images/beyond/IMG_20140915_151601.jpg

Mother of god.

If that was my desk i would be sooooooo fat :drool:

[jwslam]

Originally posted by killramos
Mother of god.

If that was my desk i would be sooooooo fat :drool:
My drawer would only look like that temporarily, and then back to the emptiness it is now...

I saw NatureBox on an Anna Akana video but I can't find the promo link :(

[BigMass]

I don't snack or I'd be fat. Snaking to me is like trying to moderate a cocaine addiction. Better to just not do it

[Hallowed_point]

Fiber one bar, yogurt, fresh fruit & perrier. :poosie:

[schocker]

d'z nutz is running a corner store out of his office :rofl:

chocolate popcorn sounds gross though :barf:
I have in the kitchen, vector, steel cut oats, cheese strings, yogurt, almond milk, smoothie juice
In my office, beef jerkey, protein powder, fibre1 bars, tuna cracker snacks, alt protein bars, payday bars. Its a mess :rofl:

[Sentry]

Bulk trail mix from a grocery store.

[Stephen81]

If it's that bad I just grab a couple soda crackers from the kitchen down the hall.

Sometimes they're not even salted.

Feelsbadman.

[flipstah]

Originally posted by D'z Nutz
Mostly chocolate haha

http://www.typicalfish.com/images/beyond/IMG_20140915_151601.jpg

Hey babe. :love:

[Kijho]

This nut guy comes by our work every second week so I usually grab a bag or two almonds or chip nuts...

[Twin_Cam_Turbo]

Originally posted by D'z Nutz
Mostly chocolate haha

http://www.typicalfish.com/images/beyond/IMG_20140915_151601.jpg

Hellooooooooooo Diabetus!

[nismodrifter]

Parle G biscuits lol. Nice!

[D'z Nutz]

Originally posted by nismodrifter
Parle G biscuits lol. Nice!

Brown guy recognize :D

[roopi]

What are those granola bars doing in there? :rofl:

[D'z Nutz]

Originally posted by roopi
What are those granola bars doing in there? :rofl:

They hand them out at the c-train station in the morning sometimes :rofl:

[R154]

did you pop the glass out of a vending machine!? Clearance at Halloween!?

[baygirl]

Originally posted by D'z Nutz
Mostly chocolate haha

http://www.typicalfish.com/images/beyond/IMG_20140915_151601.jpg
Hi, can we be friends??:love: :love:

[spikerS]

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my office "pantry"

[roopi]

Looks like you have the ingrediants for the popcorn with hot chocolate sprinkles.

[D'z Nutz]

Originally posted by baygirl

Hi, can we be friends??:love: :love:

Why, of course we c... wait, are you talking to me or the chocolate? :whipped:

[jwslam]

Originally posted by D'z Nutz
Why, of course we c... wait, are you talking to me or the chocolate? :whipped:
Once you go black...

[baygirl]

Originally posted by D'z Nutz


Why, of course we c... wait, are you talking to me or the chocolate? :whipped:
Damnit, you saw through my ruse:cry:

[firebane]

LOL how are some of you not diabetic?

[jwslam]

Originally posted by firebane
LOL how are some of you not diabetic?
It only becomes an issue if we go get checked...

[firebane]

Originally posted by jwslam

It only becomes an issue if we go get checked...

:rofl: ahhh makes sense.

[bleu]

I'm addicted to roasted chickpeas, yogurt covered raisins and granola bars.

Or whichever recess snack is the coolest at the time.

[OCDP]

+1 for Naturebox. Shits delicious, cheap and healthy.

[schocker]

Originally posted by OCDP
+1 for Naturebox. Shits delicious, cheap and healthy.
I was imagining that would be super expensive but $25 us for 5 full size snacks is not that bad when you would expected to pay at least that for store brand stuff. Might be worth trying as I have been looking for some healthier snacks to snack on at work.

[sputnik]

Microwave popcorn should be banned from offices for two reasons.

- Stinks up the entire office with chemical butter smell

- Every other bag gets burned by careless employees which makes the office smell even worse

[mr2mike]

D'z Nutz's drawer brings all the girls to the yard....

Just surprised it's in a middle drawer and not the lowest possible one.

[Disoblige]

I wish someone just invented a knock off version of Wheat Crunch and sell it in bulk at Superstore or something. It's one of my dreams :rofl:

[flipstah]

Originally posted by sputnik
Microwave popcorn should be banned from offices for two reasons.

- Stinks up the entire office with chemical butter smell

- Every other bag gets burned by careless employees which makes the office smell even worse

Whoever brings microwave popcorn and microwaves it in an office is a sadist.

[mr2mike]

Microwave popcorn is the white person's version of the fish Asian people reheat in the microwave.

[firebane]

Originally posted by mr2mike
D'z Nutz's drawer brings all the girls to the yard....

Just surprised it's in a middle drawer and not the lowest possible one.

