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Share your tips for healthy snacking with Soreen - £100 voucher to be won

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JustineBGransnet (GNHQ) Mon 08-Jun-20 09:38:41

With the stress and uncertainty around social isolation and lockdown, more of us than ever before have found ourselves comfort eating. Our latest research shows that 43% of us are snacking more than usual and 30% are struggling to eat a healthy diet. It’s all too easy to reach for a biscuit, and then another, then another. And suddenly the packet is gone. With that in mind, Soreen would like to hear your tips for healthy snacking, whether that’s ensuring guilt-free portion sizes or resisting the call of the biscuit tin.

Here’s what Soreen has to say: “Soreen, British baker of the Original Malt Loaf, has been enjoyed as a teatime treat in homes for over 80 years. Whilst many of us know that a slice of deliciously squidgy Soreen is perfect with a cuppa, it’s less well known that Soreen is a much healthier option than other sweet treats.

Our Malt Loaf contains over 40% less sugar and 80% less fat than the average cake. Plus if you’re looking for a tasty portion controlled snack, our individually wrapped Lunchbox Loaves are less than 100 calories each and our Sliced Loaf is just 65 calories per slice.

We know that for many of you the only way to eat Soreen is with butter! Well you’ll be pleased to hear that two buttered slices of malt loaf come in at just 150 calories and contain 40% less sugar and 50% less fat than the average slice of cake.

So you can still enjoy Soreen as a healthier swap without compromising on taste!”

Do you find portion controlled snacks help you control your snacking? How do you prevent the temptation of yet another biscuit? Do you find yourself wanting a snack when you know you’re definitely not hungry? How do you manage it?

Whatever your tips for healthy snacking, share them with Soreen in the thread below and you’ll be entered into a prize draw where one GNer will win a £100 voucher for the store of their choice (from a list).

Thanks and good luck!

GNHQ

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Rabbit Sat 13-Jun-20 16:04:13

I pick fresh fruit from our garden, depending on what's available on the day (raspberries, blackberries, redcurrants, pears, apples and plums) and add it to low-fat yogurt that contains probiotic cultures. It adds to my 5-a-day and is good for gut health.

marymod Sat 13-Jun-20 18:38:50

At work I never snack, but now I'm in working from home it's tempting. Now I'm drinking a glass of water when I feel tempted to snack and then often forget about eating.

sarat Sat 13-Jun-20 19:20:33

Only buy what you will not feel guilty eating in the week and save treats on top shelf smile

Seakay Sat 13-Jun-20 20:18:16

If you find it difficult to moderate snacking, then reducing shopping can help. Because I am isolating and going out of the house as little as possible, I am shopping once a month and making use of fridge, freezer etc. If you can only eat what is in the house and can't replace it, then even if you binge on one day, over the month your snack intake is limited. Plus it does make you hesitate when you start to work out how many packets of biscuits and bars of chocolate you ate in the previous month, and contemplate putting that number through the till in one go!

stamperamper Sat 13-Jun-20 20:35:42

I am very much a snacker. I do find that buying individually wrapped healthy crunch bars or energy bars are a better idea than buying packets of biscuits - the temptation to scoff half the packet is usually too great! A jar of peanut butter (sustainable palm oil) and a teaspoon (used moderately) is another favourite.

Lollin Sat 13-Jun-20 22:17:02

Oh dear, i had forgotten about soreen as an option for my supermarket trolley! At present trying to snack healthily (!) I reach for fruit or nuts but nuts are so expensive And I worry about my teeth when I chomp away.

grannyJillyT Sun 14-Jun-20 10:03:39

Snack? I'm grazing!! Have been since Lockdown started, so now decided having put on unhealthy weight, and not being able to do my usual walking as exercise, to get strict with myself! NO SNACKING 3 healthy meals! Watch this space wink grin xx

SJV07 Sun 14-Jun-20 11:15:29

Hi Kittylester

Gluten free for me too! Am highly Coeliac, so have to be very careful!!!

Morrissons do a nice Christmas cake, and sometime G/F fruit slices, but it is getting to one. 5 miles before getting to a main road, let alone a town!!!

