Andrew Scrivani for The New York Times Granola clumps, spiced roasted almonds and spiced wok-popped popcorn.
It’s tough not to break during holiday time, though this week Martha Rose Shulman offers some sustaining — and careful — alternatives to lessen a guilt.
This week’s recipes come in response to requests from readers for ideas for snacks to have around a residence during a end-of-the-year holidays: something to reinstate a candy bowls and cookies that are customarily there and easy to nosh on. Commercial snacks that are healthy (or healthier – review a labels closely) are accessible including unfeeling chips and pita crisps, seaweed snacks, nuts, dusty fruit and route mix. But some of these have a lot of salt and they can be pricey.
Here are 5 new ideas for holiday noshing.
Spiced Wok-Popped Popcorn: A wok is a ideal vessel for creation popcorn.
Not-Too-Sweet Wok-Popped Coconut Kettle Corn: A tolerably honeyed version, since no holiday is finish but a sweet.
Granola: Right after baking, this seems some-more like a break than breakfast.
Spiced Roasted Almonds: A small additional piquancy on these almonds helps minimize a titillate to mindlessly snack.
Marinated Olives: Olives seasoned with herbs, garlic and lemon flay make for a tasty snack.