Fatness prevents bending over ;)

[Feruk]

I don't snack. Unless some lunch meeting has extra food left over in the kitchen. In that case, I eat whatever it is. :)


Originally posted by spikerS
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my office "pantry"
How have you not had a heart attack yet? I suspect any one of those items has half your daily sodium intake.

[vengie]

There are some insanely unhealthy people on here! ahah

I personally rock carrots, snap peas, cucumber, unsalted roasted almonds, brazil nuts, and a couple pieces of fruit.
Drink usually green tea instead of coffee and 2+ L of water at the office.

[Teknix]

I always have a container of unsalted almonds at my desk for snacking.

Really thinking of trying this naturebox thing though hmm..

[firebane]

Originally posted by Teknix
I always have a container of unsalted almonds at my desk for snacking.

Really thinking of trying this naturebox thing though hmm..

I looked into Naturebox but a lot of people are saying for what you get $20 is awfully expensive.

[spikerS]

Originally posted by Feruk

How have you not had a heart attack yet? I suspect any one of those items has half your daily sodium intake.

possibly, but then I don't cook with sodium at home, at all. I don't even salt the water if I am boiling pasta. And I am only eating those if I get hungry at work.

[schurchill39]

Originally posted by firebane


I looked into Naturebox but a lot of people are saying for what you get $20 is awfully expensive.

I wonder how it stacks up in $/g vs. the health food store snacks. I've only ever gone with the missus twice to one of those places and my jaw nearly hit the floor when I saw the prices on some of their snacks.

[Dumbass17]

i always have a bag of chopped veggies in the fridge - cucumbers, carrots, celery and red/green/yellow peppers. just have that daily with hummus for dipping.
water water water

[schocker]

Originally posted by firebane
I looked into Naturebox but a lot of people are saying for what you get $20 is awfully expensive.
Assuming like $5 a bag though, if you go to like walmart or wherever they have those prebagged snacks now, they are also pretty expensive, especially for things other than like salted peanuts

[firebane]

Originally posted by schocker

Assuming like $5 a bag though, if you go to like walmart or wherever they have those prebagged snacks now, they are also pretty expensive, especially for things other than like salted peanuts

The issue is the size of the bags that you get.

[mr2mike]

Go to Costco, get the unsalted almonds, unsalted cashews, dried blueberries and add whatever else you want and mix it up. Done and probably for a lot cheaper.
Although I have noticed almond prices are through the roof. Cashew prices have been high for a number of years.
I heard a bad season for Almond crops so... I hope prices go down.

[ExtraSlow]

Bulk almonds from co-op or bulk barn. Get pumpkin seeds too.

[OCDP]

I think the price is completely justified with the Nature Box. You're not just getting run of the mill snacks with shit ingredients, it's all healthy alternatives. It will be even better once the Canadian site allows you to pick your snacks (sriracha cashews :drool: )

The amount of food you get is totally worth the price per month. I bought it for the sole purpose of having snacks for work to avoid eating shit, and I'm definitely satisfied with the food and cost. Just my two cents.

[firebane]

Originally posted by OCDP
I think the price is completely justified with the Nature Box. You're not just getting run of the mill snacks with shit ingredients, it's all healthy alternatives. It will be even better once the Canadian site allows you to pick your snacks (sriracha cashews :drool: )

The amount of food you get is totally worth the price per month. I bought it for the sole purpose of having snacks for work to avoid eating shit, and I'm definitely satisfied with the food and cost. Just my two cents.

The bags are 4-5 ounces depending on what is inside the bag. Tha equates to a couple snacks for me.

[johnlennon]

-Unsalted almonds
-Celery sticks
-Cut up cucumber
-Carrots (not small ones that sit in bleach before being packaged)
-Pumpkin seeds
-Broccoli or coliflower
-Fiber one 90 cal bar (not that filling)
-lightly salted popcorn
-grapes
-trail mix (no smarties)

Lol those are all pretty healthy & no guilt snacks that you can pretty much eat all the time and not turn into a lard-ass.

[BlueHaloGirl]

Snapea Crisps from Costco
Granola bars
Apples
cheese slices ( I can get toast from the kitchen in the hotel and make toast)

If I'm really hungry I can go and order an entire breakfast from the restaurant and write it off. I rarely do this and if I do I will have a bowl of soup for lunch.
Sometimes I'll get them to fry me an egg and make a b-fast sandwich...mmmmmbacon!! Or just a piece of bacon on my travels through the kitchen.

We also have chocolate bar day the 15th of every month so that's usually my afternoon snack.

[n1zm0]

1 activia yogurt then deal with it until lunch :/

[DeleriousZ]

nature box has free shipping to canada now.

[firebane]

Originally posted by DeleriousZ
nature box has free shipping to canada now.

Last I checked its still $4.95 according to their site?

[schocker]

I think he was just in the US portion of the site, us is free shipping, canada is 5usd

[JordanEG6]

If you use the code word "ROGAN", you get $10 off or something like that. I got my first box for $14 and change.