Tesco and Sainsburys were hopeless last year.

henetha Sun 14-Jun-20 11:19:13

I'm borderline diabetic and have given up anything sugary for ages now, but I do so miss a slice of cake. I didn't realise that Soreen was low in sugar and fat. I am definitely going to buy some as soon as possible.
I tend to eat nuts between meals, unsalted ones, or the occasional cereal bar.
And sometimes an apple chopped up with cubes of low fat cheese. They taste good together.
The best way to avoid temptation is simply to not buy unhealthy foods.

cuppatea Sun 14-Jun-20 15:14:52

I try to make sure I have plenty of healthy options for snacks - always easier in summer as I have fruit and veg from the garden to snack on. I buy only a limited number of treats, so they have to last till next shop

midi1975 Sun 14-Jun-20 16:13:05

I like to eat Soreen topped with crisp slices of pear or apple. Helps to wards my 5- a- day fruit intake.

greig23 Sun 14-Jun-20 16:15:51

drink lots of water and eat small fruit as snacks

Jilly1967 Sun 14-Jun-20 17:07:21

Ready cut carrot and cucumber stored in the fridge are great with a low fat homemade dip

MichStew Sun 14-Jun-20 19:38:40

I don't use portion-controlled snacks, except to the extent that I calorie count and therefore know roughly what my calorie intake is for any given snack. I tend to eat fruit rather than biscuits so the calorie intake is considerably lower. I also eat a lot of vegetables with my main meals which fill my stomach and prevent me feeling hungry and therefore wanting to snack.

My tip is to eat lots of fruit and vegetables and you should feel the need to snack less often, if at all (though I do sometimes succumb to the temptation of a Jaffa cake!)..

fullarton121 Sun 14-Jun-20 19:45:15

I really don't enjoy a soreen at all. Much prefer a lovely sweet biscuit.

elisatrueman Mon 15-Jun-20 05:33:10

I don’t really eat cake or biscuits as I have an under active thyroid, occasionally I have a breakfast biscuit. I also really like the little boxes of raisins you can get for a kids lunch , makes you feel like you’ve had something sweet

Claredowson Mon 15-Jun-20 06:15:00

I try not to leave too long before the evening meal. If I’m at work and come home late too hungry.... fatal. I’ll eat everything I can lay my hands on ?

nelliedean Mon 15-Jun-20 07:23:49

I always have a fruit bowl and nut pot for snacking: tasty and healthy.

laurenold Mon 15-Jun-20 09:17:01

I really love hummus as a snack and usually choose carrot sticks or cucumber over breadsticks to dip

pamelacook Mon 15-Jun-20 10:01:48

I have loved the taste of Soreen for years now but often eat it lightly toasted with butter, I find that really scrumptious!

Happygirl79 Mon 15-Jun-20 10:07:38

A piece of fruit... An apple, orange or banana does the trick for me. If I am feeling a bit peckish though my number one rule is to drink a glass of water then wait 5 minutes before snacking as we often confuse thirst for hunger.

funstr Mon 15-Jun-20 13:09:07

allow myself a snack with a cuppa about 11ish when I take next dose of medications. either a slice of toast or 2 slices of malt loaf with butter or honey, (a treat from childhood) even sometimes slice banana on top of the honey if feeling peckish. or 2-4 biscuits (depends upon type and size), or a small banana or if have any, rare, a slice of cake. i have found need something for medications as upset stomach unless taken with food. also this is a treat to look forward to after spending morning doing housework, gardening, training/playing with adolescent pup/dog. usually me and pup doze cuddled up for 1/2 hour before health issues and pain becomes to much. find small snack size meals are easier for me to eat/digest than a proper size meal.

Lisapaige24 Mon 15-Jun-20 13:44:57

I don’t buy anything in that is unhealthy and I prepare nice healthy snack boxes to have each day as I have to stick to a healthy diet due to health reasons

luckyrose62 Mon 15-Jun-20 14:34:47

Eat nice and naughty, just a smaller portion even soreen

cazhow Mon 15-Jun-20 18:24:51

I just make sure I have healthy food readily available to snack on, like fruit, nuts, Soreen, natural yoghurt and don’t have biscuits or crisps in the house.