Farmer's market snacking has been difficult because maybe it is psychological, in fact I am sure it is, but fruit does not fill me up! Perhaps the point of snacking is not to get filled up but to hold you over....it's amazing what revelations you have due to blogging. I think I need to start playing some mind games and change my whole philosophy around snacks. I am one of those people who needs to eat every four hours or I become extremely cranky. You can only eat so many cherries and apples before the sweet taste causes you to crave something more substantial. This rule has caused me to be more conscious of why I am wanting to snack. I probably don't realize how often I choose to snack due to boredom. When you have to think carefully about what you can snack on it opens a whole new can of worms.
We are down to apples and cherries from the farmer's market. This means that I will be heading to another one to re-fill on snacks. Portland is fortunate enough to have a farmer's market on almost every day of the week. See the following website for details: http://www.portlandfarmersmarket.org
I definitely agree! I try to eat fruit as snacks all the time and something about it doesn't fill. Try green smoothies- that tends to help. Also mixing in some veggies tends to balance out the sweet.
ReplyDeleteSmoothies! That sounds soooo good right now.....I'm craving dessert and had to pass up a chocolate tart tonight because it was not cooked by humans. Also, completely agree about the veggies. That week it was just too hard to go to the farmer's markets. I wish I lived closer to Portland. It would make life so much easier :(
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