IMO, compared to the organic/gluten-free/non-GMO section of the grocery store, the price for a box of snacks isn't that bad. I actually enjoy what they gave me. But I can't wait until you get to choose your own stuff.

[DeleriousZ]

Dag yo, I could have sworn it was free shipping last I checked, maybe it was an introductory offer or something. Still a kickass service.

[no.warning]

Do you find eating healthy in general is pretty pricey? I try to snack on vegetables, I try to make it all organic & local grown.

[Mar]

Originally posted by jwslam
What do you guys munch on sitting at a desk all day?

I ran downstairs to buy microwave popcorn. And then I got the genius idea of adding hot chocolate powder into it. Figured somebody here would appreciate this spec of genius I'm sharing.
I think it's very inconsiderate when someone in the office makes popcorn, that shit stinks. It'd be like someone bringing in fish or curry and frying that disgusting stuff up.

If I'm going to snack on anything I'd make it dry fruit, lots of iron which is what was leading to me being very tired at work, an iron deficiency. I found once I got more iron I wasn't tired at work any more.

[jwslam]

Originally posted by Mar
I found once I got more iron I wasn't tired at work any more.
Hmm... red meat is a staple of mine and that seems to not help :rofl:

[95EG6P]

Originally posted by Mar

I think it's very inconsiderate when someone in the office makes popcorn, that shit stinks. It'd be like someone bringing in fish or curry and frying that disgusting stuff up.

agreed when someone makes popcorn you can smell it on the whole floor

[D'z Nutz]

Originally posted by D'z Nutz
Mostly chocolate haha

http://www.typicalfish.com/images/beyond/IMG_20140915_151601.jpg

A year later, here's what I have left haha! In my defense, I was sharing with a pregnant friend for a few months :rofl:

http://i.imgur.com/feoQS5k.jpg

[bulaian]

Looks like those "Parle-G" biscuits weren't too popular

[Disoblige]

Originally posted by bulaian
Looks like those "Parle-G" biscuits weren't too popular
I bought some to try because of this thread and they're strangely super, super cheap. It was like a quarter for a small pack or something stupid.

And... They tasted terrible, lol.

[Manhattan]

Originally posted by D'z Nutz


A year later, here's what I have left haha! In my defense, I was sharing with a pregnant friend for a few months :rofl:

http://i.imgur.com/feoQS5k.jpg

Junk food like that has a shelf life too...I had to throw away a couple cans of Chef Boyardee recently. :rofl:

[nismodrifter]

Originally posted by Disoblige

I bought some to try because of this thread and they're strangely super, super cheap. It was like a quarter for a small pack or something stupid.

And... They tasted terrible, lol.

You're doing it wrong.

Us EI folk dip Parle-G in our chai (just like you would dip an oreo cookie). It's an art form in its own. Have to dip it for just the right amount of time....too long and the biscuit will break and fall into your tea...too short and its still too crunchy.

Try it out and report back.

:D

[Neil4Speed]

Rice Cakes with Peanut Butter/Chocolate Peanut Butter/Almond Butter/Nutella is always my go to.

[zieg]

Sesame snaps.

[Masked Bandit]

Piece of fruit of some kind. Wicked cheap, ready to eat and not much else out there better for you.

[sputnik]

Originally posted by Masked Bandit
Piece of fruit of some kind. Wicked cheap, ready to eat and not much else out there better for you.

http://www.totalhealthmagazine.com/images/articles/weight_loss_and_fruit_brad_king.jpg

[Mitsu3000gt]

Originally posted by johnlennon

-Carrots (not small ones that sit in bleach before being packaged)


I did not know this so I looked it up, and it sounds like all baby carrots (even organic ones) get a chlorine bath. Same with "pre washed" leafy green packages.

The manufacturers were claiming it was the same amount of chlorine as found in tap water but who knows :nut:

I guess I'll be switching back to normal carrots - I would always buy the little bags of organic baby carrots to snack on.

[msommers]

Almonds and celery. And a lot of coffee.

Come dinner time I'm ready to go for all-you-can-eat anything :rofl:

[pf0sh0]

Usually keep vector bars, cliff bars, rice cakes, and almonds. And then I just drink lots of tea... but there is always left overs from meetings

[nykz]

You guys are healthy... potato chips, muffins, bagels, oriental shrimp chips, salted almonds, chocolate bars! :poosie:

[Sugarphreak]

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[hampstor]

I keep packages of instant oatmeal in my desk. I just put them in a coffee mug and use the hot water setting on our beverage machine. I usually have 2 packages a day (1 for breakfast and 1 as a snack).

After the current box I have runs out, I'm buying a bag of quick oats and a small bag of brown sugar to keep at my desk.

[HiTempguy1]

You guys are all hardcore! At most I might bring some chocolate chip oatmeal cookies with me, otherwise its breakfast, lunch and dinner with no snacking. Snacks are for after dinner! ;)