Let's Talk About Snacks, Baby

Let's talk about all the good things & the tasty things that may be...let's talk about snacks.

My Snack Staples (GF, DF & Seed Oil-Free)

Let’s be real: life’s too short for boring snacks. These are my go-to’s that keep me fueled & happy so that I can feel like my very best Bae self—all without gluten, dairy, seed oils, or refined sugar. Because you (your pantry & fridge) deserve better! You Food Baes can shop all my faves here!

1. CHIPS, TORTILLA CHIPS & POPCORN

These are the only bags worth opening, imo:

• Jackson’s Sweet Potato Chips

• Boulder Canyon Avocado Oil Chips

• Siete Sea Salt Tortilla Chips + Potato Chips

• Vandy Classic Potato Chips

• Masa Traditional Tortilla Chips

• Lesser Evil Himalayan Gold Popcorn

• Maple Pop! Salted Maple Organic Popcorn

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2. GF CRACKERS

Snack board queens, rise. These are my GF cracker go-to’s—some new, and some just downright ol’ faithfuls:

• Simple Mills Almond Flour Crackers

• Mary’s Gone Crackers

• Ella’s Flats Everything Seed Crackers

• NUFS Hot Honey Crackers

• Top Seedz 6 Seed Crackers

• Sunnie Avocado Oil Sea Salt Crackers

• Better With Buckwheat Maine Crisp

• Everybody Eat Cheese-Less Thins

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3. PANTRY STAPLES

These are always, always, always in my pantry, and if you’re my assistant you will absolutely catch me sipping bone broth straight from the jar, snacking on tuna, and double-fisting a can of hearts of palm on the reg:

• Wild Planet Albacore Tuna

• Tonnino Tuna Fillets

• Jeff’s Garden Castelvetrano Olives

• Gimme Avocado Oil Seaweed Snacks

• Purely Elizabeth Granola

• Solely Fruit Jerky

• Amy’s Organic Quinoa, Kale & Red Lentil Soup

• Sprout Living Cheddar Cheeze Probiotic Almonds

• Jovial Chickpeas

• Native Forest Hearts of Palm

• FOND Bone Broth

• Pacific Bone Broth

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4. ON-THE-GO PROTEIN

You’re hearing it all over socials for good reason—increasing my protein intake has absolutely changed the game for me: more energy, thicker, longer hair & nails, less crashing, and better focus in and out of the kitchen. Sometimes it really is just a rotisserie chicken and a fork over the sink (#RaccoonMeal)—but these are my tried-and-true travel & private cheffing besties:

• Meat Sticks:

  • Chomps

  • Nick’s Sticks

  • Country Archer Zero Sugar Sticks

  • Paleo Valley

  • New Primal

  • Mighty Spark

  • Surfsnax Salmon Stick

• Biltong:

  • Kalahari

  • Lineage Air-Dried Steak

• Bars & Powders:

  • IQ Protein Bars: My faves are the PB & Almond Butter! *My code CHEFBAE20 gets you 20% off!

  • Sprout Living Epic Protein Powder

    

5. MATCHA

Matcha really is that girl. Clear, calm, focused, long-lasting energy without any of that coffee anxiety. Add in some frothy vanilla bean almond milk and some collagen, and you’ve got an afternoon snack (okay, not really, but you know what I mean)! The rotation:

• Pique Sun Goddess Matcha

• Nekohama Ceremonial Matcha

• Cymbiotika Ceremonial Matcha

• Jade Leaf Ceremonial

• Rocky’s Matcha

• Mud\Wtr Adaptogenic Matcha Blend

• Rishi Ceremonial Matcha

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6. NUT BUTTERS

No like, I live for a nut butter. I got well-acquainted with all (except peanut butter) as a kid due to family allergies. Thankfully, I get to taste the nut butter rainbow now:

• NuttZo Power Fuel

• Artisana Raw Cashew Butter

• Big Spoon Roasters Almond Cocoa Butter

• Santa Cruz Organic Peanut Butter

• Once Again Creamy Tahini

• Cocomo Coconut Peanut Butter

• PB2 Powdered Peanut Butter

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7. DRINKS & PROBIOTIC SODAS

I’ve rarely met an iced tea, probiotic soda, or an electrolyte bev that I didn’t like—but I saved you the legwork. Here’s the sip lowdown, the crème de la crème of the bev aisle:

• Cove Soda

• Saint James Iced Tea

• Lemon Perfect Flavored Lemon Water

• Nixie Sparkling Water

• Be LOVE Electrolyte Drink

• Swoon Zero-Sugar Iced Tea

• Leisure Electrolyte Drink

• Harmless Harvest Coconut Water

• Spindrift Sparkling Water

• Halfday Prebiotic Iced Tea

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Snacking is serious business, Food Baes. If you’re going to graze, you might as well do it with snacks that hit. I’ve linked all my favorites for you here! I hope you enjoy these Chef Bae-approved staples—don’t forget to tag me if you try something from the list, @chefbae!

Xoxo,
Bae

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