LizS24 Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 I'm doing the London Amateur Ballet summer school next month which involves about 4 hours of classes each day. I'm looking for some ideas for quick and easy snacks for keeping my energy up. I'm vegetarian and I generally avoid fruit as snacks (makes me more hungry), but otherwise eat most things. Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stirrups36 Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 I'm doing a lot of cycling at the moment (yep, your archetypal MAMIL) and love a couple of these on long rides http://www.9bar.com/ From the local supermarket to me so easy to get. I am sure they would be good for summer school. Have a try. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 They sound delicious! Does dried fruit make you hungry too? I love dried apricots. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Picturesinthefirelight Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 Bananas are very good 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulip Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 Holland and Barrat do an excellent cereal bar. My daughter will eat one of these between classes to give her energy as her classes are so demanding. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swanprincess Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 Graze Boxes are good too 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dancer Sugar Plum Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 I agree that bananas are very good. Dark chocolate is good too. There was an interview I read in Pointe magazine with a professional dancer who said she kept a teaspoon and a jar of peanut butter in her bag for when she needed more energy. If you like peanut butter and didn't fancy anything sweet this could be worth trying out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LizS24 Posted July 10, 2014 Author Share Posted July 10, 2014 Janet - dried fruit is usually ok. Unfortunately, I detest bananas so they're not an option! I'll check out the 9bars and graze boxes, thanks for those. Might give the peanut butter idea a go as well! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2dancersmum Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 My DD likes to take cheesy oatcakes as a snack and she usually has some seeds in a tub. For a more substantial snack, she takes a mini pitta pocket filled with salad leaves and avocado, egg or tuna. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munchkin16 Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 Lightly toasted sunflower seeds with a bit of soy sauce on them are incredible! I tend to look for high protein snacks as they give longer lasting energy. Have you tried Naked bars? They are mostly dried fruit but have nuts which make them more substantial. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
florence Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 Have a look at the 'nakd bars' and the 'nakd protein crunch bars'. There's a website. Some of them are fruit based but they do a ginger one and cashew nut one. I know a couple of professional dancers who like them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna C Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 Holland and Barrat do an excellent cereal bar. My daughter will eat one of these between classes to give her energy as her classes are so demanding. Do you know which one, Tulip? Is it Holland & Barrett's own? I had a look on their website but could only see Frusli bars or Nature's Best? ones? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 M&S nuts and seeds mix is a favourite of my dd. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyTwiglet Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 Naked bars are good (like others mentioned), nuts, cereal bars, crackers, yoghurt, breadsticks etc. Also recently discovered dried goji berries (I think that's how its spelt) you can get them from Tesco and probably some other stores.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CeliB Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 My younger bro' who does a huge amount of exercise swears by clif bars- they are designed for people doing gym and such like so are quite balanced nutritionally. DS also lives off them as vital snacks to keep him going between classes.... I think they are American so a UK version might be cheaper- you could ask in Holland and Barrett they do quite a lot of exercise nutrition stuff... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheila Beelam Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 Another vote for graze boxes - first heard about them here on the forum and now the girls and I race to the box when it arrives! Should have got them posted to my office 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna C Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 Be careful with goji berries; for some reason they give me a very bad upset stomach. Craisins (dried cranberries) are good - dd likes a handful of those before class. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemongirl Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 We love Graze boxes in this house! Dd has been known to polish off nearly the entire box before anyone else can get to it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balletqs Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 If you look at naturallysassy.co.uk she has some fabulous scrummy healthy snack ideas. She is a training dancer herself and they are all gluten dairy free Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balletqs Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 Oh yes I agree with Sheila on the goji berry front my goodness I was so ill after those! (Perhaps Replace them in Saskias goji recipes?!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shygirlsmum Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 One of my daughters swims and lots of the other swimmers take Jelly to gala's (the type in cubes that you add boiling water to) I don't know if there will be a gelatin free product you could try, I used to do quite a lot of running and I was told to eat jelly babies after every 10k so i'm guessing a similar thing, again I would imagine they contain geletin so not sure about vegetarian version. Sorry not a lot of help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annaliesey Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 I pack up a selection so daughter has a choice rather than feels she has to eat everything.. Crackers, quite a bit of fruit but you don't like that, a little tub of quorn, squeezy yoghurt. Her favourite is small tub of rice with dark soy sauce and sweet corn and she just takes a few spork fulls when she can. She says she doesn't get time for anything fiddly or chewy! Also rice cakes, cereal bars, tic tacs, mini cheeses, little bag of Cheerios to take a handful here and there, little jelly pots for something sweet, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulip Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 The cereal bars my daughter eats are the naked and trek ones. They give a slow release of energy, which is what they need to sustain them through a long class. A sugar snack will only give a quick burst of energy. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drdance Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 Clif bars are ideal but not awfully tasty in my opinion. A friend of mine (ex military, and British Military Fitness) is doing the ironman event next weekend and makes all his own energy bars and protein bars. Basic flapjack recipe plus added dried fruits, nuts, seeds, berries etc. For recovery he uses more protein rich content and adds protein powder (used to make into protein shakes) which is largely whey protein and eats these after training and for during long sessions he'll use more glucose based content and eat these on the bike. I'll ask him for the recipe if you want? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CeliB Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 yes agree some clif bars are a bit dry but DS says the mint choc ones aren't so bad- I think you have to experiment a bit. Bro is also military fit (just about to commission out of sandhurst into the paras) and drinks a lot of protein shakes but DS finds making them up a bit fiddly. Recently he has struggled with fading part way through class so I suggested gatorade (he seems happy to make this up as it only requires water so he doesnt have to go to the kitchen for milk) and this has made a huge difference- so much so that his girlfriend has taken it up too- what is good about it is that its easy just to sip continuously so they get hydration as well as some energy- I suspected a lot of the muscle tiredness was lack of liquid- this seems to have done the trick (GF used it through act 3 of Don Q which is pretty demanding- she said it made a massive difference). Bro also like the nuts seeds and chilli mix Holland and Barrett do (I'm partial to it myself but cant afford to eat too much as I am NOT military fit!!!!) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinMM Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 What are Graze boxes anyone? I like Pret mango pieces but admit this is a rather expensive way of buying mango. But it does have magnesium in so can be an alternative to banana. I also love pieces of carrot/celery with hummus as a dip..........spelling may be wrong as I can't make this one stick.......but this could also be with pieces of your favourite bread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billyelliott Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 Graze boxes are "healthy snaks " arranged in trays with separate compartments and come in differnt varieties to suit your taste - some contain chocolate - you can order them online an have them delivered to your place of work for example I was tempted , but they are not cheap ..... We love dried mango pieces from Tesco ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiz Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 We had them for about six months and then discontinued them. You can exclude things because of allergies but we asked if they could only send the fruit selections because we found the savoury ones all tasted alike and they claimed it would not be possible to arrange this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Picturesinthefirelight Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 I've got dds account set up to only include the fruit ones Fizz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiz Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 I rang them, PITFL, and they adamantly refused to consider it it. Oh well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w445403 Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 I just went through and 'binned' all the things I didn't want and although I got an error message telling me I was binning too many things it seemed to work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Picturesinthefirelight Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 They've got a section online now where you can bin everything according to dietary preferences. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flit and float Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 You just "bin" all the ones you don't want them to send, & "love" all your favourites. I've binned olives as I don't like them, a lot of the flapjacks, salty popcorn (they always seemed to send that, I've got 4 in the cupboard!) etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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