Attacking The Snack Attack

I have a cookbook somewhere that I think is responsible in many ways for helping me to survive my single years. In those reckless years BW (Before Wife) I did a lot of crazy things. I ate a lot of the wrong things and in large volumes, but I also lifted weights and pounded the pavement to the tune of 30 or so miles a week. At the time I was burning off a ton of energy, so I got a little reckless with what I chose to fuel my engine with. The cookbook contained recipes that were basic, simple and most of them had no more than four ingredients. In some cases, that included water. One of my favourite recipes was a ‘treat’ that combined corn syrup, sugar and peanut butter over heat until it became a paste-like substance. Then you added cereal, popcorn or combination of each, mixed well and spread out on a cookie sheet to cool. Sometimes I’d add raisins or peanuts or whatever else I could find in the BW kitchen. I have to say it was an extremely high calorie snack that was probably better for me without the first two ingredients, but at the time it did the trick and satisfied that craving. I can’t remember the last time I made it. Now my snacks are a lot more sensible. I have two or three favourite cereals I’ll eat while watching a movie, and I eat them dry (no milk) and eat them with my fingers like I would a bowl of popcorn. This is an almost nightly ritual shared with my lovely Sweet Roast. The cereals we have chosen are healthy choices in that they are a couple rungs higher up the ladder than the candy coated, sugary kid-oriented cereals you find on the store shelves. We are trying to be sensible in our snack choices, which isn’t all that hard to do when you consider we rarely eat desserts (at home). Snacking at work is a whole different story where the main food group involved is chocolate. Often dark chocolate.